kelpies
Scottish water spirits
Kelpies are shape-shifting water spirits from Scottish folklore, typically appearing as horses that lure people to drown in rivers and lochs.
The creature might appear as a beautiful horse by the water's edge, but once mounted, it drags the rider to a watery death.
Kelpie stories served as warnings to children about dangerous waters.
In Australian English, a kelpie is a breed of sheepdog.
Of that northern kingdom
- lochScottish lake or inlet
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
shapeshifter · drowning · bridle · Loch Ness · Highlands · faerie · Celtic · trickster
From the southern continent
- collieScottish herding breed
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- workingIn active function
- herdingManaging animal groups
agility · obedience · intelligent · loyal · energetic · athletic · livestock · farming
Scottish
Of that northern kingdom
supernatural · shapeshifter · drowning · bridle · Loch Ness · Highlands · faerie · Celtic · trickster · malevolent
Australian
From the southern continent
herding · agility · obedience · intelligent · loyal · energetic · athletic · livestock · farming · ranch
Falkirk
Scottish industrial town
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- HelixMattress startup name
canal · public art · Scotland · stainless · towering · illuminated · landmark · Clyde · visitor · attraction
sheep
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- flockAnimals gathered together
- musteringGathering or summoning
stockman · drover · roundup · pasture · outback · station · paddock · penning · grazing · sheepdog
- sea lorekraken, mermaids, mermaid, sea serpent, sirens
- CelticIreland, druid, Scotland, Wales, Gaelic
- Celtic folkloreIrish folklore, Celtic myths, folktales, fairy lore, Celtic myth
- water folklorewater spirits, water nymphs, naiads, river spirits, mermaids
- Island Folkloreselkie, selkies, mermaid, mermaids, changeling
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
kelpiesguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
fairy godmothers · brownies · household spirits · white ladies · banshees
kelpiesPegasus
Divine airborne horse
unicorns · spirit guides · chargers · white horses · hippocampi
kelpieswater nymphs
Mythical freshwater spirits
nereids · selkies · river spirits · nixies