Kelpie – Supernatural Horse-Liked Creature Lures Humans To Death In Scottish Lore

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – A water-horse spirit of Scottish folklore is a kelpie.

In Scottish folklore, this supernatural horse-shaped creature lures humans into riding it. This behavior proves fatally dangerous for its human rider because Kelpie suddenly carries the rider into a river or lake, plunges into the waters …. and perish.

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Despite being associated with the fairies’ realm, they were less frightening than other beings from their magnificent fairyland. Kelpie has always been linked to the fairies, not necessarily under the direct command of the fairy folk, mainly due to its otherworldly nature.

The Scottish Kelpie, inhabiting running water, was a shapeshifter. According to lore, it usually appeared in the shape of a beautiful, powerful, black horse or pony walking alone on the shore.

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