Kelpie
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In Scottish folklore, a kelpie, or water kelpie, is a mythical shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Scotland. They also inhabit meres and streams in Yorkshire mythology. Legends of these shape-sh
One of six kelpies in the globe fountain at Shuttle Row near to Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
The Kelpie by Herbert James Draper, 1913
The Kelpie by Thomas Millie Dow, 1895
Pictish beast featured in a line drawing of the Maiden Stone
Blue men of the Minch
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The blue men of the Minch, also known as storm kelpies, are mythological creatures inhabiting the stretch of water between the northern Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland, looking for sailors to dro
The Little Minch, home to the blue men
The blue men are said to twist and dive like porpoises (harbour porpoise pictured jumping from the water).
Art of ancient Britons, drawn c. 1574, with men with tattoos and skin painted with woad. The Picts may be the inspiration for the Blue Men.