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Noun Concept
Categories: Therianthropes, Scottish mythology, Jinniyyat, Shapeshifting, Nixies (folklore)
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kelpy  kelpie  kaelpie  kelpies  water kelpie
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(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders WordNet 3.0
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(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A kelpie, or water kelpie, is a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore. Wikipedia
Mythical Scottish shape-shifting water horse Wikidata
A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland. Wiktionary
Spirit. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
evil spirit
mythic humanoid
water horse
water spirit
PART OF
Scottish mythology
CATEGORY DOMAIN
folklore
CULTURE
Scot
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Everipedia
Encyclopedia.com
Infogalactic
DIFFERENT FROM
kelpie
PRESENT IN WORK
Address to the Deil
REGION DOMAIN
Scotland
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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kelpy, kelpie
Wikipedia
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kelpie
Wikidata
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kelpie
Wiktionary
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kelpie
Wikipedia Redirections
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kelpies, water kelpie, Water kelpies
Wikidata Alias
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kaelpie, water kelpie

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