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Kelpie

noun
(pl. kelpies)
1.
(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.  Synonym: kelpy.
2.
An Australian sheepdog with pointed ears.





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"Kelpie" Quotes from Famous Books



... stories connected wi' it than the Conan. Ane can hardly saunter ower half-a-mile in its course, frae where it leaves Coutin till where it enters the sea, without passing ower the scene o' some frightful auld legend o' the kelpie or the waterwraith. And ane o' the most frightful looking o' these places is to be found among the woods of Conan House. Ye enter a swampy meadow that waves wi' flags an' rushes like a corn-field in harvest, an' see a hillock covered wi' willows rising like an island ...
— Folk-Lore and Legends - Scotland • Anonymous


Words linked to "Kelpie" :   evil spirit, sheep dog, folklore, kelpy, shepherd dog, sheepdog, Scotland


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