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Что (кто) такое kelpie - определение

MYTHICAL SCOTTISH SHAPE-SHIFTING WATER HORSE
Kelpies; Water kelpies; Water kelpie
  • Pictish beast featured in a line drawing of the [[Maiden Stone]]
  • ''The Kelpie'' by [[Thomas Millie Dow]], 1895
  • ''The Kelpie'' by [[Herbert James Draper]], 1913

kelpie         
['k?lpi]
¦ noun
1. a water spirit of Scottish folklore, typically taking the form of a horse.
2. a sheepdog of an Australian breed with a smooth coat, originally bred from a Scottish collie.
Origin
C17: perh. from Sc. Gaelic cailpeach, colpach 'bullock, colt'.
Kelpie         
·noun ·Alt. of Kelpy.
Kelpie         
A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: Each-Uisge), is a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a black horse-like creature, able to adopt human form.

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Kelpie

A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: Each-Uisge), is a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Scottish folklore. It is usually described as a black horse-like creature, able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a human, leading to its association with the Christian idea of Satan as alluded to by Robert Burns in his 1786 poem "Address to the Devil".

Almost every sizeable body of water in Scotland has an associated kelpie story, but the most extensively reported is that of Loch Ness. The kelpie has counterparts across the world, such as the Germanic nixie, the wihwin of South America and the Australian bunyip. The origins of narratives about the creature are unclear but the practical purpose of keeping children away from dangerous stretches of water and warning young women to be wary of handsome strangers has been noted in secondary literature.

Kelpies have been portrayed in their various forms in art and literature, including two 30-metre-high (100 ft) steel sculptures in Falkirk, The Kelpies, completed in October 2013.