Kelpie

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In Scottish folklore, a kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: each-uisge), is a mythical shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Scotland. They also reside in meres and streams in Yorkshire (Jórvik) mythology.

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