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In Scottish folklore, what animal is a kelpie?
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#80657. Asked by deadlydalton. (May 19 07 6:51 AM)
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nino1
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The kelpie is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland. In Orkney a similar creature was called the Nuggle, and in Shetland a similar creature was called the Shoopiltee. It also appears in Scandinavian folklore where it in Sweden is known by the name Bäckahästen, the brook horse. In Norway it is called nøkken, where the horse shape is often used, but is not its true form.
from wikepedia.
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Professer
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A kelpie is a mythological water horse that could change shape.
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Sofie
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The kelpie is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland. In Orkney a similar creature was called the Nuggle, and in Shetland a similar creature was called the Shoopiltee. It also appears in Scandinavian folklore where it in Sweden is known by the name Bäckahästen, the brook horse. In Norway it is called nøkken, where the horse shape is often used, but is not its true form.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie
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deadlydalton
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thank you all.
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