What is a Scottish water horse?

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Kelpie, or water kelpie, is a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It is a Celtic legend; however, analogues exist in other cultures. It has usually been described as appearing as a black horse like creature, but is able to adopt human form.

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A kelpie is a shape-changing aquatic spirit of Scottish legend. Its name may derive from the Scottish Gaelic words cailpeach or colpach, meaning heifer or colt. Kelpies are said to haunt rivers and streams, usually in the shape of a horse.

Similarly, what animal is a water horse? The term water horse was originally a name given to the kelpie, a creature similar to the hippocamp, which has the head, neck and mane of a normal horse, front legs like a horse, webbed feet, and a long, two-lobed, whale-like tail.

Consequently, what are water horses called?

A Kelpie in the Celtic mythology of Scotland was originally a name given to a Water Horse. This supernatural entity could be found in the lochs and rivers of Scotland and also has a place in Irish folklore.

Is the water horse a true story?

It stars Alex Etel as a young boy who discovers a mysterious egg and cares for what hatches out of it: a water horse (loosely based on the Celtic water horse) which later becomes the fabled Loch Ness Monster.