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Ceffyl Dŵr

nature_spirit water Welsh single tradition · 2

Ceffyl Dŵr is a malevolent water horse in Welsh tradition. This dangerous spirit lures victims to watery deaths.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
500 CE
Attested period
500 – 2020
Historical notes
Welsh folklore tradition, documented from medieval period.

Relationships

co occurs with
Cercopes, Chakora, Chamrosh, Chaneque, Čhápa, Chenoo, Chepi, Cherufe, Chibaiskweda, Chimimōryō, Chindi, Chinthe, Chonchon, Choorile, Chort, Kelpie, Tangie, Wihwin, each-uisge, shoopiltee, nuggle, cabbyl-ushtey, neck, bäckahäst, nykur, chalkydri, Charybdis, Cerberus, Camazotz, Cabeiri, Cailleach, Caipora, Camulatz, Candileja, Canaima, Canotila, Caoineag, Cat Sidhe, Ceasg, Bunyip

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. List of legendary creatures (C)
  2. Kelpie

Source passages

“Ceffyl Dŵr (Welsh) – Malevolent water horse”

#4196 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Counterparts in some regions of Scotland include the shoopiltee and nuggle of Shetland and the tangie of Orkney; in other parts of the British Islands they include the Welsh ceffyl dŵr and the Manx cabbyl-ushtey.”

#7900 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001