each-uisge
nature_spirit water Irish folklore single tradition · 3
The each-uisge (Scottish Gaelic: [ɛxˈɯʃkʲə], literally "water horse") is a water spirit in Irish and Scottish folklore. It usually takes the form of a horse, and is similar to the kelpie but far more vicious.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1800 CE
- Attested period
- 1800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in folklore collections from the 19th century onwards.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Eagle Spirit, Echidna, Edimmu, Egbere, Eikthyrnir, Einherjar, Ekek, Elbow Witch, Eldjötnar, Surtr, 'Elepaio, An t-Each Ban, shoopiltee, nuggle, cabbyl-ushtey, neck, bäckahäst, nykur, Elf, Eloko, Emere, Empusa, Enenra, Engkanto, Enkō, Epimeliad, Er Gui, Erinyes, Erlking, Eurynomos, Etiäinen, Ežerinis, Kelpie, voughas, tarbh uisge, tarroo ushtey, Bunyip, Ceffyl Dŵr, Tangie, Wihwin, Encantado (mythology)
- has aspect
- water horse
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“The each-uisge also has a particular desire for human women. Campbell states that "any woman upon whom it set its mark was certain at last to become its victim."”
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“Folklorists who define kelpies as spirits living beside rivers, as distinguished from the Celtic lochside-dwelling water horse (each-uisge), include 19th-century minister of Tiree John Gregorson Campbell and 20th-century writers Lewis Spence and Katharine Briggs. This distinction is not universally applied however”
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