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Mythological Gospel: Kelpie Feywild Creatures, Celtic Creatures, Kelpie Horse, Folklore Creatures, Avatar Legends, Egyptian Tattoos, Art Nuevo, Creature Inspiration, Mysterious Creatures

Water kelpie or just kelpie is a shape-shifting water spirit originating from Scotland. It inhabits pools and streams, nearly every big body of water in Scotland has a kelpie story, the most well known being that of Loch Ness. It usually appears in the shape of horse but can take the human form, this is where the association with the Christian idea of Satan. In the late 19th century an interest in transcribing folklore came about, the recorders were inconsistent in their spelling and the…

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Changelings   An Irish Myth. Female fairies often gave birth to deformed children. Since the faries prefer visually pleasing babies, they would go into the mortal world and swap with a healthy baby. Irish Myths And Legends, Irish Mythology Creatures, Irish Mythical Creatures, Irish Myths, Folklore Creatures, Evergreen Art, Fairies Mythology, Welsh Mythology, Celtic Folklore

Ireland’s long history is riddled with ancient mythology and folklore. Ireland’s ancient societies, the Druids and the Celtics, believed in the power of magic and many of these beliefs spread to modern day legends told again and again across the country. Stories of warriors with all the knowledge of the world, fairies playing pranks on farm owners and leprechauns hiding their gold at the end of a rainbow add to the mysterious appeal of Ireland. 10. The Banshee The Banshee was a woman who…

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Celtic Mythical Creatures, Irish Myths And Legends, Irish Creatures, Irish Faeries, Celtic Mythology Creatures, Mythical Creatures Art Mythology, Irish Mythical Creatures, Celtic Creatures, Irish Animals

Folklore tales in Ireland are full of Irish mythological creatures. From the commonly known leprechauns and banshees to lesser-known Irish folklore creatures, there is a wide range. Some are scary and others are harmful. In this post, you can discover just some of the creatures in Irish mythology to know about.

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Scottish Mythical Creatures, Cait Sidhe, Irish Mythical Creatures, Irish Fairies, Scottish Folklore, British Folklore, Fabulous Beasts, Magical Beasts, Elf Cat

The third Mythical Creature in our alphabetical list from Animal Alphabets is Cat Sidhe. twitter.com/AnimalAlphabets The Cat Sidhe is an Irish or Scottish creature which is all black except for a white spot on its chest. Names for it vary; as well as Cat Sidhe, there is also Cait Sidhe and Cath Sith. It is a large fairy cat which will try to steal the souls of the dead before they are buried, but in my painting, he seems like he’d look really cute while doing it! Just as a side note, in case…

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