KELPY

kelpy, kelpie

(noun) (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

kelpy (plural kelpies)

Alternative form of kelpie (shapeshifting spirit).

Source: Wiktionary


Kel"pie, Kel"py, n.; pl. Kelpies. Etym: [Cf. Gael. cailpeach, calpach, colpach, a heifer, steer, colt, colpa a cow or horse.] (Scotch Myth.)

Definition: An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned. Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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