Kelpie, or water kelpie, is the Scottish name given to the shape-shifting water spirits inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually appears as a horse, but is able to adopt human form in which guise they may betray themselves by the presence of water weeds in their hair.In their human form, kelpies are almost always male.
Kelpies take their victims into the water, devour them, and throw the entrails to the water's edge. In its equine form the kelpie is able to extend the length of its back to carry many riders together into the depths. When a kelpie appears in its horse form without any tack, it can be captured using a halter and its strength could then be harnessed in tasks such as the transportation of heavy mill stones. A kelpie can be killed by being shot with a silver bullet, after which it consists of nothing more than turf and a soft mass like jelly-fish.
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