The Kelpie
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In this episode, we'll venture into the waters and Lochs of scottish Folklore to learn about the menacing creature known as the Kelpie. After we learn about the creature and its history, I will share a home made immersive story about this water horse using what we learned about its history!
Sources:
- Carlyle, Alexander (1788), "An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands. Written by the late William Collins", Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. I
- Finlay, Winifred (1969) “ Folk Tales of Moor and Mountain” - The water horse of Barra
- Burns, Robert (1785) “address to the Devil”
- Scott, Walter (1884) [1810], The lady of the lake: a poem, Lippincott, p. 277
- Spence, Lewis (1999) [1945], The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain
- https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/the-kelpy-of-morphie/
- James Mackinlay (1893) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs’ (1893)
- https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/kelpie
- https://www.heroicage.org/issues/8/cessford.html
- Brueyre, Loys (1875) “Contes populaires de la Grande-Bretagne”
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictish_stone
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