2007-01-16 22:56:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Kelpie is an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears and it's a Scottish folklore that means water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.
2007-01-16 23:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by XéêèÑãß 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kelpie : a kelpie is an Australian breed of dog, used for sheepherding. -www.indiana.edu/~oztopic
Meaning of kelpie. ... A malevolent water spirit of Scottish legend, usually having the shape of a horse
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2007-01-16 23:11:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The kelpie is a supernatural shape-shifting water horse from Celtic folklore that is believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland and Ireland. In Orkney a similar creature was called the Nuggle, and in Shetland a similar creature was called the Shoopiltee. It also appears in Scandinavian folklore where it is known by the name Bäckahästen, the brook horse.
2007-01-16 23:03:26 · answer #3 · answered by FIRE § 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an Australian sheep dog breed with a smooth coat bred from the Scottish collie and a Scottish water spirit that typically takes the form of a horse. The origin in English possibly comes in the 17th Century from the Scottish Gaelic "cailpeach, colpach" meaning "bullock, colt".
2007-01-16 23:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by Stag S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.Water spirit [scottish folklore] in the form of a horse that likes to drown it`s riders
2. An Australian sheepdog
2007-01-17 01:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a breed of farm dog.
2007-01-16 22:59:08 · answer #6 · answered by RIffRaffMama 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋