#water horse

[nightmaskart]

"Will you take this dagger from me, sweet sister? Don't linger."

#kelpie #selkie #fairytale #water horse #kelpie horse #seal maiden #epica #sirens #sirens of blood and water #little mermaid

[dharmaart]

How many ambiguously swampy waterhorses do you want to paint?

Me: yes

(This is my contribution to the spooky vibes)

#doing another one of these #for my own amusement #art #artist #artists on tumblr #animal art #horse #horses #artist humor #water horse #spooky art #halloween aesthetic #halloween #halloween art #happy halloween

[shirecorn]

Would you trust her?

#kelpie #water horse #kelpie horse #shire draws #creature design #go ahead. hop on #artists on tumblr

[sanctus-ingenium]

fairy horse rumble (wet edition)

#i MAY have posted this before. i don't remember. #anyway the drawing of him and the unicorn was actually a redraw of this older piece lmao #it's also a scene from the book #the black horse pictured here is félix #púca #water horse #(NOT a kelpie. btw)

[thelatestkate]

Shop , Patreon , Books and Cards , Mailing List 

#mental health #depression #reminder #kelpie #water horse

[meeks-just-wants-to-scroll]

Get out of the way, Micah, there’s a new #1 Baylock fan.

#meek’s art #Baylock #rdr2 #red dead redemption fandom #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption two #rdr2 fanart #baylock rdr2 #Rdr2 baylock #Horse #kelpie #monster #Brook horse #Water horse #Each uisge #I might explain what me and my mutuals have discussed of mythical creature Baylock AU

[claypigeonpottery]

🐎

Will you love him like he’s your own?

I will! he can join the herd

#pottery #ceramics #sgraffito #ceramic art #underglaze painting #carving #horses #horse art #horseblr #equestrian #unicorn #unicorn art #unicorn tapestries #water kelpie #water horse #carousel horse #carousel horses #claypigeon #ask #asks #glazeware

[alterici]

What if I drew a kelpie, and she was sleek and ghostly? What then?

#art #drawing #horse #kelpie #water horse #sketchbook #sketches #sketch #showing off

[inkwellfire]

[Image Description: A digital painting of two mythologocal Hippocampus as part of a tidal wave, rearing. They are in a thunderstorm, looming large above a Greek style wooden ship, half submerged in water. End ID]

I listened to Ruthlessness from EPIC too many times.

#Hippocampus #water horse #sea #tidal wave #greek mythology #epic the musical #but loosely #posidon #art #inkwell art

[drakeroot]

CRUSOE 🐚🖤

[image id: black and white sketchpage of Crusoe, the loch ness monster from the Water Horse movie ]

#my art #fan art #the water horse #water horse #2023

[saijspellhart]

So Where is the Line drawn?

Rated: T

Oneshot/Completed, (unless someone manages to pressure me into a sequel.)

Written by: Me! (Saij)

Summary: Atem is hunted, and Yugi is hunting him. A delicate game of predator and prey. Talking to his prey probably wasn’t his best play. But getting their hands stuck together and caught in a rainstorm definitely wasn’t part of the strategy. What’s this warmth in his chest?

Yugi isn’t sure what game he’s playing with this human anymore.

My submission for the 2023 Secret Santa event hosted by Hikari. A gift fic for @cloudsmachinations in which Yugi is an Ushtey (a monstrous water horse very similar to a Kelpie) and Atem is the unlucky (lucky?) human he’s hunting.

#yugioh #yugioh duel monsters #yugi mutou #Atem #puzzleshipping #ygo #ygo dm #yuugi mutou #yugi mutoh #yami yugi #yami yuugi #blindshipping #Ushtey #kelpie #magical creatures #mythical creatures #water horse #scottish folklore #Irish folklore #isle of Mann folklore #cabbyl Ushtey #human x monster #romance #humor #fantasy

[lumpenfossa]

Something lurks beneath the water.

Artfight revenge for Karpa

#kelpie #digital art #underwater #kelp #kelp forest #water horse #eerie

[dharmaart]

A bäckahäst is made

My first attempt at making a short comic. The plot is a bit vague but hopefully it sort of makes sense. I took a lot of inspiration from Lena Furberg when making this but went with a more painterly style.

#art #artist #artists on tumblr #animal art #horse #horses #equineart #horseart #watercolour art #watercolour #watercolor painting #watercolor #comics #comic art #bäckahäst #water horse #kelpie #illustration #watercolour illustration #short story #fantasy art #fantasy #comic #short comic #horse comic

[bestiarium]

The Njuggel [Shetland/Scottish folktales]

The Scottish Kelpie is one of the most popular and well-known water spirits. An unsuspecting victim comes upon a malicious creature that poses as an innocent horse. Enticed to ride it, the victim soon finds himself magically unable to dismount and can only scream as the horse plunges beneath the waves to drown its meal. The story certainly speaks to the imagination, but there are actually many variants of it: The Norwegian Nøkk, the German Nixe, the Welsh Ceffyl Dŵr, the Flemish Nikker, the Icelandic Nykur and many others are all variations of the same creature.

This relation can also be seen in their etymology: most of these names are similar, because they are thought to be derived from an old Germanic term for washing (as in, bathing something in a river, like the horse monsters do with their victims in the stories).

But I’m digressing. One of the most obscure variations of the tale comes from the Shetland Islands. Here, people told stories about the monstrous Njuggel (also called Njogel, Njuggle and in northern Shetland ‘Shoopiltee’ or ‘Sjupilti’). Like its relatives, this creature is an aquatic horse, usually depicted as a horse with fins. It also has a wheel for a tail (or a tail shaped like the rim of a wheel, depending on who you ask), but most modern interpretations drop that detail. Its hooves are backwards.

It lives near waterways and lakes and pretends to be a peaceful horse, taking care to hide its strange tail between its legs. Though it usually takes the form of a particularly beautiful horse, sometimes it is an old, thin horse. When a traveller finds the Njuggel, the creature influences them and convinces them to mount it. When the victim climbs into the saddle however, the creature runs away to the nearest lake to drown its prey. It runs at an extremely high speed, keeping its wheel-tail in the air. After accelerating to a high speed, its hooves burst in flames and its nostrils emit smoke or fire.

The victim cannot dismount, but if they can speak the monster’s name out loud, the Njuggel loses its powers and the victim can escape. What happens then varies between stories: sometimes the creature slows down and can be dismounted, and sometimes he vanishes into thin air.

Sometimes, you can see them at night: such sightings usually involve a white or grey horse emerging from water and run some distance before disappearing in a flash of light.

The Njuggel is not entirely the same creature as the Kelpie and the Ceffyl Dŵr. It has a connection with watermills and demands offerings such as flour and grain. If these gifts cease, it will halt the wheel of its mill. To avoid having to offer grain to this creature, people would light fires when a Njuggel appeared, for they are afraid of flames (usually peat was burned, although throwing a torch also did the trick). There is a story in Tingwall about a group of young men who tried to capture a Njuggel for themselves. They succeeded in chaining the creature but couldn’t hold it for long, and the Njuggel broke free and fled. But the standing stone to which it was chained is still there between the Asta and Tingwall lochs, and the marks that were supposedly made by the chain can still be seen.

Sources: Lecouteux, C., 2016, Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic. Marwick, E., 2020, The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland, Birlinn Ltd, 216 pp. Teit, J. A., 1918, Water-beings in Shetlandic Folk-Lore, as Remembered by Shetlanders in British Columbia, The Journal of American Folklore, 31(120), p.180-201. (image source: Davy Cooper. Illustration for ‘Folklore from Whalsay and Shetland’ by John Stewart)

#Scottish mythology #Shetland mythology #water horse #aquatic creatures #monsters #mythical creatures #mythology

[horsegamesins-old]

It's finally done omfg This is Nori from Bellasara, largely based on his stable artwork

Now where tf do I find a stick

#bellasara #bella sara #horse #hobbyhorse #stick horse #keppihevonen #keppari #horse plush #fantasy horse #water horse

[horses-in-art-history]

Round the world an illustration by Walter Percival Starmer on page 175 of Old Man's Beard, and other tales.

Starmer, W. P. Round the world (1909). [Illustration]. In Faulding, G. M., Old Man's Beard, and other tales. Dent & Sons, Dutton & Co.

#w. p. starmer #illustration #old illustration #water horse #ink illustration #fantasy art #sea #kelpie #capaill uisce #<- not technically a Kelpie or a capaill uisce (I'm pretty sure) but it does give off those vibes #Walter percival starmer #English artist #fairy tale illustration #pen and ink