Cait-Sith is a mythological creature from Scotland and Ireland. These fairies appear black cats with a white patch of fur on the chest. In some stories, they walked erect on their hind legs and are widely perceived as malicious creatures. Cait-Sith is much bigger than regular cats, typically the size of a big dog, & their backs are covered in sharp bristles which point upwards.

I discovered claims that the Cait-Sith could steal a person’s soul by walking over a dead body before it had been properly buried. In the Gaelic Samhain festival, however, the Cait-Shth would magically bless the house’s residents if you left a milk bowl outside your door. I am yet to find a source to back up such two claims.

According to some stories, the Cat-Sth is not a faery at all, nor is it related to a faery folk. According to this interpretation, a Cat-Sth is a witch able to transform into a black cat. On this point, I find it challenging to differentiate original mythologies from modern retellings. Still, some versions assert that such a witch can cast this transformation spell nine times in her lifetime, and she will never be able to retake the shape of a human after she evolves into a cat for the ninth and final time.

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Kelpies are among the best-known creatures in this book. These aquatic spirits appear in Scottish mythology as horses that invite tourists to mount and ride them. Those who do so meet an untimely death when the Kelpie suddenly jumps into the river and drowns its rider. These Celtic mythological monsters can also take on the appearance of a human, generally an attractive woman but sometimes a handsome man. It is sometimes depicted in its horse form, which has the front legs of a horse—however, the hind body of the fish, with a lengthy finned tail.

Some folklorists assert that kelpies only live near rivers, but accounts of kelpies who inhabit lakes refer specifically to the Celtic Each-uisge, a related spirit. Others question this assertion. What else can I say? Categorizing faeries is not a precise science. Kelpies are not invulnerable despite their magic; according to some sources, silver could harm them. Silver bullets can kill these spirits permanently, just like werewolves in contemporary fiction. A kelpie’s body will transform into a mound of blubber that resembles a dead jellyfish if you successfully kill it. They share this quality with other mythical creatures from Scotland, such as the South and Each-Uisge.

One of these creatures was captured by the Laird of Morphie, a figure from Scottish folklore, who then used its enormous strength to move stone blocks. The lord constructed his castle in this manner, and he set the Kelpie free once it was complete. The creature was not content with being used as a free labour force and cursed the lord’s family, ultimately destroying his bloodline. Some kelpies are said to wear harnesses that are of undetermined origin, according to Lewis Spence’s book “The magic disciplines in Celtic Britain.” If you can remove & steal this harness, you can use it to magically turn a human into a horse by placing it on the person’s head. The tales probably began as cautionary tales intended to keep kids away from deep water and girls away from attractive strangers.

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The Boobrie, a mythological monster from Scotland, is a horrific bird that preys on untamed otters and occasionally steals farm animals from transport ships. The creature, described as just a colossal bird, frequently makes a loud braying noise that sounds more like a bull than just a bird. These creatures were said to have lived in Lochaber, Scotland, in addition to Argyll. One of those monsters was told to live in Loch Leathan. The Boobrie is particularly fond of the calf but has also been known to kidnap sheep and otters.

It was characterized as a shape-shifting creature that could take on three different forms at any time. The first is that of a massive, monstrous bird, which was its most common form. It was similar to a northern diver but with much larger claws. It was connected with water & lakes in all three formats, and as such, it was skilful of diving too deep. There are old occurrences of this monster that claim a Boobrie remained submerged for more than 5 hours, implying that the monster either doesn’t need to breathe or travelled a long distance beneath the surface & emerged somewhere else.

A Boobrie could also change into an aquatic horse, similar to the Each-Uisge of Scottish folklore. Finally, it could develop into a water animal known as a Tarbh-Uisg. Regardless, these same myths may have arisen due to sightings of the beautiful auk bird, whereas the character trait of bellowing noise could be the call of the popular bittern.

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