pagewoman:

Kelpie 

  Kelpies are supernatural water horses that haunt Scotland’s lochs and rivers. They appear as a lost pony, often grey or white, and entice people to ride on their backs before taking them down to a watery grave.

via culloden battlefield

lack-lustin:

this was just supposed to be a sketch but then I got carried away….a lot…but anyway I think this is the final design for my take on a Kelpie. I wanted it to be more monster like than they are usually depicted since they are demons that….disembowel children. At least in most cases. There are some nice ones in legends too so I wanna see how far I can take designing maybe like, different forms of them and stuff. As well as HOOMAN forms?? I dunno we’ll see.

fuckyeahpaganism:

Kelpies are shape-shifting water creatures who haunt the rivers and streams of Scotland, and are usually depicted as a beautiful horse. The Kelpie are known to lure humans, especially children into the water to kill and eat them. It usually does this by encouraging children to ride on its back, where its skin becomes sticky - almost adhesive - and it then drags them to the bottom of the water to devour leaving only the heart or liver. Commonly known as spirits of the dead, Kelpies are not benevolent creatures and some folklore even says that they will not come unless summoned, or to eat. [x]

The Kelpie of Loch by blackBanshee80

 

lack-lustin:

this was just supposed to be a sketch but then I got carried away….a lot…but anyway I think this is the final design for my take on a Kelpie. I wanted it to be more monster like than they are usually depicted since they are demons that….disembowel children. At least in most cases. There are some nice ones in legends too so I wanna see how far I can take designing maybe like, different forms of them and stuff. As well as HOOMAN forms?? I dunno we’ll see.