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Published: 2012-05-15 02:07:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 4710; Favourites: 173; Downloads: 53
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Another thing I've been picking away at in my free time - an interpretation of the Each Uisge from Scottish folklore. I was thinking of the first story I ever heard about this creature, which involved several children climbing onto its back at once. Only the last child noticed that the horse's back lengthened to accomodate all of the riders and refused to ride, sparing himself the fate of the other children, whom the creature drowned in the loch and devoured.Done in Photoshop.
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it appears that this horse has 12 legs? Is this correct?
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oh my god this is amazing!!! he looks like a mutation, i like this!
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Yay, someone else in the world knows what an each uisge is! I love how you illustrated its teeth.
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Scottish folklore at its finest. I really love how you captured the creature.
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It's like a horse/caterpillar/dragon. Very interesting concept, and very believable anatomy! You've done exceptionally well.
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So is this like a kelpie kinda?!?!
Love your version, mine is a lil similar!
Which is awesome.
Yours has more limbs though, mine only has 2 xD
I LOVE IT'S FACE.
AND THE MURKY COLOR.
AND THE BLOOD IN THE CORNER!
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Yeah, it's really similar to a kelpie. I'm interested to see your version!
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Sweet.
Here's my watercolor of the Kelpie - [link]
And a reductive print of him - [link]
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isnt this almost exactly like the kelipe and the scandinavian Nyk? exept that its body lengthen
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Yeah, they're almost identical - the distinction seems to be that the kelpie lives mostly in rivers and streams, while the each uisge lives in the sea or in lochs. I've also read that the each uisge is meant to be a more vicious version of the kelpie, but the details of how they behave in the stories seem very similar. The lengthening body thing doesn't often show up in the tales (or at least in the ones I've come across) but that detail in particular just stuck in my brain.
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Smile!! cx and Awesome story! Oh scottish folklore is the best
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Thanks!!
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Yeah - from what I've read the distinction seems to be that kelpies inhabit rivers and streams, while each uisges live in the sea and in lochs. But the details about their appearance and how they lure and trap their prey are almost identical.
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Interesting. *note to self: NEVER ride a foreign horse.*
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woooooooow. I like the creature very interesting I never heard of the Each Uisage before
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Glad you like it. 
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AHHHHHHHHHH I see now XD
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