I found this neat Bestiary online. It told me that the Each Uisage is a variation of a kelpie. There was a freaky story about it in a book Lee gave me to read: the Ill Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton. I didn't like the book very much, but the folktales are cool.
The Each Uisage is now one of my favourite kinds of mythic animals. Right up there with Griffens, Kraken, Chupacabra and of course faeries.
Each Uisages are very dangerous. They appear to men as very beautiful and docile horses. The man gets on and then the Each Uisage takes the rider down into a lake and devours him. They eat everything but the liver.
They appear to maidens as gorgeous young men and the only way you can recognise it's an Each Uisage is the pond weed in his hair. Same deal with the devouring in the lake and everything but the liver.
Chupacabras are goat eating vampire beasties. They're cool.
The mythic bestiary also has an awesome links page. Lots of reading for me.
Posted by jenni at May 3, 2004 05:22 PM