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Recent Examples of kelpie
In Scottish folklore, the kelpie is a shape-shifting creature that lives underwater and can easily devour humans.
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Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rusty Rusty is a red kelpie who is tight with Bluey’s friend Indy and also loves to play army.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 11 Sep. 2024
Although many folklorists and historians believe this story belongs to the older tradition of kelpie and water horse legends, accounts of Loch Ness’s cryptid continued to pop up in history, with various sightings being reported over the centuries.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Untangling Scotland’s Century-Old Fossil Fish Mystery When was the First Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster?
Falkirk Scotland: The Kelpies are 30-meter-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits).
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Even Paddy’s kelpie was a troublemaker.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
In various 1,500-year-old texts, sea serpents, water horses, and water kelpie were all observed in Scotland’s waterways.
—Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022
Three times, the team gave the Australian kelpie the command to round up the flock of 46 sheep.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rusty Rusty is a red kelpie who is tight with Bluey’s friend Indy and also loves to play army.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 11 Sep. 2024
Although many folklorists and historians believe this story belongs to the older tradition of kelpie and water horse legends, accounts of Loch Ness’s cryptid continued to pop up in history, with various sightings being reported over the centuries.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Untangling Scotland’s Century-Old Fossil Fish Mystery When was the First Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster?
Falkirk Scotland: The Kelpies are 30-meter-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits).
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Even Paddy’s kelpie was a troublemaker.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023
In various 1,500-year-old texts, sea serpents, water horses, and water kelpie were all observed in Scotland’s waterways.
—Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022
Three times, the team gave the Australian kelpie the command to round up the flock of 46 sheep.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kelpie
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The story of the changeling that Alice A referenced earlier in the series focused on a family putting a baby into a fire to bring their mother back.Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2024
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Where to watch Krampus: Peacock 08 of 15 A Christmas Horror Story (2015) What do the Krampus, a horde of undead elves, bloodthirsty changelings, and William Shatner have in common?Huntley Woods, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2023
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Afraid of evil spirits, the Celts would light up bonfires by the hilltops, and wear masks to hide their identity from the ghosts; this is how this holiday began to be associated with figures such as witches and goblins.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The treats are on for hungry goblins as restaurants around central Indiana are offering Halloween specials today.Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2024
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There are knights with a strong sense of chivalry, and dueling beliefs in faeries and Jesus Christ, and a deep passion for questing.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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The faeries around her are powerful, immortal and beautiful.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
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There are many questions left unanswered in Red One, but the most pressing has to be: Is the Rock playing an elf or not?Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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In 2023, Deschanel was Little Red Riding Hood and Scott was an elf.Liza Esquibias, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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In her 20s at the time, Aniston stars as a young woman living in a house haunted by an evil leprechaun.James Mercadante, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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The possibility that such a thing still exists in our divided country seems as improbable as leprechauns, mermaids or gas under $3 a gallon.Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Posing for photos, Bailey wore an identical orange bikini and white knife belt, while sporting the older actress’ iconic pixie cut.Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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But what really seals the deal on making this costume one for the books is the pixie cut.Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Oct. 2024
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At the beginning of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the machine architect, eager to sell the benefits of technology to Gromit, creates a robotic garden gnome programmed to lend the reserved pooch a helping hand.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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These range wildly in mood and form, from uncovering the killer in a murder mystery to freeing a gnome who’s been tied up to a windmill blade.Reid McCarter, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
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Liberal democratic states make citizens; the artificial state makes trolls.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Powerful troll kings, Suliskongen and Vågakallen were among them, but both leaders struggled to control their young.David Nikel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Kelpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kelpie. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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