Talk:Each-uisge

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Capitalisation[edit]

Should the name of the creature mentioned be capitalized? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.252.195.19 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 19 November 2006

Yes, it looks like all the references caplitalise it, implying it's a proper name. So I guess that means there's only on Each Uisge, like there's only one Thor, but many pixies. 87.113.26.43 (talk) 15:34, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Selkie[edit]

What's the difference between this and a selkie? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.208.100 (talk) 23:17, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Selkies are "seals", the each-uisge is more of a horse. Akerbeltz (talk) 11:03, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't mean to type Selkie. What I meant to type was Kelpie. It seems to be the exact same thing as described in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.43.216.58 (talk) 20:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Very good point, I never spotted that. Slapping a merge proposal on, feel free to contribute! Akerbeltz (talk) 20:54, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Beak-like mouth (Skye)[edit]

See this
In it, Parson notes that the appearance of the Each Uisge ("sometimes called the kelpie") on the Isle of Skye was described by Gordon in 1995 as having a parrot-like beak, and this, with its habit of diving suddenly, could be from real-life encounter with a sea turtle such as the leatherback turtle... --Cas Liber, on Talk:Kelpie 20:39, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Parson seems to be a marine biologist by profession. I guess "hawksbill sea turtle" does not occur so far north, hence his choice of leatherback sea turtle.
You may want to clarify sources. Gordon (1995) appears to be Gordon, Seton 1995, Hebridean Memories. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing [1] according to the Parsons article is viewable here [2] (pdf).
And you might want to add that J. G. Campbell (1900), p.204 says "In Skye it was said to have a sharp bill (gob biorach), or as others describe it, a narrow brown slippery snout."
Gordon's description of the feet was reminiscent of the "webbed feet" description I glanced in Varner's Creatures in the Mist, where Welsh scholar John Rhys cited. --Kiyoweap (talk) 11:58, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sex[edit]

A question... must it always be male? Cant be female? I think I have read somewhere that there are also female each-uisges (or how to create the plural:D). Do you know? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.200.56.142 (talk) 14:33, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Male/female?[edit]

A question: could it be also female? I think I have read somewhere that there are/can be females. What do you think? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.200.56.142 (talk) 15:29, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I know this is two years after the fact but yes, females do exist according to Campbell even though most of the accounts are about the males. Females will carry riders into the loch and eat them just as the males will. Cerdic (talk) 01:09, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]