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Recent Examples of kelpie
The gulf features in Scottish mythology as the Goddess of Winter, Cailleach (creator, weather deity), a powerful weather kelpie who washes her plait in the waters there, which marks the moment when autumn turns into winter.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2024
In Scottish folklore, the kelpie is a shape-shifting creature that lives underwater and can easily devour humans.
—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
Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2024
In Scottish folklore, the kelpie is a shape-shifting creature that lives underwater and can easily devour humans.
—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
Noun
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What do the Krampus, a horde of undead elves, bloodthirsty changelings, and William Shatner have in common?—
Huntley Woods,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Many people believed that faeries were capable of all sorts of wicked tricks: Stealing babies or children and replacing them with changelings, making devilish bargains, trapping people in the Otherworld for eternity.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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My dad’s Welsh and among my happiest memories of him are going through Brian Froud’s books about fairies, goblins and trolls.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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While recent albums from Dua Lipa, Grande and Lorde treated self-care and introspection as a kind of therapeutic salvation, Charli shifted hard into goblin mode, unfurling a litany of barely euphemistic drug references and proudly owning her messiest contradictions.—
Lindsay Zoladz,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The last time fans saw it, Shropshire stepped out of it wearing an elf costume and holding a game ball for Santa Claus (aka coach Andy Reid).—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2025
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Directed by Jon Favreau, the 2003 movie stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human who was accidentally raised by Santa's elves at the North Pole.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The leprechaun suit stayed because that’s how fandom functions.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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American Indians believed in supernatural beings — forest dwellers — who lived in caves, not unlike the Irish leprechauns.—
Diane Owens Prettyman,
Austin American-Statesman,
11 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The mustache, too, lives on, and he’s trimmed his hair into more of a pixie cut.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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Elba’s hair was styled in a pixie cut with a few pieces of fringe to frame her face.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Why not have Feathers use the smart gnome technology for his own evil purpose?—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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From horses to herons, gnomes to doors that look designed just for them, these are the scavenger hunts worth traveling the South to see.—
Su-Jit Lin,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don’t threaten my kids.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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Racist trolls on the internet, while offensive, don't threaten my kids.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Kelpie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kelpie. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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