Weather Adaptation: The ability to be immune to the weather and its effects.

Most of the 'Merhorse” kind have this ability

Atmokinesis: Ability to control the weather.

Enhanced Swimming Speed/Agility: The ability to move through water and change directions quickly.

Aquatic Respiration: The ability to breathe underwater.Aquakinesis: The ability to control water to create Tidal Waves and, like the Water Dragon, shoot water out of their mouth the way a Fire Dragon breathes fire.Hippocampi abilities are found most in Horses and Sea Creatures. Hippocampi’s aquatic half can vary from being 'Simple', where there are less fins and other fish-like features, to 'Advanced' where the aquatic half has the complete appearance, traits, and coloration of the Sea Creature it mimics. The lower half varies from a 'Water Horse' which has a Fish-like/Water Dragon lower body starting at the front legs, to the most common variant, 'Merhorse', which has a Horse upper torso and either a Fish, Water Dragon or Cetacean lower half. They are also known to eat Sea Anemones.Ī Hippocampus’ upper half consists of a horse with the lower half being fish-like. Its tail, upon entering the water is said to sound like thunder and they warn of approaching storms by producing an unearthly wail.īut, just in case you think that you can prevent an encounter with a Kelpie by avoiding the river banks, think again.Their diet consists of undersea vegetation such as Algae, Seaweed, Some pieces of the Coral Reefs and any other sea plant. As well as having phenomenal strength, the Kelpie’s magical abilities allow it to summon up floods to sweep away its unsuspected victims to a watery grave.

In their human form, they still retain their hooves. However, the other children are pulled into the water, never to return!Īlas, adults are not safe from these creatures either, for the kelpie’s shape-shifting ability allow them to appear in human form where they will lure members of the opposite sex into the water and feast upon them. He escapes by managing to cut off his finger. Nine of the siblings climb onto its back, but one child strokes its nose and his finger becomes stuck. A tale is recounted of ten children who were out playing when they discover a “pony” on the banks of a river. The Kelpie is apparently particularly attractive to children, yet once on its back, their hide becomes sticky, trapping the child which it promptly drags into the water, then eats. In Aberdeenshire, the Kelpie has a mane of serpents while the kelpie of the River Spey is said to be white and can sing. However, there are regional variations on how the kelpie is portrayed. The Kelpie is typically described as a beautiful, strong, black horse with hooves reversed to those of a regular horse. But beware…this is not some gentle pony but a malevolent spirit who will eat you for dinner!

This mythological transforming beast allegedly has the strength and endurance of a hundred horses. But what is a Kelpie? Kelpies in Scottish mythology.Ī Kelpie is the most common water spirit in Scottish folklore and is said to haunt the deep pools in rivers and streams, usually in the form of a lost horse. This was followed by hues of violet, blue and green. As night descended the welling yellow and red light in the creatures’ gullets made them seem like dragons about to unleash a blast of fiery flame. We peered into the dimming light completely awed by the sheer size and magnificence of these beasts. This certainly was not the case with the Kelpies. Frequently there is so much hype surrounding tourist attractions that when you see them in real-life it can be a bit of an anti-climax. Standing at thirty metres (just short of hundred feet) and weighing some 300 tonnes each, the statues are the tallest equine structures in the world. In a recent visit to Stirling, we went to see the ‘Kelpies’ at the Helix Park between Falkirk and Grangemouth. Scotland’s “Kelpies” are the largest equine structures in the world but what is a Kelpie?

Hippocampus mythology vs kelpies