Eh-ushkye

Mythological horses from Celtic mythology, living in the sea and able to move on the water surface. Each-uisge is literally a "water horse".

They live in the Scottish Highlands. These creatures are called a folklorist Catherine Briggs is "perhaps the most dangerous and vicious of all water horses."

Unlike kelpies inhabiting flowing reservoirs, eh-ushkye lives in the sea or lake. Eh-ushkye can take the form of a beautiful horse, pony, cute man or a huge bird.

A man can ride eh-ushkye in his horse form, but he is only safe away from the sea. However, the smallest sign or smell of water will mean the death of the rider: the skin of the eh-ushkye will become sticky, and the animal will immediately rush into the deepest part of the reservoir together with its victim. When a person drowns, eh-ushkye tears him apart and devours the whole body, except for the liver, which then floats on the surface of the water.

In his human form, he is a handsome man, and he can be distinguished from an ordinary person only by algae or a large amount of sand and dirt in his hair. They can seduce women.

Eh-ushkye from the island Skye was described by Gordon in 1995 as having a parrot-like beak, and this, coupled with his habit of unexpectedly diving, could appear during non-fictional encounters with sea turtles, such as, for example, the leatherback turtle.