Mareel (or Marool)
Name pronunciation: muh-REEL General Information: Mareel is a malevolent sea spirit from Shetland....
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Tag: Scottish Mythical Creatures
Maggy Moulach (also Meg Mullach, Maggie Moloch, Maug Moulack, Maug Moulach, Mieg Moulach, Maug Vuluchd, May Moulach, Meg Molloch, Manch Monlach, Hairy Meg).
Name pronunciation: Maggy Moulach: MAG-ee MOO-lakh (kh as in Scots/Scottish Gaelic “loch”) Brownie...
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Ghillie Dhu (also known as Gille Dubh)
Name pronunciation: “Ghillie Dhu” (GILL-ee DOO). General Information: The Ghillie Dhu is a...
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Finfolk (also Finnfolk, Finman and Finwife)
General Information: Finfolk are an amphibious people from the folklore of Orkney and Shetland....
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Earth Hound (also known as Yird Pig or Yird Swine)
Name pronunciation: “Earth Hound” (urrth hound). “Yird” rhymes with “heard.” General Information:...
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