`There is a long list of #animals associated with shapeshifting in #Irish #mythology: the wolf, the selkie, the kelpie, the Puca, the swan, the crane, the butterfly, salmon, the deer, the dog, the pig/ wild boar.`
Source: Ali Isaac #NationalPetsMonth #Celtic
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1549455174976110594?t=fqaaSFigF567SYUOv7aliw&s=09
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The #boobrie is a mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs of the west coast of #Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic …
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#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: `There is a long list of #animals associated with shapeshifting in #Irish #mythology: the wolf, the selkie, the kelpie, the Puca, the swan, the crane, the butterfly, salmon, the deer, the dog, the pig/ wild boar.`
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The #boobrie is a mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs of the west coast of #Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic …
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1549455174976110594

The #boobrie is a mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs of the west coast of #Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic water bird, but it can also materialise in the form of various other mythological creatures such as a water bull.
Source: https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/02/09/boobrie-shape-shifting-mythical-horror-bird-from-scottish-highlands/
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RT @StephenGeoRae@twitter.com
#FolkloreThursday theme #monsters
The Boobrie is a shapeshifting entity that preys on otters, & livestock transported on ships.
It generally takes the appearance of a giant water bird, but is "larger than seventeen of the biggest eagles put together" #AyrshireFolklore
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The #boobrie is a mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs of the west coast of #Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic water bird, but it can also materialise in the form of various other mythological creatures such as a water bull.
Source: https://www.ancientpages.com/2017/02/09/boobrie-shape-shifting-mythical-horror-bird-from-scottish-highlands/
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RT @NiftyBuckles@twitter.com
The Boobrie inhabits fresh water and sea lochs. It eats fish, sheep, cattle and otters.Tales speak of the #Boobrie tearing apart a fisherman who try to catch it

#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The #boobrie is a mythological shapeshifting entity inhabiting the lochs of the west coast of #Scotland. It commonly adopts the appearance of a gigantic water bird, but it can also materialise in the form of various other mythological creatures such as a water bull.
http://www.ancientpages.com/2017/02/09/boobrie-shape-shifting-mythical-horror-bird-from-scottish-highlands/