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Scottish water mythical presences 1

Here the preliminary results of a web search about Scottish water mythology:

Ashrays (or Water Lovers)These are translucent nocturnal water creatures, both males and females. They live under water and are often mistaken for sea ghosts. The legend says that if they are captured and exposed to sunlight ashrays melt and only a puddle of water remains.
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nocturnal
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Blue men of the MinchThey supernatural sea creatures that are believed were to live in underwater caves in the Minch straight. They are represented as humans with blue skins and are believed to be related to mermen. Legends say that they used to swim alongside passing ships, and attempting to wreck them by conjuring storms and by luring sailors into the water. "If a captain wanted to save his ship he had to finish their rhymes and solve their riddles, and always make sure he got the last word."
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blue
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rhymes

Statue of the Selkie. By Siegfried Rabanser - Seehundfrau in Mikladalur, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68573408


Selkies Believed to live on the shores of Orkney and Shetland, Selkies are sea lions that can shed their skin and take human form. It was said that "when a female selkie shed her skin and a human captured it, she was forced to become his wife. If she were to ever find her skin again, she would return to sea, leaving her husband to pine and die"
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shed skin
wife
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