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Glashtyn (Manx English: glashtin, glashtan [ˈɡlaʃθən] or glashan; Manx: glashtin or glashtyn [ˈɡlaʃtʲənʲ]) is a legendary creature from Manx folklore.. The glashtin is said to be a goblin that appears out of its aquatic habitat, to come in contact with the island folk; others claim it takes the shape of a colt, or equate it to the water horse known locally as cabbyl-ushtey.
The cabyll-ushtey (or cabbyl-ushtey), the Manx water horse, sometimes confused or conflated with the glashtyn, is just as ravenous as the each-uisge though there are not as many tales told about it. One of them recounts how a cabbyl-ushtey emerged from the Awin Dhoo (Black River) and devoured a farmer's cow, then later it took his teenaged ...
The Manx (/ m æ ŋ k s / manks; Manx: ny Manninee) are an ethnic group originating on the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea in Northern Europe. They belong to the diaspora of the Gaelic ethnolinguistic group, which now populate the parts of the British Isles which once were the Kingdom of the Isles and Dál Riata .
The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway on the Isle of Man runs along the seafront promenades of Douglas for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km), from the southern terminus at the Villa Marina, to Derby Castle station, the southern terminus of the Manx Electric Railway, where the workshops and sheds are located. It is a distinctive tourist attraction.
The Manx Derby was one of the oldest horse races in history. It took place in the Isle of Man . It was organized by the Earl of Derby (then Lord of Mann ) on what today is part of Castletown Golf & Country Club
Ceffyl Dŵr (also ceffyl dwfr or ceffyl-dŵr) [1] is a water horse in Welsh folklore.It is most commonly considered a counterpart to the Scottish kelpie, [2] but has also been compared to the Irish púca, [3] [4] the Irish and Scottish each uisge, and the Manx glaistyn.
However, it should not be confused with the Cabbyl-ushtey, the Manx water horse. Bugganes were occasionally called upon by the fairies to punish people that had offended them. The buggane of Glen Maye would have pitched a lazy housewife into a waterfall for putting off baking until after sunset, had she not cut loose the strings of her apron to ...
The demonic horse of Malgis and the March Malaen [6] [22] may also have something in common. According to an 1820 publication, one of the three recognized demons of the Isle of Britain , Melen, or Malen, mentioned in another triad , is also the March Malen and may correspond to the Bellona of ancient mythology, whose name seems to have some ...