Muc-sheilch
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| Muc-sheilch | |
|---|---|
| Creature | |
| Name: | Muc-sheilch |
| Classification | |
| Grouping: | Cryptid |
| Sub Grouping: | Lake monster |
| Data | |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Region: | Loch Maree |
| Habitat: | Water |
| Status: | Local Legend |
The Muc-sheilch or Muc-sheilche (pronounced "Mook Helluch") is a loch monster reported to live in Loch Maree, and its neighboring lochs.
Mr Banks of Letterewe tried at great expense to drain Loch-na-Bèiste near Aultbea, in the 1850s, but failed. He also tried to poison it with quicklime. Loch-na-Bèiste is Scottish Gaelic for "loch of the beast", beast often being used for a loch monster in Ireland especially. Seilch would appear to be cognate with selkie; muc generally means a pig, but is also applied to whales as muc-mhara (sea pigs).
It has been suggested that it may be a large eel.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from “Dwelly’s [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary” (1911)
