Tangie
Template:Short description Template:DMCA A tangie (or tongie[1]Template:R/superscript) is a shape-shifting sea spirit in the folklore of the Orkney and Shetland Islands in Scotland.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. A sea horse or merman, it takes on the appearance of either a horse or an aged man.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript Usually described as being covered with seaweed, its name derives from "tang"[a] or seaweed of the genus Fucus.[1]Template:R/superscript[2]Template:R/superscript
It is known for terrorizing lonely travellers, especially young women on roads at night near the lochs, whom it will abduct and devour under the water.
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The tangie plays a major role in the Shetland legend of Black Eric, a sheep rustler. The tangie he rode gave him supernatural assistance when he raided and harassed surrounding crofts. In his final battle with crofter Sandy Breamer, Black Eric fell to his death in the sea. The tangie then continued to terrorize the area, particularly the young women he was hoping to abduct.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
Explanatory notes
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- ^ Cognate with Old Norse and Faroese þang and Danish tang.
References
- Citations
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."tang", Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004, retrieved 28 June 2014
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Edmondston, Thomas (1866), An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect, Adam and Charles Black, pp. 125, 126
- Bibliography
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Briggs, Katharine Mary (2002), Fairies in Tradition and Literature, Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-415-28601-5
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lamont-Brown, Raymond (1996), Scottish Folklore, Birlinn, ISBN 978-1-874744-58-0
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Teit, J. A. (1918), "Water-Beings in Shetlandic Folk-Lore", The Journal of American Folklore, 31 (120): 180–201, doi:10.2307/534874, JSTOR 534874
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