THE CONCORDANCE
Storm coast
Cliff and wreck where the sea gives back its dead.
Africa & the Middle East · 1
≈Asia & the Isles · 1
≋Europe & the North · 5
Each-uisgeThe Gaelic water-horse of Highland lochs, shape-changing and devouring. John Gregorson Campbell insisted it is not the kelpie of streams and torrents, though English retellings often merge the two.KelpieA shape-changing water spirit of Scottish folklore, often appearing as a horse and luring riders toward a fatal river or loch.NäckenA water spirit (näck, nøkk, nix) who plays enchanting music to lure listeners into deep water. Offerings and steel are among the traditional counters in some regions.NuckelaveeA terrifying, skinless horse-and-rider figure in Orcadian folklore, remembered in stories as a force of disease and devastation.SelkieSeal-folk of Orkney, Shetland, and neighbouring Scottish coasts who become human by shedding a skin. Stories of stolen skins and captive spouses are the heart of the tradition, not a monster hunt.
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◎Oceania & the Pacific · 2
KakamoraIn Solomon Islands folklore, especially on Makira, kakamora are small, hairy, cave-dwelling people of the bush — original inhabitants in many tellings, mischievous, strong, and not to be cornered. This is local kastom, not a film pirate.MoʻoHawaiian moʻo are shapeshifting freshwater guardian beings — akua and sometimes ʻaumākua — who embody the life-giving and death-dealing nature of water. Living tradition, not a reptile trophy.
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≈The Americas · 4
El CaleucheThe ghost ship of Chiloé — Buque de Arte, Barcoiche, ship of fire — a night brig of lights and music that sails the channels, even underwater, carrying brujos and the drowned. Island lore, not a generic Flying Dutchman with Spanish names.MahahaA cold-weather being in Inuit art and story, often barefoot and long-nailed, said to tickle victims to death while grinning. Also known in some tellings as qungalukkakkiit.MothmanA modern legend associated with Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and a cluster of 1960s sightings, rumours, and later retellings.QallupilluitHumanoid sea beings in Inuit storytelling that lurk near floe edges and may take children who wander too close to dangerous ice. Descriptions vary; the stories also teach survival at the land–sea boundary.
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