Eachy

Eachy

An Eachy is a name given to a species of lake monster from a variety of locations in northern England and Scotland. An Eachy was typically a large humanoid being of gruesome and slimy appearance seen to occasionally emerge from the lake. An Eachy was reported from Windermere in 1873 and Bassenthwaite Lake as late as 1973 when it was photographed twice.

Presumably the name comes from the middle English "iker" which was a type of sea monster or perhaps the Scottish Gaelic Each uisge, the water horse although the latter was not anthropomorphic.

Sources

*Gould, M.J. (1980) 'Folklore of Northern Britain.' Nix. Kendal.
*Lewis R.E. (1954) Middle English Dictionary. University of Michigan Press.


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