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Nuckelavee

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"The people of Orkney Island, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland, tell many stories of a monster called Nuckelavee, who lived in the sea but never missed a chance to plague humankind whenever he could. When he came onshore, he appeared as a hourse and a rider--though, in fact, a closer look showed man and horse were all part of the same creature.

His human-looking head was ten times the size of a normal man's, while the horselike head had an enormous moth that jutted out like a pig's. Most horrable of all, he seemed to have no skin, so those who came near and lived to tell of it, swore that you could see the black blood flowing through his veins, and every movement of his white muscles.

If crops withered away, or livestock fell off the high rocks that made up the shoreline, or a disease plagued the islanders, the folk blamed the Nuckelavee. They said his breath was poisonous, bringing blight and disease wherever he trod."
-----little bit from a Scotish folk-tale :P

it's best if you set your brightness down to 50%...cause that's what i painted it at and looks funny any brighter :P

you never thought i would do horror now did yah ? :D
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scythemantis's avatar
You've managed to make it even more disturbing than its usual description, without even deviating from that description. Can I add this to the Nuckelavee gallery on my website? [link]