Seileag
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Seileag or An t-Seileag is the loch monster
which is said to inhabit Loch Shiel
in Scotland. The name may be a pun on Seile (Loch Shiel) and sìolag, a term for slender fish
and eel
s in Scottish Gaelic.
Lake monster
A lake monster or loch monster is a purported form of fresh-water-dwelling megafauna appearing in mythology, rumor, or local folklore, but whose existence lacks scientific support. A well known example is the Loch Ness Monster. Lake monsters' depictions are often similar to some sea monsters...
which is said to inhabit Loch Shiel
Loch Shiel
Loch Shiel is a 19.3 km2 freshwater loch, 120 m deep, situated 20 km west of Fort William in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland...
in Scotland. The name may be a pun on Seile (Loch Shiel) and sìolag, a term for slender fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
and eel
Eel
Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...
s in Scottish Gaelic.