MYTHOLOGY (noun.)
1. a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
2. the study of myths
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THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
The Loch Ness Monster is a well known, infamous aquatic creature whom many have claimed to have seen over the years. But despite many expeditions and countless research, it's existence has never been fully proven. He is said to inhabit the Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. Sightings of the mysterious creature go back as far as the 6th century. There is a theory that it is a lone survivor of the "long-extinct plesiosaurs."
It is said to be depicted and described as a long-necked creature, who was large in size, and had one or two humps that protruded from the water when it came close to the surface.
In the River Ness in the year 565 AD, the first ever sighting of this creature was by an Irish monk called Saint Columba, who was staying in the land of the Picts with his companions when he came across people burying a man by the river. They were locals, and they claimed that the man had been mauled by a "water beast" that attacked him and then dragged him under. Despite their daring attempt to rescue him by going out on onto the river in their boat, they only managed to drag up his corpse.
After the men finished re-telling what had happened, they were surprised and shocked when Columba sent one of his followers, Luigne moccu Min, to swim across the river. Sure enough, the beast came after him, but halted immediately when Columba made the sign of the cross and said, "Go no further. Do not touch the man. Go at once." Terrified, the beast fled. Both Columba's men and the locals praised God for the miracle.
The majority of people don't believe in the creature, though. They believe instead it could just be an animal varying from a large eel to an elephant that belonged to a travelling circus who had let the large mammal bathe in the river. Some even believe that it's a strangely-shaped tree trunk that had risen in the water that gave off the appearance of the monster, and others say it was simply optical effects caused by wind conditions that gave the water a choppy, matte effect.
It was Swedish author and naturalist, Bengt Sjögren that introduced the idea of the Loch Ness Monster being linked with the kelpie legends. Kelpies are shape-shifting water spirits that are usually described as being horses. Accounts of loch monsters have changed over the course of time, and, according to Sjögren, they were originally described as horse-like creatures who were intended to keep children away from the water. He claims that kelpie legends were developed into descriptions that reflected a modern awareness of plesiosaurs.
The existence of the Loch Ness Monster is still a mystery to us to this day.
