Eachy
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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 1903.
Presumably the name comes from the middle English "iker" which was a type of sea monster or perhaps Each-uisge, the water horse although the latter was not anthropoidal.
[edit] 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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