Keingala
The weatherwise mare of Asmund in the saga of Grettir the Strong. Her master believed in her weather prophecies, and, in setting his second son, Grettir, to look after the horses, told him to be guided by Keingala, who would always return to the stable before a storm. As she persisted in remaining on the cold hillside, grazing on the scanty grass till the lad was nearly frozen with cold, Grettir determined to make her return home regardless of the weather. One morning before turning out the horses he tore off a long strip of her skin from wither to flank. This had the effect of making the mare soon seek her stable ; and the same thing occurring the next day, no storm impending, Asmund himself let out the horses, when he discovered what had been done.
Kelly, Edward: (See Dee.) Kelpie, The: A water spirit which, in Scotland, is believed to haunt streams and torrents. Kelpies appear to be of a mischievous nature, and were often accused of stopping the water-wheels of mills, and of swelling streams. The Kelpie is occasionally used as a name of terror to frighten unruly children; and it was believed that he also devoured women.
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