tangie

Updated: September 25, 2025

A fairy or water-sprite that resides in the neighbourhood of the Orkneys is popularly known as Tangie, so-called from tang,, the seaweed with which he is covered. Occasionally he makes his appearance as a little horse, and at other times as a man.

T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer - The Folk-lore of Plants