drowns-riders

Kelpie · salience 1

“The Kelpie then plunges into the depths of its watery domain, drowning its rider and devouring them beneath the waves.”

Kludde · salience 0.7

“The most consistently reported behaviour has Kludde falling in behind a traveller walking home after dark, or a rider's horse, in the shape of a dog; it then leaps onto the victim's back and grows steadily heavier, driving them down into exhaustion or into a ditch or pond, sometimes with fatal intent and sometimes as a fright rather than a killing.”

Grindylow · salience 0.5

“The creature's goal is not to feed, but rather to drown its victims, deriving a twisted pleasure from their struggle and demise.”

Ceffyl Dŵr

“The Ceffyl Důr's primary goal is to lure unsuspecting victims into deep waters, where they meet their demise through drowning.”

Each-Uisge

“The creature then swiftly makes for the deepest part of the water, drowning its victim before devouring them entirely, leaving only the liver to wash ashore as grim evidence of its feast.”

Kappa

“In folklore the Kappa is a dangerous trickster that lurks in rivers and ponds, pulling children, livestock, and unwary swimmers underwater to drown them, and in some tellings it extracts a mythical organ called the shirikodama from its victim's anus.”

Cabyll-Ushtey

“The Cabyll-Ushtey is a shapeshifting Manx water-horse that lures people and livestock to the water's edge before tearing them apart.”