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Overview

Morrison names Nyker, a water goblin, as inhabiting Nikkesen’s pool on Ballacoan stream near Laxey. The pool is described as bottomless and concealed by vegetation. A girl from Ballaquine, searching for stray calves, thinks she hears them across the stream and calls Kebeg.

Mist obscures the valley while listeners still hear her. A small sweet voice answers that Kebeg is there; she replies that she is coming and disappears. The narrator attributes her capture to the pool’s fairies. Nyker’s opening identification and the collective attribution remain separate: the text does not describe its anatomy or expressly identify the answering speaker. Kebeg is the call in the title, not an additional named monster.

Concealed pool dwellingSweet answering lureMist-shrouded disappearance
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Origins & earliest records

Sophia Morrison, Manx Fairy Tales (London: David Nutt, 1911), Kebeg, pp. 83–84.

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    Manx Fairy Tales: Kebeg, pp. 83–84

    Sophia Morrison, collector and reteller · 1911

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  1. Primary collected narrativeMorrison 1911: Kebeg, pp. 83–84Research access: 2026-10-05

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