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Glashtyn
Glashtyn ((マン島語:glashtin),〔, Dict., p. 79, "Glashtin, sm a goblin, a sprite"〕〔,p. 147〕〔,p. 52〕〔, Contribb. to Mx. Folk Lore, p.?〕 glashan,〔, vol.1,p.liii-liv〕 glaistyn, glastyn;〔 Dict. Celtic Mythology〕 pronounced ) is a legendary creature from Manx folklore. The word ''glashtin'' is thought to derive from Celtic , meaning "stream",〔glais, glaise, glas "a stream, streamlet, rivulet, current : common in place-names" (eDIL )〕 or sometimes even the sea.〔, p. 204 "In the Isle of Man.. the Water-Horse under the name of Glashtin, Glashtan, or Glashan (''glaise, glais'', or ''glas'' in Keltic speech, signifies a small stream; ''glas'' also the sea)〕〔, "Chapter:Parish of Kirk Lonan", entry for Mullenbeg "little mill", which had an alternate name Nikkesen () derived from the Scandinavian nykr. Kneen explains the Manx counterpart was glashan, or glashtin (from ''glas'', 'a stream.')〕
By some accounts, the glashtin is a goblin〔 that appears out of its aquatic habitat,〔, Dict.: Kelly has "it a goblin, an imaginary animal which rises out of the water" (quoted in )〕 to come in contact with the island folk; others equate it to the water horse known locally as "cabyll-ushtey".
==Shapeshifter theory==
The two conflicting accounts above can be reconciled by the trick of regarding the Manx glashtin as a shape-shifter. Recent literature embracing this notion claims that the equine glashtin assumes human form at times, but betrays his identity when he fails to conceal his ears, which are pointed like a horse's.〔, "(in) human form ... could not hide his horse's ears."〕 One modern tale relates how a fisherman's daughter outwitted the glashtyn whom she recognized by his horse's ears, resisting his temptation of a strand of pearls dangled in front of her, and holding out till the red cockerel crowed to announce (prematurely) the break of dawn (,〔John and Caitlin Matthews, ''Element Enc. of Mag. Creatures'': "A girl was left alone in her cottage when her father went to market to sell his fish. He told her to fasten the door and not to open it until he knocked three times"... (late at night, there were three knocks and she let in a stranger, "speaking a foreign language, but through gestures" asked to be near fire for warmth. When the lamp faded, she blew to make the fire glow and saw "the fine pointed ears of the stranger", and knew "he was the dreaded Glashtyn, who might at any moment take upon him his horse's form and drag her out to sea and devour her". The creature dangled pearls before her as enticement, but she screamed, causing the red cockerel to crow at the dunghill, to announce the break of morning. This broke the spell and the Glashtyn was forced to flee, making sounds of galloping hooves.)〕). Here it is said that the glashtyn can transform whenever upon a dunghill.
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