NEUGLE
Mythology of Scotland
Appears in the Shape of a Horse
This is the name of a fearsome water SPIRIT in the folklore of Scalloway Island, North of Scotland. This spirit was also known by the names Nogle, Noggle, Nuggle, Nuggie, and Nygel. It inhabited Njugals Water and manifested itsElf in the shape of a horse with an odd tail like a wheel curling over its back. Like the Each Uisge, it would appear saddled and bridled, prancing on the shore. Should any human try to mount him, the NEUGLE would immediately enter the water with the human unable to dismount, and the victim might never be seen again.
However, the NEUGLE was not always as malicious as the Cabyll-Ushtey or the Ceffyll-Dwr, and the rider would often suffer no more than an undignified drenching, where upon the spirit would disappear into the water as a blue dancing flame. This spirit was fond of water wheels on the mills and would take great delight in causing them to stop, thereby causing immense irritation to the millers. This spirit is said to have been seen in British Columbia by Scandinavian and Shetlander immigrants and has passed into the folklore of Canada as Nogle.
Source: Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins Encyclopedia