"The Afanc is a lake monster from Welsh mythology. Its exact description varies"
ooookay ?
"One tale relates that it was rendered helpless by a maiden who let it sleep upon her lap"
So... a water unicorn?
" when angered it would thrash about causing great floods"
"The Middle Welsh avanc is afanc in Modern Welsh, a word which is now used to mean "beaver"."
:D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afanc #animhist
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