The seas around Orkney and Shetland harbor the shy Selkies or Seal-Faeries(known as the Roane in Ireland). A female Selkie is able to discard her seal-skin and come ashore as a beautiful maiden. If a human can capture this skin, the Selkie can be forced to become a fine if wistful wife. However, should she ever find her skin she immediatly returns to the sea leaving the husband to pine and die. The males raise storms and upturn boats to avenge the indiscriminate slaughter of seals.
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:16 am
oh yeah i'm getting my information from The Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Faeries
Described and Illustratrated by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Edited and designed by David Larkin
Will do many more topics
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:36 am
That's a cool book. I've been wanting to get it. smile
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:46 pm
yeah i got it as a present awhile back for the pictures in it mrgreen i love to draw heart
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:56 pm
I love selkies!
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:06 pm
It's really interesting that the book your reading from doesn't mention the male form of selkies coming ashore - I was always under the impression that they were just as capable of coming ashore as the females were... very interesting...
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:43 pm
well that book is the only reference I have on them so that's all I know xp
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