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In Norse and Celtic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or selkie folk meaning "seal folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. In Orkney lore, selkie is said to denote various seals of greater size than the grey seal; only these large seals are credited with the ability to shapeshift into humans, and are called "selkie folk". The type of large seals that might have been seen on the islands include the Selkie Mythology Mythical Creatures, Nixies Mythology, Selkie Character Design, Male Selkie, Seal Character Design, Selkie Mythology, Selkie Aesthetic, Selkie Art, Michael And Lucifer
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In Norse and Celtic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or selkie folk meaning "seal folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. In Orkney lore, selkie is said to denote various seals of greater size than the grey seal; only these large seals are credited with the ability to shapeshift into humans, and are called "selkie folk". The type of large seals that might have been seen on the islands include…

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Selkies are seal creatures that can shed their skin once on land to become human. The mythology comes from Faroese, Irish and Scottish folklore although there are several creature like the shape-shifting selkies in other folklore around the world. The word comes from the old English seolh that was then taken by the Scottish selich, meaning seal. The legends have been found to originate in the Orkney and Shetland islands of Scotland. The selkie's seal skin is what holds their power and if…

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'A World of Fae' With Iris Compiet & A.M. Sartor @ Krab Jab Studio

'Faeries, come take me out of this dull world | For I would ride with you upon the wind | Run on the top of the dishevelled tide | And dance upon the mountains like a flame.' - William Butler Yeats, 'The Land of Heart's Desire,' 1894. In the modern world, it can be easy to forget about the infinite possibilities hiding in the cracks of our imagination. Where technology, logic and science are predominant rulers, the world can seem a faraway cry from that of our ancestors, believing in the…

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