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Post by Cypress Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:58 pm

Selkies


Selkies are a kind of fae found primarily in Scottish and Irish mythology. Sightings of these particular finfolk have been reported in Norway, Iceland and Britain as well. Such sightings were most predominantly recorded during the 18th to 19th century.


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Mythology



In Scottish mythology Selkies were beautiful women who could change between a seal and human form by removing and replacing their seal pelt. They have been spotted along the coastline from Scotland to Ireland. Further down the coast they were know as a kind of faery that lived within the water.

The men, while in human form, could entrance human women. The women, if they were to lose their pelt to a human man would be at their full disposal and would usually be forced to marry that man. All the while they would search for their pelt so that they might escape to the ocean. If they had children with a human it was said they would be spectacularly lucky. They would have a strong calling to the ocean and would never be able to drown.

When the selkie woman escaped from the man, it was usually by the grace of one of her children who had found her pelt. She would never return to land, but would meet her children on the shoreline.

In every story told the selkies were known to be quite beautiful. So beautiful in fact, that men, and women alike, would fall madly in love with them upon their first glance. Which would explain the cruelty of humans hiding their beloved selkies pelt in order to keep them on land with them.

Most stories of romance with selkies were often written as a tragedy. Either the human stole the pelt of the selkie so they were unable to return to the ocean or their seal form or the human would awake to find their partner had turned into a seal.

In other mythologies selkies were described as women from the waist up and seal from the waist down. They were said to have the same abilities as those previously mentioned (The power to remove their seal pelt and appear human). Those tales are far less common and some dispute that they are even selkies at all.

Selkies always had a strong connection to the ocean. Even after removing their pelt they would return to the sea within a few days unless their pelt was hidden from them or burned.

On a less tragic note, it is said that selkies and mermaids are very good friends and will always protect one another.


Origins



Depending on which country you look into the beliefs regarding the origins of selkies are different.

In Wales Selkies were humans who had returned to their original home, the sea.
In folklorn based in the Orkney Islands they were believed to be the souls of the drowned coming to land.
In Scottish Gaelic myth they were fallen angels who had crashed into water when they fell.
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Post by Silver Black Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:59 pm

Oh my, thanks a lot :D <3 !! Nice article, good job !
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Post by Akimori Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:48 pm

    Thank you Cypress for taking the time to make this!
    It's really informative and well done!
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Post by ZhongShi Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:25 am

Well organized and presented. Thank you Cypress, for opening another door on information of the Fae. I'm sure that we will all benefit from your scholarship again in the future!
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Post by Silver Black Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:11 pm

I know how much this means to Aki so thank you a lot ! again. lool. 
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Post by Cypress Mon Jul 25, 2016 11:27 pm

I'm glad this has had such a good response. Thank you all for your kind words.
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Post by Lierrucia(Luci) Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:14 am

To be honest, I first heard about selkies on Lost Girl, the TV show and they did a decent job of describing them.
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Post by Silver Black Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:53 pm

There is a movie too called  '' song of the sea '' which is amazing.  I cried it was so moving. And the music in it, the magic <3 just wow. 
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Post by Cypress Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:41 pm

Lierrucia(Luci) wrote: To be honest, I first heard about selkies on Lost Girl, the TV show and they did a decent job of describing them.

I've watched that show as well. I found that it was rather accurate with it's representation of mystical creatures. I appreciate the fact the writers did their research.
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