Selkie scottish mythology

The Seal People - Selkies Peppered throughout Irish, Scottish, Icelandic, and Scandinavian mythology and folklore are stories about seal people, also called selkies, silkies, selchies, or roane.

Selkie- Scottish myth: these are take the form of seals when in the ocean but when on land they shed their skin to become a human. If the skin is stolen then they can't return to seal form or to the sea which means they are stuck with whoever stole their seal skin.

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SELKIE | Selkies (also known as silkies or selchies) are mythological creatures found in Scottish, Irish, and Faroese folklore. Selkies are said to live as seals in the sea but shed their skin to become human on land. The legend is apparently most common in Orkney and Shetland and is very similar to those of swan maidens.

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