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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

And here we are: more Selkies!

In Celtic, Norse, Faroese and Icelandic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or
selkie folk, meaning ‘seal folk’ can change from seal to human form by shedding their skin. The legends tell of seal fairies or elves who choose to come ashore in human form, and sometimes have human families. 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #folklore #folktale #selkie #seal #mastoArt

Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
Several of my 11” x 14” selkie linocuts on cream coloured Japanese washi paper with speckled bark inclusions are laid out on the table to dry. Each print shows a red-headed selkie shedding her seal skin in a rock in the dark blue sea surrounded by grey spotted harbour seals. The light blue sky behind has grey clouds.
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Like the swan maiden stories, if a human hides the selkie’s seal skin, they cannot return to the sea, but if they find their skin, nothing, not love, nor their own human children (with telltale webbed feet, and sometimes a greenish tint and fishy smell) can keep them on land and they will return to the sea!

Find it here:

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1342362373

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