Celtic fairy-tale creatures that are half-seal and half human. Stories about these mythical creatures originate from the Orkney Islands of Scotland. A selkie becomes human once it takes off seal skin. Most stories that revolve around selkies are usually about a selkie falling in love with a human man who takes away their seal skin in which the selkie ends up marrying. Even though there are male selkies, most selkies in stories portray a woman. The film The secret of Roan Inish is a good example of
father’s Selkie Clan.” “What happened to my Grandfather? Dad never talks about him other than to say he’d been killed in an accident.” “Mackenzie had made a trip inland to deliver his fresh-caught fish to the Hotel Lairg’s restaurant. On the ninety-minute trip back home, some young people took a bend in the road and swung wide hitting Mackenzie’s vehicle head on. No one survived the crash.” As Skye told her story her arms wrapped around herself as if to give herself comfort at losing her Selkie husband
turn to alcohol to ease the pain they are going through but because alcohol is a depressant, it often makes their depression much worse than what it originally was. Dr. Selkie and her associates found that young adults who have been cyberbullied are more likely to have drinking problems than those who have not been cyberbullied (Selkie et al.). The article “The Impact Of Cyberbullying On Substance Use And Mental Health In A Multiethnic Sample” backs Dr. Selkie’s findings by stating that “cyberbullying
Water Bender Born of water gods, a Naiad and a Selkie, you would imagine that Kelsey Latvey was somehow connected to the water. Kelsey’s mother, Meridith (a Naiad) and her father Kai (a Selkie) had big aspirations for Kelsey as they were both quite important in their community. They wanted her to be able to bend water, be popular with everyone around her, and make a change in the world. When Kelsey was born, she was born very sick, even though Naiads possessed healing powers. They noticed that
She landed on her back with a whoosh, against his soft silky comforter. She’d never seen this side of her Selkie lover. His tangible lust ratcheted up her own raging libido. Kendrick quickly removed his clothes and pounced on the bed, straddling her hips. He leaned down, and tasted her lips. Aileana nipped at his full bottom lip before she sensed his tongue
The characters were interesting, and very witty, which gave the story a nice twist to other novels. With a strong main female character, you will be intrigued by her story. Learning to Swim is a fantasy romance novel based around Scottish/Irish Selkie legends. Not only did this book fascinate me, it also surprised. The novel went
encouraging what makes us feel alive is what I believe the hidden meaning is in this story. In the long run, if you do not answer that restlessness or find ways to nurture your spirit, you will be suffocating yourself slowly until you wilt away, much as the Selkie does when her sealskin is
HIDDEN INSTINCTS Below the surface of folklore and fairy tales hides the forgotten instinctual soul of the wild woman archetype, and while the morality of these tales may be questionable, I believe they are the trigger in bringing the forgotten instincts to the surface. The stories can bring empowerment as we interpret them to understand why we have lost our instincts and guide us in our transformation back to this forgotten self. This paper will discuss the connection between the wild woman and