Selkie: The Seal-Folk of Sea and Shore
Along the wind-cut coasts of the Hebrides and Orkney, fishermen spoke of nights when the moon gilded the surf and selkies, seal-folk, would rise from the deep. Shedding their glossy seal skins, they stepped ashore as men and women of unearthly beauty. By dawn they donned their skins again and slipped back beneath the waves. In Gaelic lore, selkie comes from
