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alt. (context Irish mythology English) A seal which can magically transform into a human. n. (context Irish mythology English) A seal which can magically transform into a human.
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Selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies; ) are mythological creatures found in Scottish, Irish, and Faroese folklore. Similar creatures are described in the Icelandic traditions. 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.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the selkie is a humanoid that can transform into a seal.
Selkie is a 2000 Australian film for children. It features former Sick Puppies lead singer Shimon Moore.
A selkie is a mythological creature found in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish folklore.
Selkie may refer to:
- Selkie (Dungeons & Dragons), a humanoid in the Dungeons & Dragons series
- Selkie (film), a 2000 Australian film
- Selkies, an android race in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles universe
Usage examples of "selkie".
The selkie, Khaphthash, reached over a hand and helped her back to her feet as the octopod returned to its former position.
The selkie strolled around it, ducking under to examine the hatch, then went over and looked again at the bones, and called back to his fellows.
She beckoned to the selkie, who came over but stayed a few meters distant.
Elizabeth could dimly make out a selkie silhouetted against the starlit sea.
The selkie responded with another minute or so of speech, looking down a little, as though in abstraction.
So assuming we interpreted the selkie correctly, it seems a plausible enough place of immediate origin.
Elizabeth supposed that the selkies did not set much store by shelter.
A clamor boomed through the piers as the watching selkies craned their necks and shouted, hooted, drummed on the timbers or smacked the water.
The selkies, so advanced in other simple technologies, seemed not to have invented pottery.
Delawar and Elizabeth hesitated for a moment, then joined the selkies in reclining beside it.
Susan wanted to get away, to do things that had never been done before, to see new worlds like that of the selkies, outside the Second Sphere altogether and away.
The selkies did the same, taking care to keep their hands open, palms upward.
The selkies responded with a brief, barking phrase and raised their hands also, but hesitantly, as though the gesture was unfamiliar.
Not wishing to hang around where the selkies had been, as much to avoid further alarming them as out of uncertainty about how dangerous the alarmed selkies might be, they took the skiff back to the whaling station and parked it well up the beach.
You should see some of the abominations that have been growing off the coast of Frostingdung these last few years since the selkies were driven away.