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selkierosemary · 19 days

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Your local selkie tumblogger not the best at taking pretty photos but I had to show you all this new book called A Sweet Sting of Salt that I just got for my lesbian book hoard, because it's about a selkie! If you're familiar with the fisherman's wife story then you can guess what the selkie is dealing with. I'm so excited to read this!

#selkies #selkie books #selkie folklore #a sweet sting of salt #i was also gifted the little stuffed seals i put in this photo! the seashells and stuff are just off my desk.#i heard we are supposed to take pretty pictures of books so i did my best.#readwomen #rose sutherland #about to put this book with my literally unexaggeratedly life changing tides by our own betsy cornwall #bookblr #the rest of my regularly scheduled lesbian book posting is on my sideblog but obviously this needed to be posted here #selkie enthusiasts of tumblr need to know

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here-there-be-drag0ns · 1 year

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due to personal reasons i will be donning my seal-coat and escaping my responsibilities by returning to the sea

#i was not built for college i was built to be a lil guy #would very much prefer to be a selkie catching fish rather than just some guy writing essays #selkie #selkies #aough #mythical creatures #mythology #selkie folklore #folklore #dragons chatting

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chikorra · 22 days

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"Song of The Selkie"

Another blond boi with mommy issue uwu

#song of the sea #selkie #selkie folklore #seal art #faerie creature #irish folklore #my stuff #sketch #fanart #art #aaaaa my hands are so stiff when I forced myself to draw something

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pumpkinkingremix · 7 months

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October 16: the tide from the shore

three hundred years

wasn’t enough.

my long-term love,

my selkie-lover —

I’ll be waiting for you

in that body of water.

found poem from McGuire, Seanan. Letters to the Pumpkin King. pg 78-79

#byopoeming #seanan mcguire #the poeming #found poem #found poetry #spilled ink #letters to the pumpkin king #selkie #selkie folklore

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ryoli · 1 year

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this is Koitsuma (which translates to “Koi Wife”), who is based on Selkies from Scottish folklore. If youre interested on the original legend, ive put it under the cut :)

this is @lilozzy’s character, btw ;)

In your typical Selkie folk-tale, a man steals a female selkie's skin and finds her naked on the sea shore. In seeing how beautiful she is he is compelled to make her his wife. When he has do so, she spends her time in captivity longing for the sea. Over the years, she bears several children by her human husband. But one day, when she re-discovers her skin she immediately returned to the sea abandoning the children she loves.

There are several different versions of the story. Some key differences are:

One of her children discovers/knows the whereabouts of her skin

It is revealed that she already had a first husband who was also a Selkie

In some children's versions of the story, the Selkie wife will revisit her family on land once a year, but-

In one version, the Selkie wife is never seen again in human form, but her children would witness a large seal approach them and "greet" them

#digital arwork #digital art #art #mythical creatures #mythical beings #folklore #scottish folklore #koi #koi fish #mermaid #selkie #selkie folklore

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moldspace · 1 year

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selkie wood cut-out

#my art #art #sculpture #woodworking #selkie #folklore #mythology #i liked this one so much i kept her 🤭

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bramblrose · 2 months

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celtic mythology: selkie

"Peppered throughout Celtic folklore are stories about seal people, also called selkies who are said to be cursed with a constant longing for what they do not have: when they are swimming in the water as seals, they yearn to be on land, and when they walk on two legs as a human, they long to be in the sea. They can transform from one creature to another by shedding their sealskin, and alternatively, putting it on again."

#mythedit #mythologyedit #celticedit #folkloreedit #mythology #celtic mythology #celtic folklore #scotland #ireland #selkie #mine

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applesauceshindo · 9 months

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Aaah! Here it is!!

CARTOON SALOONS IRISH FOLKLORE TRILOGY!!!!

@irishthings

#cartoon saloon #cartoonsaloon #the secret of kells #wolfwalkers #song of the sea #ireland #irish #irish things #irish folklore #crom cruach #selkies #faeries #wolves

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tiachristiner · 4 months

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Song of the Sea 🦭

#illustration #artists on tumblr #my art #digital art #women artists #drawing #procreate art #fanart #cartoon saloon #song of the sea #folklore #selkie

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wildwithlight · 1 year

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Mikladalur's Kopakonan on the Faroe Islands

#selkie #siren #mermaid #sea #ocean #faroe islands #iceland #Scotland #Ireland #mythology #folklore

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claypigeonpottery · 7 hours

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sold

some selkies, hanging out together

kelp handle!

and the inside is pretttyyyy

#pottery #ceramics #ceramic #ceramic art #sgraffito #carving #underglaze painting #ceramic mugs #mugs #selkie #artistic nude #nude art #selkies #folklore #seals #seal #kelp #glazeware #claypigeon

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paxthepuppycat · 6 days

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… Can you make a Selkie stim board…?

here is a Selkie kin Stimboard!

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batsinurbelfrey · 9 days

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My box of pottery arrived and I'm so happy!!! I had ordered the original of this selkie mug last year but it didn't survive the shipping trip to socal 😢, however I reached out to @claypigeonpottery when it happened and she VERY kindly offered to remake it for me and try to send it again and I'm ELATED to report it made it here safely this time!

Also included are an array of lovely magnets! I adore the two pink skeleton bunnies, they remind me of me and my sister 🤍🩷

#pottery #mug #selkie #Irish folklore #magnets #birds #rabbits #constellations #personal

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gremblinfart · 17 days

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🌊A Seal Lady!!🦭