Male selkie

Selkies can be male or female, and are a shape-shifting creature from mostly Celtic Mythology, but can be found in Norse, Icelandic, and Faroese myth. There are contradicting accounts regarding how often they can walk on land, with popular tales saying once every seven years, but as with all folk tales, there is no right or wrong way to tell these tales. The common denominator among selkie tales, though, is that they shed their seal-skin in order to walk on land. In some places where selkie…

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In Norse and Celtic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or selkie folk meaning "seal folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. In Orkney lore, selkie is said to denote various seals of greater size than the grey seal; only these large seals are credited with the ability to shapeshift into humans, and are called "selkie folk". The type of large seals that might have been seen on the islands include…

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