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a seal that sheds its skin to walk among us, then aches to swim home.
steal the skinHide a selkie's pelt and she cannot return to sea.
folklore rootsBorn in Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, and the Faroes.
reluctant bridesTales tell of selkie wives stolen, never freely staying.
the etymologyFrom Scots selch, simply meaning seal.
always escapesFind the skin, and she vanishes into the waves forever.