Tales of the Seal People: Scottish Folk TalesA collection of 14 selkie (half-seat halt-human creatures) tales from the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip of Scotland. |
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Angus MacDonald Angus MacLean animals anyway baby seal beach beast beautiful breakfast brother canna cattle coat cottage croft crofters daddy damned arm dark Donald MacDougall door drink Duncan Bell Duncan MacKinnon eggs everything eyes father felt fish fisherman flipper Flippy friends gaunnae gone grey seal happen to Mary happened Iain island Jack killed kind knew laddies lighthouse lived long time ago loved mainland Malcolm Margaret Mary Mary's minister Morag morning mother nets never night old woman parents Peter MacKinnon rocks round Saltie says scartch sea loch seal-folk seaweed Seda shore shoreside silkie sitting skins stayed stood story strange stranger swam swim talked tell terrible there's thing thought told took upset village waited walked wee baby wee bit wee lassie weeks West Coast Western Isles What's wife
References to this book
Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols: A Handbook Cassandra Eason No preview available - 2008 |
The Celtic Breeze: Stories of the Otherworld from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales Heather McNeil No preview available - 2001 |