Sea-Tember returns! This time Niamh calls in Evan & Chelsea from It Came From The Maritimes to help shed some fascinating insight into the Selkie myth; seals who shed their skins to walk (and dance) upon land. We take a trip through Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, navigating people's problematic attraction to seal-folk. We also learn about the liminality of the shore as well as a certified Creepy B*tch, Selkolla.

Check out It Came From The Maritimes here (and tell 'em we sent ya!). Thank you SO much to Evan & Chelsea for providing a Canadian perspective and being such fun first pod guests!

S O U R C E S:

• THE FOLK-STORIES OF ICELAND Einar Ólafur Sveinsson
• https://legendsoflove.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/selkies-the-magical-seal-people-of-scotland-and-ireland/
• Orkney Folk-Lore W. Traill Dennison
• https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/the-finfolk-of-orkney-folklore
• Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism of Water in 19th-Century Scottish Folklore
• The Sea Calls: A Selkie's Liminal Existence Frances Avery,
• “The Seal Changes Into a Woman" (Schools Collection,  National Folklore Collection, UCD.)
• The Seal Woman in Its Irish and International Context -Darwin.
• Selkie (Poem) by Brittany E Burns 
• Selkies in Scottish Folk Tale  - Bc. Hana Zámečníčková
• Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition Daniel Sävborg, Karen Bek - Pedersen

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