Far below the ocean waves live the strange and mysterious people of the sea. From ancient times to the modern day we have been fascinated by stories of the sea folk – the way they look, the songs they sing, and the great hold they have on us. But the merfolk are very different to humans, and when human and sea person meet, things rarely go according to plan…

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Sources and Further Reading

Introductions

• Mermaids
• Merrows
• Selkies

Stories

• Lebor Gabála Éirenn, translated by Robert Stewart MacAlister
• Roth Mac Cithaing & Port Láirge, in the Rennes Dindsenchas translated by Whitley Stokes
• The Wonderful Tune / The Lady of Gollerus by Thomas Crofton Croker
• Orkney Folk-lore: Selkie Folk by William Traill Dennison
• The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson
• The Fisherman and His Soul by Oscar Wilde

Essays

• The Testimony of Tradition by David MacRitchie
• The Motif of the Mermaid in English, Irish, and Scottish Fairy- and Folk Tales by Stephanie Kickingereder
• Supernatural Beings in the Far North: Folklore, Folk Belief, and The Selkie by Nancy Cassell MacEntire

Music

• The Butterfly by Sláinte
• Pure Water by Meydn
• Siren Song by Platypus VA
• Capclear by Aislinn
• Cobweb Morning by Kai Engel
• The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry by June Tabor
• Rain by Meydn
• O Come Ye by Ayla Nereo
• October by Kai Engel

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