Meaning & use
Selkie
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A mythical creature from Scottish and Irish folklore that lives as a seal in the sea but can shed its skin to take human form on land.
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In the old legend, the fisherman fell in love with a selkie who had come ashore.
The museum exhibit featured folk tales about selkies from the Orkney Islands.
A note on using this word
The word comes from the Scots term for 'seal'; selkie legends are especially common in the folklore of Orkney, Shetland, and Ireland.
Words with a similar meaning
seal-folk
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