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Selkies | Three Ravens Bestiary #6
In this week's Bonus Episode, Martin and Eleanor dive into the murky history of Selkies.
Part of the "Three Ravens Bestiary" bonus series, we start by talking through the modern view of these mystical half-human, half-seal sea creatures, and chat about the most popular selkie myth of recent times - one of kidnap, stolen seal skins, and forced marriage. But then we wheel back to the origins of selkies, as found in Norse sagas, the Celtic 'Lore of Places' and elsewhere, too.
After a brief chat about the history of seal hunting, seal-skin products like Sporrans, and the Inuit goddess Sedna, we…
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