victoriousvocabulary: havfiske: Kópakonan Seal Woman or Selkie statueMikladalur, Faroe Is
victoriousvocabulary: havfiske: Kópakonan Seal Woman or Selkie statue Mikladalur, Faroe Islands SELKIE [noun] (also known as silkies or selchies) mythological creatures found in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish folklore. The word derives from earlier Scots selich, (from Old English seolh meaning seal). Selkies are said to live as seals in the sea but shed their skin to become human on land. The legend apparently originated on the Orkney and Shetland Islands and is very similar to those of swan maidens. -- source link