2. Noun. (alternative spelling of selkie) A creature of Irish, Scottish, Icelandic, and Faroese mythology which can transform from a seal to a human (usually a woman). ¹
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Definition of Silkie
1. selkie [n -S] - See also: selkie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silkie
Literary usage of Silkie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Book of Ballads, Old and New by Guido Hermann Stempel (1917)
"THE GREAT silkie OF SULE SKERRY 1 AN eartly nourice sits and sings, And ay she
sings, "Ba, ... 3 "I am a man upo' the land, An' I am a silkie in the sea; ..."
2. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1906)
"... have withstand Thus was he safe, with his navy, And slew of them a great party.
This wise King, through governance. JOHN GOWER THE GREAT silkie OF SULE ..."
3. The Sea's Anthology: From the Earliest Times Down to the Middle of the by John Edward Patterson (1913)
""Upo' the land I am a man, A silkie i' yon' sounding sea; An' when I'm far awa' frae
... "It was nae well, indeed," quoth she, "That the Man-silkie o' Sule ..."
4. The Sea's Anthology: From the Earliest Times Down to the Middle of the by John Edward Patterson (1913)
"Upo' the land I am a man, A silkie i' yon' sounding sea; An' when I'm far awa'
frae land My dwelling is in Sule ..."
5. Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy (1866)
"We are indebted to Captain FWL Thomas, RN, for the following legend of the
sea-dwellers :— THE silkie WIFE. Those in the Shetland and Orkney Islands who ..."
6. Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy (1866)
"We are indebted to Captain FWL Thomas, RN, for the following legend of the
sea-dwellers :— THE silkie WIFE. Those in the Shetland and Orkney Islands who ..."
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