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Definition of Selkie
1. a creature in Scottish and Irish folklore [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selkie
Literary usage of Selkie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry, Grades 5-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Linda Armstrong, Jill Norris (2005)
"The poem they will read next, "The Great selkie of Skule Skerry," was originally
written to be sung as a ballad, or a story told in song. ..."
2. The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries edited by Arthur Washington Cornelius Hallen, John Horne Stevenson (1894)
"I1 am a man apo' de land, I am a selkie i' de sea; Me heem it is de Soola-Skerry,
... An' he may prick or club me bairn, When he's a selkie i' de sea. ..."
3. The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries edited by Arthur Washington Cornelius Hallen, John Horne Stevenson (1893)
"And it was this class of larger seals that were called 'selkie folk,' because
... Others held that the selkie folk were human beings, who, for some grave ..."
4. The Scottish Antiquary, Or, Northern Notes & Queries edited by Arthur Washington Cornelius Hallen, John Horne Stevenson (1894)
"I am a man apo' de land, I am a selkie i' de sea; Me heem it is de Soola-Skerry,
An' a' dats dare is under me. An' I am king o' a' de folk, An' la' tae dem ..."
5. Orkney and Shetland Miscellany of the Viking Club by Viking Society for Northern Research (1908)
"Wan selkie skin wis lyin' bae itsel', so, heth, ... oot i' the selkie tong, for
am teelin" thee the selkies can spaek tae ane anither as weel as thee or me ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"The selkie- women are human beings temporarily transformed into seals, and are
usually called " Finns." I believe them to be a fanciful cross- 1 The ..."
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