Episode Forty-Seven: Selkies (collab with It Came From The Maritimes) - weird uncle stories
Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology PodcastShow Notes
Sea-Tember returns! This time Niamh calls in Evan & Chelsea from It Came From The Maritimes to help shed some fascinating insight into the Selkie myth; seals who shed their skins to walk (and dance) upon land. We take a trip through Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, navigating people's problematic attraction to seal-folk. We also learn about the liminality of the shore as well as a certified Creepy B*tch, Selkolla. Check out It Came From The Maritimes here (and tell 'em we sent ya!). Thank you SO much to Evan & Chelsea for providing a Canadian perspective and being such fun first pod guests!
S O U R C E S: THE FOLK-STORIES OF ICELAND Einar Ólafur Sveinsson https://legendsoflove.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/selkies-the-magical-seal-people-of-scotland-and-ireland/ Orkney Folk-Lore W. Traill Dennison https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/the-finfolk-of-orkney-folklore Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism of Water in 19th-Century Scottish Folklore The Sea Calls: A Selkie's Liminal Existence Frances Avery, “The Seal Changes Into a Woman" (Schools Collection, National Folklore Collection, UCD.) The Seal Woman in Its Irish and International Context -Darwin. Selkie (Poem) by Brittany E Burns Selkies in Scottish Folk Tale - Bc. Hana Zámečníčková Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition Daniel Sävborg, Karen Bek - Pedersen
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