Sadness of the Selkie by harpyimages

Photography • Mythology • posted on Jul 01, 2009

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This was an idea that came to me whilst I was lucky enough to be shooting Steffie(27!) on the beach this last weekend. The backdrop was just SO high with seaweed and her look suited toold Myth that I ended up with this image. Below is a small description of Selkies: Selkies are able to transform to human form by shedding their seal skins, and can return to seal form by putting it back on. Stories concerning selkies are generally romantic tragedies. Sometimes the human will not know that their lover is a selkie, and wakes to find them gone. Other times the human will hide the selkie's skin, thus preventing them from returning to seal form. A selkie can only make contact with one particular human for a short amount of time before they must return to the sea. They are not able to make contact with that human again for seven years, unless the human is to steal their selkie's skin and hide it or burn it