goldentailedmermaids: Mermaid moodboard : Selkies of the Celtic, North and Atlantic seas Selkies are
goldentailedmermaids:Mermaid moodboard : Selkies of the Celtic, North and Atlantic seasSelkiesare said to live as seals in the sea but shed their skin to becomehuman on land. Those maiden whoare said to be utterly beautiful lives north of the Celtic sea, theAtlantic ocean and the North sea. It is said that if a human steal aselkie’s tail and hide it, she will be compelled to live with him andbecome his wife. But if she finds back her tail, she will turn into aseal again and leave her husband to go back to the sea and neverreturn to him; only to her children and play with them in the waves. -- source link
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