A Lurker
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Non-native English speaker; selkie appreciator; plushie enthusiast; lover of all animals fluffy, slimy and/or crawly
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"Till the tide turns, the sea calls out once more..."
The refrain in John Doyle’s haunting folk song "Selkie"
The refrain in John Doyle’s haunting folk song "Selkie"
Selkie
YouTube video by John Doyle - Topic
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"Till the tide turns, the sea calls out once more..."
The refrain in John Doyle’s haunting folk song "Selkie"
The refrain in John Doyle’s haunting folk song "Selkie"
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The legend stretches up into the Faroe Islands and Iceland.
📸 Faroese stamp showing the kópakonan or ‘seal woman’ (Edward Fuglø, Postverk Føroya)
📸 Faroese stamp showing the kópakonan or ‘seal woman’ (Edward Fuglø, Postverk Føroya)
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The legend stretches up into the Faroe Islands and Iceland.
📸 Faroese stamp showing the kópakonan or ‘seal woman’ (Edward Fuglø, Postverk Føroya)
📸 Faroese stamp showing the kópakonan or ‘seal woman’ (Edward Fuglø, Postverk Føroya)
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Boringly: our minds repeat themselves, getting stuck on words, syntactic patterns, sounds, images.
Or you’re a selkie
Or you’re a selkie
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Boringly: our minds repeat themselves, getting stuck on words, syntactic patterns, sounds, images.
Or you’re a selkie
Or you’re a selkie
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Selkies are matrilocal and exogamous, so a husband may move hundreds or thousands of miles to join his wife’s household after their wedding.
Once they’re too elderly to hunt and swim on their own, elderly selkies tend to join the household of their eldest daughter, niece, etc.
Once they’re too elderly to hunt and swim on their own, elderly selkies tend to join the household of their eldest daughter, niece, etc.
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Selkies are matrilocal and exogamous, so a husband may move hundreds or thousands of miles to join his wife’s household after their wedding.
Once they’re too elderly to hunt and swim on their own, elderly selkies tend to join the household of their eldest daughter, niece, etc.
Once they’re too elderly to hunt and swim on their own, elderly selkies tend to join the household of their eldest daughter, niece, etc.
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