Great Silkie

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The singer writes:

“...one of numerous tales of the Silkies, or seafolk, known to the inhabitants of the Orkney
Islands and the Hebrides. These enchanted creatures dwell in the depth of the sea, occasionally doffing their seal skins to pass on land as mortal men. Legend has it that they then accept human partners, and some families on the islands actually trace their ancestry to such marriages. In more complete versions of the ballad, the Silkie’s forecast of the death of himself and his son eventually come to pass.”

  1. Great Silkie

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