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 Übersetzung für 'selkie' von Englisch nach Deutsch
NOUN   selkie | selkies
myth.
selkie [also: silkie] [Scot. esp. Orkney]
Selkie {m} {f}
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Übersetzung für 'selkie' von Englisch nach Deutsch

selkie [also: silkie] [Scot. esp. Orkney]
Selkie {m} {f}myth.
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  • Selkie {m} {f} = selkie [also: silkie] [Scot. esp. Orkney]
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • Tales abound about the selkie, a seal that can remove its skin to make contact with humans for only a short amount of time before it must return to the sea.
  • There stands a statue of the selkie, down at the shore amidst the crashing surf in Mikladalur.
  • The selkie makes the same fateful prediction as in the Shetland version, that the woman will marry a gunner, who will shoot both the selkie and their son.
  • The transformation of Toyotama into a crocodile form draws parallels with the Melusine legend of continental Europe and selkie legends of Scotland and Scandinavia.
  • According to folklore, some of the natives were descended from a female selkie. This was because they had horny skin on their feet and hands, and permanently smelt of fish.

  • Following Eth, a non-binary fisher who lives in a magical version of British Columbia, "Eth's Skin" tells a story in which the protagonist accidentally picks up the skin of a selkie, which triggers an adventure.
  • "Selkie Stories Are for Losers" is a 2013 fantasy/magic realism short story by American writer Sofia Samatar, exploring the myth of the selkie from the perspective of those left behind.
  • The "fishtail-skin" mermaid folklore (as well as that of "seal-skin" seal-woman/selkie) are found all over the Irish and Scottish coasts.
  • The film was shot on location in Castletownbere, and it touches upon the possible existence of the mythological selkie bringing hope and love to humans they so much want to become.
  • After an oil spill on a nearby Sunnydale beach, Willow discovers a 'selkie'; that is, a girl that can turn into a seal with her sealskin.

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