selkie: (noun) a magical creature that resembles a seal in water but is able to assume human form on land. Many stories attribute this ability to the donning and doffing of the seal skin.
The term is said to have originated on the Orkney Islands where selch is the word for seal. The selkie can be found in Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish mythology. Spelling variants include "selky", "silkie", and "selchie."
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