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  • noun Plural form of selkie.

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Examples

  • But I didn’t really believe it, no more than I believed in selkies rescuing women from the sea and helping them deliver their babies.

    On Desperate Seas « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • In this unforgettable book the Celtic myth of the selkies—seals who shed their skin to become human—is turned inside-out and made startlingly plausible.

    The Rancher & the Sculptor Sam Sacks 2011

  • I read Virginia Kantra's short story - Sea Crossing - about the selkies in the Shifter anthology.

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009

  • The tales of the leprechauns and the goblins, the warlocks and the selkies; of the many inhabitants of this rich green-brown land.

    Gretel by Firelight, Part I Roberta Lawson 2011

  • In many cases humans have unknowingly fallen in love with selkies.

    VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, WEREWOLVES & STEPHEN KING..OH MY! | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009

  • Slow week for me, but managed to read Sea WItch by Virginia Kantra and really loved both the romance and the paranormal aspects of it -- selkies.

    Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009

  • Do you remember what Darcy said about the selkies?

    The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010

  • Some girl is yelling about secrets, Mrs. Lachlan is crying about her selkies—whatever they are—and Sir Roderick is shouting at Mr. Shaw for dredging up the past.

    The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010

  • Sick with fever, she ran to the beach and threw herself into the churning waves, trying to find her way back to the selkies.

    The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010

  • Sick with fever, she ran to the beach and threw herself into the churning waves, trying to find her way back to the selkies.

    The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010

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