Baird's Entry - Selkie (NSFW) (Patreon)

Selkie

Keep a keen eye out for the flippered creature following you like a friend as you steer your boat through the loch. ‘Tis not a grey seal. She travels alone. These selkie fowk are cunning shapeshifters born with a magic ability, inherited from the Fae.

Beware the creature as she weaves her way through the icy sea, twisting her body in and amongst every dark and rocky crevice. A selkie can willfully stretch her body and shed her skin, changing from thick, fatty seal to lithe womanly form as she makes her way to dry land to taunt and tease unsuspecting eyes. As mischievous as she is trusting, the selkie may draw you in with her beguiling gaze and try to lure you into the depths of her watery home. You may never know if you have been enchanted or enslaved.

But just as swiftly, a daring soul can steal her away from her underwater lair. The Orkney know all too well the tale of Abhainn Muir who was able to abscond with the skin of a selkie maiden, preventing her from returning to the water, and keeping her as a wife. After she bore him several children, she found the hidden pelt, slipping back into her skin and the ocean. The abandoned children, and generations to follow, were cursed with webbed fingers and toes.

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Welcome to the first patron-sponsored entry in Baird's! Month by month, we'll keep filling out the compendium with new and mysterious creatures voted on by you. Sponsors can vote on next month's entry here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/37127724

We have a working list of Scottish mythological beings (mostly actual legends, albeit a few ones we made up) that we will draw from for each vote, but we're happy to make that list longer! What mythological beings would you like to see included in Baird's? Remember, his focus was on Scottish legends, so they should probably be Celtic, or at least thematically appropriate for the Scottish setting!