The women made very good, docile wives, if their husbands could manage to hide their sealskin. They are very gentle souls, contrasting with the usually hostile mythological creatures that come from the sea. The seal people, once upon the shore, were said to have danced in the moonlight. Some of the legends say that selkies can only transform from a seal to a human once a year, on Midsummer’s Eve others insist that it is every ninth night. The Secret of Roan Inish is an enchanting tale inspired by the gentlest of the fantastical creatures in Celtic mythology.
WEBBED FINGERS AND TOES MAC
There are many Celtic legends that tell of children being born with webbed fingers and toes, but none so famous as the Mac Coddrum siblings. He missed her very much, but his children kept him company for the rest of his life, except for the nights when their mother’s song called them to come to her and swim through the waves. In the morning, Neil Mac Coddrum was saddened to hear his children tell him that their mother had returned to the sea. Then, she slipped into the water and the children headed home. She bade her children farewell but she told them that they would be able to hear her singing from time to time, as they were half-selkie themselves. She told her children about the Selkie race and then warned them that she had to leave them that very night.Īfter Neil had fallen asleep, the selkie woman took her sealskin to the water’s edge. Their mother was overjoyed to have her sealskin back. One day, the children came running to her with a piece of fur, excited to show her what they had found. They grew older as the selkie woman grew more wistful, though she was a good and obedient wife. They can transform from one creature to another by shedding their sealskin, and alternatively, putting it on again.Īfter some time, she gave Neil a son and a daughter, both sporting webs between their fingers and toes.
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