A selkie is a mythological creature found in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish folklore.
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Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. It was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997. It was derived from miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game Chainmail serving as the initial rule system. D&D's publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry.
Dungeons & Dragons is a 2000 American action adventure fantasy film directed by Courtney Solomon, written by Carroll Cartwright and Topper Lilien, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Among the more notable features of the otherwise poorly received film are cameo appearances by Richard O'Brien and Tom Baker. Parts of the film were made on location at Sedlec Ossuary.
In Scottish mythology, selkies or selkie folk meaning "seal folk" are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from the Northern Isles of Scotland.
The Secret of Roan Inish is a 1994 American/Irish independent film of Irish magical realism written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry.
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Kalsoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Eysturoy and Kunoy. The name means man island; by contrast with the parallel island to the east, Kunoy, the name of which means woman island.
In Greek mythology, a nymph is a female nature-spirit.
The Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game has spawned many related products, including magazines, films and video games.
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Monster Mission is a children's book written by Eva Ibbotson. It was also published under the title Island of the Aunts. It was a Publishers Weekly bestseller and a School Library Journal Best Book of 2000.
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a fantasy role-playing game first published in 1974. As the popularity of the game grew throughout the late-1970s and 1980s, it became referenced in popular culture more frequently. The complement of games, films and cultural references based on Dungeons & Dragons or similar fantasies, characters, and adventures became ubiquitous after the end of the 1970s.
A Stranger Came Ashore is a 1975 young adult novel written by Scottish author Mollie Hunter. Set in the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland, the plot revolves around a boy called Robbie Henderson, his family and a mysterious stranger named Finn Learson.
Ondine is a 2009 Irish romantic drama film directed and written by Neil Jordan and starring Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda. The film was shot on location in Castletownbere, Ireland, and it touches upon the possible existence of the mythological selkie bringing hope and love to humans they so much want to become.
Elements of Irish mythology have appeared many times in popular culture.
Selkie is a 2000 Australian family fantasy film. It features former Sick Puppies lead singer Shimon Moore.
Finn-men, also known as, Muckle men, Fion and Fin Finn, were Inuit sighted around the north of Scotland.
"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. It was first published in Strange Horizons.
Eth's Skin is a webcomic written and drawn by Sfé R. Monster since 2014. Following Eth, a non-binary fisherman 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. Inking on the webcomic is done by Kory Bing.
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