The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
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title:
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
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"The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry" or "The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry" is a traditional folk song from Orkney and Shetland. A woman has her child taken away by its father, the great selkie of Sule Skerry which can transform from a seal into a human. The woman is fated to marry a gunner who will harpoon the selkie and their son. "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry" is a short version from Shetland published in the 1850s and later listed as Child ballad number 113. "The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry" is
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Traditional song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Silkie_of_Sule_Skerry
date created:
2006-06-07T00:55:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T23:47:56Z
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