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Baird's Entry - Selkie (NSFW)
🕑 Added 2020-05-15 04:08:39 +0000 UTC
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:
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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!
Comments
Little Napoleon
Haha, thanks! I'd love to draw Girlsay's seal again, someday...
Luxuria Unus
Very cute, makes me want more of that seal girl you drew a while back, she was amazing.
Little Napoleon
Must be a secret cameo ; )
Mits
GirlSelkie?
Scott Wulf
But of course! Many things be I, but a fool....nay! Well, maybe a wee bit....
Little Napoleon
Still need to see that movie someday :P
Little Napoleon
It's one of the vote options for next month's entry!
Little Napoleon
Do you think we should mix it up with non-anthro critters like those?
Little Napoleon
This one was all wat ^^ He did a great job, yeah!
Little Napoleon
Hah, that's a bit of everything, for sure!
Little Napoleon
If Baird's words are to be believed, best be on your guard!
Chrysalis
Selkie: human/seal shapeshifter. Kelpie: aquatic murder horse that drowns people. Not that similar, but both cool!
Nekonomicon
Ah what a glorious beauty. I'd love to hear their lovely voices and their merry melodies. I suppose you could call that the song of the sea.
Nekonomicon
Arent they similar?
Chrysalis
I'd love to see your take on a kelpie!
Sunblaze
wow LN that is by faaar the best Selkie I ever saw. Outstandng work!
Zod
I'm going to call it a furmaid. Also, I'd be interested to see your take on banshee or OG Kobolds (not the d&d not-dragons, though admit they're from Germany). Dullahan would also be interesting to see how you interpenetrated it.
Lunatico Ursus
The questing beast. I don't know if fits the "celta" thing. It's from Arthurian legends... But c'mon it's a beast with snake head leopard body and lion claws! It's perfect for TF art XD
Scott Wulf
Damn, now that is a lovely lass to set one's eyes upon! If the good Sir Malcolm won't woo her, mayhaps I shall endeavor to claim her fancy....
Nocturn3
Are their commissions open? Will they draw my oc? XD
Little Napoleon
Who is this mysterious W.P. Taus???
Little Napoleon
This sentiment may end up being a common thread in these posts, haha
churchontime
Now I want to see Malcolm romance her
Nocturn3
She's also a really good artist XP
