Mermaids are the most celebrated mythical creatures of the sea — they get fairy tales, musicals and rides at theme parks devoted to their lore. But it seems that selkies, a lesser-known mythical sea ...

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There’s nothing quite like sitting around a campfire and hearing a spooky story. Even better if you’re at a firepit on the beach at sunset — and the ghostly element of the tale is a selkie, a mythical ...

This week Neil Jordan’s “Ondine” goes to Blu-ray, Ridley Scott releases a director’s cut of “Robin Hood,” and Godzilla’s studio rival Gamera gets some DVD double features. New on Blu-ray is Neil ...

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For Jackie Morris the half seal, half human creatures know as ‘selkies’ are the perfect symbol to discuss family separation and loss – here’s why she wrote and illustrated her book The Seal Children ...