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The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
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- In ballad: The supernatural
…a beneficent household spirit; “The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry” begets upon an “earthly” woman a son, who, on attaining maturity, joins his seal father in the sea, there shortly to be killed by his mother’s human husband; “Kemp Owyne” disenchants a bespelled maiden by kissing her despite her…
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