tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337215097735623425.post5121009336651359872..comments2020-12-10T13:17:52.657+00:00Comments on The Fern Law of Faery: John Stewart and the SelkieHeronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16294795667742572109noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337215097735623425.post-29836312038626683682011-07-22T14:24:47.892+01:002011-07-22T14:24:47.892+01:00Thanks for the comment Puny.
Yes those selkie sto...Thanks for the comment Puny.<br /><br />Yes those selkie stories do often have a melancholy feel to them which is quite moving.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294795667742572109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337215097735623425.post-37748818383692486652011-07-18T19:22:51.702+01:002011-07-18T19:22:51.702+01:00I read and enjoy your stories, but don't often...I read and enjoy your stories, but don't often leave a comment. This poem, though, reminded me of a song I used to sing when I was young, about a Silkie father who predicts the death of his half-human son, a Child Ballad, I think. I can't remember the words now, but it made me cry to sing it, not only for the sad story, but because the music was melancholy.<br />Best,<br />PunyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337215097735623425.post-26661324663449986542011-04-26T20:07:58.763+01:002011-04-26T20:07:58.763+01:00Thanks for your comments Eliseo, and for the infor...Thanks for your comments Eliseo, and for the information about the film. I'll certainly look out for it.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294795667742572109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-337215097735623425.post-24494155604051599472011-04-26T17:39:40.055+01:002011-04-26T17:39:40.055+01:00Thanx for sharing this lovely poem.... I have alwa...Thanx for sharing this lovely poem.... I have always been alured by the folk selkie type... There is a cute celtic styled movie... based on the Selkie lore... "Roan Inish"<br />In fact it is an American independent film written and directed by John Sayles, and released in 1994. It's based on the novel The Secret of Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry.<br /><br />It is centered on the Irish and Orcadian folklores of selkies—seals that can shed their skins to become human. The story, set on the west coast of Ireland, is about Fiona, a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents and her cousin Eamon near the island of Roan Inish, where the selkies are rumored to reside. It is an old family legend that her younger brother was swept away in his infancy and raised by a selkie. Part of the film takes place in Donegal.<br /><br />The film has been praised for its uniqueness and its cinematography filmed by Haskell Wexler with an awesome irish folk musical score by Mason Daring<br /><br />Keep up this good blog!<br />Best wishes and blessings ☼Celtic Spritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421009153116403447noreply@blogger.com