Unique pendant handmade using recycled sterling silver and hand collected palest teal sea foam sea glass. The soul of the Selkie will forever belong to the sea, and this necklace shows the coral and kelp of their underwater home, holding close the watery soul of the Selkie. Patina applied to highlight the organic texture, and the dark folklore tale.
In Celtic and Norse mythology, selkies or selkie folk meaning 'seal folk' are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from the Northern Isles of Scotland.
These seductive creatures were often trapped by humans, who would hide their seal skin, so they could not return to the sea. This necklace shows that’, despite capture, their soul is free and forever held by their ocean home, among the deeps sea corals and kelp beds.
*This listing is for the pendant alone *
To offer more choice when purchasing, you can simply buy the pendant alone to use with an existing chain/cord, or purchase with a sterling silver 18” chain with handmade hook fastening. We offer the choice of a finer or heavier belcher chain. See image 6 to compare chain size next to pendant.
