Two Selkies
2009
mixed media digital art
by Eric Whollem
Copyright by the artist.
SELKIES AND HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Among the Celtic peoples of Britain and Ireland, the legends of the Selkies abound.
The Selkie is a common designation of the mermaid or merman. The term properly
is translated as "Shifter" or "Shape Shifter."
Perhaps the fish tail of the mermaid represents on a symbolic level the Selkie's
penetration into the dimensions beyond.
