Silkie
E471646
"Silkie" is a traditional folk ballad, often associated with Celtic and British Isles folklore about shape-shifting seal-people, that has been interpreted by various folk artists including Joan Baez.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
traditional folk ballad ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
British Isles
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Orkney Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Shetland Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | selkie folklore ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | oral tradition ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
a human woman
ⓘ
a selkie man ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Scottish ballad tradition ⓘ |
| featuresMythologicalCreature | selkie ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
The Great Silkie
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The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
British Isles folklore
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Celtic folklore ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
folk music
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traditional ballad ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
sea and ocean
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seal-people ⓘ shape-shifting ⓘ supernatural beings ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| includedIn | folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motif |
child of mixed heritage
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human–otherworld marriage ⓘ prophecy of death ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | ballad ⓘ |
| performanceType | vocal music ⓘ |
| performedBy |
Joan Baez
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various folk artists ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Joan Baez
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multiple contemporary folk singers ⓘ |
| setting | Sule Skerry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
fatal destiny
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loss and separation ⓘ relationship between human and selkie ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPopularity | 20th-century folk revival ⓘ |
| typicalAccompaniment |
acoustic guitar
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folk instrumentation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joan Baez, Vol. 2