What is a selkie?

Question

I read this awesome book called Norma Ever After, and it was set in Ireland I think. Well, one of the main characters kept talking about a selkie. Is it something like a fairy tale?

Answer 1

yeah , what he said, but also that it is female

Answer 2

A selkie is a shape-changing creature, and from Scotland. It changes from a seal into a young woman and back again.

Answer 3

A selkie is an Irish/Scottish mythological creature that can transform from a human to a seal, and back.