Planning my illustrations for #FolktaleWeek26 and looking to my portfolio for inspiration I find many illustrated fairytales and myths which fit the 6th prompt: shapeshifter! In Celtic, Norse, Faroese and Icelandic mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or selkie folk meaning ‘seal folk’ can change from seal to human form by shedding their skin. Mélusine is the legendary half-fairy ancestor of the House of Lusignan and royals including the Plantagenets, whose lower 🧵1/