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She returns to the ocean, usually leaving her children behind with their grief-stricken father'.

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According to legend, once a selkie find her skin again, neither chains of steel nor chains of love can keep her from the sea. In the stories, she ends up finding her sealskin that her husband has hidden, or one of her children unwittingly finds it and brings it to her. She is a good wife and mother, but because her true home is in the sea, she always longs for it. Without her skin, she cannot return to the sea, and so she marries the human man and has children with him. For this reason, one of the most common selkie stories is that of a man stealing a selkie woman's sealskin. They were said to have perfect proportions and dark hair. Selkie women were supposed to be so beautiful that no man could resist them. One of the most common themes found in selkie folklore is romantic tragedy. Once ashore, the selkies were said to dance and sing in the moonlight. Some say it was once a year on Midsummer's Eve, while others say it could be every ninth night. There is no agreement among the stories of how often they could make this transformation. The seals would come up onto rocks or beaches and take off their skins, revealing the humans underneath. This aspect has led them to be a popular motif in romantic and tragic literature.' Another bit of background information that aids the viewer of this little rarity of a film, ONDINE, is the bit of folklore often referred to in the film - that Ondine is a 'selkie': 'In Irish folklore, there are many stories about creatures who can transform themselves from seals to humans. According to some legends, ondines cannot get a soul unless they marry a man and bear him a child. They have beautiful voices, which are sometimes heard over the sound of water. They are usually found in forest pools and waterfalls. Please note that in the event of an alternative shipping method being used to ship your order due to availability of shipping services to your address with our partner carriers, any difference in price will be refunded to your original method of payment.According to the dictionary an 'ondine is a water nymph or water spirit, the elemental of water.

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