The people of the sea
Publisher: Turnstile Press
Published: 1954
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Seals (Animals) -- Folklore.
Description: "A book of travel in quest of one of the most mysterious and fascinating legendary themes--seals, and seal men, of Ireland and the Scottish Isles. In former times the Atlantic seal was hunted for its skin and the oil obtained from its fat. But to kill seals could bring bad luck: to know them is to be aware of their human attributes--many tales describe how they can change into human shape. It is their affinity with man that gives an uncanny tension to the stories David Thomson has to tell"--Dust jacket.