Tag: Zena Holloway
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Zena Holloway, Sea Selkie 01 Painting, and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 10
In Scottish mythology, Selkies, meaning “Seal Folk” are mythological beings capable of therianthropy, changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. They are found in folktales and mythology originating from Orkney and Shetland. The folk-tales frequently revolve around female selkies being coerced into relationships with humans by someone stealing and hiding their sealskin, thus…
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Zena Holloway, Rolling in the Deep 01 Photograph, Tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 9
“Far, far from land, where the waters are as blue as the petals of the cornflower and as clear as glass, there, where no anchor can reach the bottom, live the mer-people.” ~ The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen Zena Holloway (born 1973 in Bahrain) is an underwater photographic artist living in London. Her work…
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