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Subject: Re: *blushes*
Author: Phyllis   (guest, 129.89.251.109)
Date: June 4, 2001 at 4:47:53 PM
Reply to: *blushes* by Selwyn
Selwyn

Just in the movies? *raised eyebrow*.

As a student (and a voracious reader), I've found a number of interesting differences between the "Romantic" regions (Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Latin America , etc.) and the "Northern" regions (Scandinavia, Finland, Northern Russia, Siberia, Alaska, Northern Canada, etc.).
There's a story by Susan Cooper based on an actual folktale from (I think) the British Isles about a man who falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a selkie (a sealwoman). Perhaps Nanaea can locate the title of the book (for it escapes me right now (Here, Title! Here, Title!) *beckoning whisles*).

Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)

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