Celtic Creatures

Selkies are mythical creatures who shapeshift between seal and human form, simply by removing or putting on their sealskin. In human form, they're often depicted as strikingly beautiful and seductive — and countless folk tales tell of selkies tricked into marriage, their husbands hiding away their sealskin to keep them on land. But these stories never end happily: a selkie's longing for the sea never truly fades, and the moment they find their sealskin again, they vanish back into the waves.
Glas Gaibhnenn describes a special, bountiful cow that gives endless amounts of milk. The stories around this cow — said to have been stolen from Spain — are many, varied and complex, differing depending on who told them and where. For this piece, I simply focused on the cow itself and her magical powers — happy mooing to the cellists! :)
The púca is a shapeshifter who can bring good fortune or bad, helping or hindering the humans it encounters. It has the power of human speech, and delights in confusing and terrifying people — though it's also been known to offer advice and lead travellers safely away from harm. Most stories depict the púca as mischievous above all: enticed onto its back, a human is in for a wild ride! This movement, marked Furioso, rounds off the suite with high energy.