The confection called lamington is an Australian cake made from squares of butter cake or sponge cake coated in an outer layer of chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut. The thin mixture is absorbed into the outside of the sponge cake and left to set, giving the cake a distinctive texture. A common variation has a layer of cream or strawberry jam between two lamington halves.
"The Selkie Story" is an illustrated children's book introduced in this episode. The Selkie folk are seal people --- seals who can shed their skins and take human form to dance on the shore. There are a number of versions of the Selkie story. The best known is the story of the fisherman who steals a Selkie's skin so that the woman must stay human. The couple marry and have children --- and the children find and return the skin to their mother.
Selkie stories are usually associated with Orkney, Shetland and the west coast of Scotland but stories of the shape-shifting seal people are also found in Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland and Cornwall. They are not half-human, half-sea creature, like mermaids or sirens but change from seal to human when they remove their skin on the shore. Without their skins, they are forced to stay human and cannot return to the sea.
Selkie stories are usually associated with Orkney, Shetland and the west coast of Scotland but stories of the shape-shifting seal people are also found in Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland and Cornwall. They are not half-human, half-sea creature, like mermaids or sirens but change from seal to human when they remove their skin on the shore. Without their skins, they are forced to stay human and cannot return to the sea.
PROLOGUE: "Part One Black Fire Orchid. Meaning: Desire to possess."