I R O N I C

On one hand we can say Skellig has the form of an angel. As he is cared by Mina and Michael his wings unfold and his face becomes young and beautiful. Skellig does miracles which anybody can explain.
On the other hand Skellig could be represented as a human, bird, angel or the three. Michael and Mina don’t know really what Skellig is (“Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know, Mina’s says) and the reader of the book will have to accept this as well.

While Michael helps Skellig, this strange creature begins to inhabit Michael’s dreams. Michael and Mina help Skellig, giving him food and sometimes beer.
Skellig seems to have a strange relationship with the owls, who bring him food. And as Michael’s mother keeps vigil by the baby’s hospital bed, Michael begins to feel his sister’s heart within his own, and Skellig appears in his mother dreams as well.
All in all, we can’t identify what really Skellig is. Perhaps he is a magical being. Skellig isn’t good, but he isn’t bad either. He has sad, beautiful eyes, and wings that make him fly, yet he is covered in dust and cobwebs, eats bluebottles and spiders and small dead animals, and his breath stinks. Skellig is shown as a disgusting and ugly creature but deep inside he is a very kindness being.