The sea can wash away all evils [electronic resource] : modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean / Kimberley C. Patton.
Material type:
- 201/.77 22
- BL450 .P38 2007eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index.
The Dutch bread-man : ocean as divinity and scapegoat -- The crisis of modern marine pollution -- The purifying sea in the religious imagination : supernatural aspects of natural elements -- "The sea can wash away all evils" : ancient Greece and the Cathartic Sea -- "The great woman down there" : Sedna and ritual pollution in Inuit seascapes -- "O ocean, I ask you to be merciful" : the Hindu submarine mare-fire -- "Here end the works of the sea, the works of love".
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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