Patton, Kimberley C.  1958- <br/><br/>
The sea can wash away all evils  modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean /  [electronic resource] : 
Kimberley C. Patton. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  c2007. 
 - xx, 185 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index. 
<br/><br/>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". 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water--Religious aspects.<br/>Ocean--Religious aspects.<br/>Ocean.<br/>Marine pollution.<br/>Purity, Ritual.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL450  / .P38 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>201/.77