The sea can wash away all evils, modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean, Kimberley C. Patton
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The sea can wash away all evils, modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean, Kimberley C. Patton
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The sea can wash away all evils
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Kimberley C. Patton
Sub title
modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean
Table Of Contents
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"
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