The sea can wash away all evils : modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean /
Patton, Kimberley C.(Kimberley Christine),1958-
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2007.
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".
Water
Ocean
Ocean.
Marine pollution.
Purity, Ritual.