There are only a few photos, but they're beautiful. The perspective is cross-cultural, the long, rich essay is very well researched and written, and there are good references at the end. Today, with clean water piped directly into our homes and largely taken for granted, it takes a leap of imagination to consider the greater importance of water to those who fetched it daily from the riverside or village well. Deeply dependent on the local water source for their crops and animals, our ancestors had a natural reverence for those places where good, pure water emerged like magic from the depths of the earth. It's tantalizingly brief but there's an e-mail address for Dr. Tempest for those seeking more information.
Water is undoubtedly one of the most ancient and universal of all symbols.
At the end, she has a small group of links to Celtic lore. The links are well annotated, often eclectic, always interesting. We thought you might find them interesting too. You'll find some treasures here. This lovely site from Caltech professor of physics, Kenneth G. Libbrecht, examines why no two snowflakes are ever alike.