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Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis
Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis
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Early human relationships with water were characterized by beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities, who were worshipped and appeased but have been critically compromised by human activities. This study explores how and why some societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it and asks what can be done to turn the tide.
Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Early human relationships with water were characterized by beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities, such as rainbow-colored, feathered, or horned serpents, giant anacondas, and dragons. These beings were seen as bringers of life and sustenance, world creators, ancestors, guardian spirits, and law makers, embodying the powers of water. Worshiped and appeased, they reflected peoples' respect for water and its vital role in sustaining all living things. However, today, despite our recognition that "water is life," freshwater and saltwater ecosystems have been critically compromised by human activities. This major study of water beings and their historical contexts demonstrates how and why some societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it, and asks what we can do to turn the tide.
Dimension: 250 x 190 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789146882
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