Serpent, Siren, Maelstrom, and Myth: Sea Stories and Folktales from Around the World

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An entrancing collection of myths and legends of the sea

The sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untamable. Storytelling offered our ancestors a means to understand and interact with the natural world, and in time these stories coalesced into the mythological systems of the world. And the ocean features in every mythological system in history.

To reflect and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0295752319

ISBN13:9780295752310

Release Date:October 2023

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.95 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.6" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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