01965nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10183544 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060717s2007 nyu sb 001 0 eng 2006023553 0231138067 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231138062 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231510853 (e-book) 9780231510851 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560353866 BL450 .P38 2007eb 201/.77 22 Patton, Kimberley C. (Kimberley Christine), 1958- The sea can wash away all evils [electronic resource] : modern marine pollution and the ancient Cathartic Ocean / Kimberley C. Patton. New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. xx, 185 p. 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". Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Water Religious aspects. Ocean Religious aspects. Ocean. Marine pollution. Purity, Ritual. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10183544 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 145541 145541