Binding: Paperback
Description: Describing sacred waters and their associated traditions in over thirty countries and across multiple time periods this book identifies patterns in panhuman hydrolatry. Supplying life's most basic daily need freshwater sources were likely the earliest sacred sites and the first protected and contested resource. Guarded by taboos rites and supermundane forces freshwater sources have also been considered thresholds to otherworlds. Often associated also with venerated stones trees and healing flora sacred water sources are sites of biocultural diversity. Addressing themes that will shape future water research this volume examines cultural perceptions of water's sacrality that can be employed to foster resilient human environmental relationships in the growing water crises of the twenty - first century. The work combines perspectives from anthropology archaeology classics folklore geography geology history literature and religious studies.
Title: Sacred Waters A Cross - Cultural Compendium Of Hallowed Springs And Holy Wells
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367445133
Pages: 398 Pages, 6 Tables, Black And White; 2 Line Drawings, Black And White; 53 Halftones, Black And Whit
Publication Date: 2/26/2020
Category: Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology