02215nam 22004093 450 991086089330332120230629233026.09781789147506(electronic bk.)9781789146882(MiAaPQ)EBC30239994(Au-PeEL)EBL30239994(CKB)25360739400041(BIP)085734007(EXLCZ)992536073940004120221120d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWater Beings From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis1st ed.Qu_bec City :Reaktion Books, Limited,2023.©2023.1 online resource (281 pages)Print version: Strang, Veronica Water Beings Qu_bec City : Reaktion Books, Limited,c2023 9781789146882 Looking to the vast human history of water worship, a crucial study of our broken relationship with all things aquatic--and how we might mend it. Early human relationships with water were expressed through beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities: rainbow-colored, feathered or horned serpents, giant anacondas, and dragons. Representing the powers of water, these beings were bringers of life and sustenance, world creators, ancestors, guardian spirits, and lawmakers. Worshipped and appeased, they embodied people's respect for water and its vital role in sustaining all living things. Yet today, though we still recognize that "water is life," fresh- and saltwater ecosystems have been critically compromised by human activities. This major study of water beings and what has happened to them in different cultural and historical contexts demonstrates how and why some--but not all--societies have moved from worshipping water to wreaking havoc upon it and asks what we can do to turn the tide.Conservation Of Natural ResourcesNatureStrang Veronica1656342Strang VeronicaothMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910860893303321Water Beings4167521UNINA