Serpent, siren, maelstrom & myth : sea stories and folktales from around the world
Smyth, Gerry, 1961-2023
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The sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untameable. 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 explore this, Gerry Smyth has gathered together myths and folktales from cultures around the world - Native American, Caribbean, Polynesian, Persian, Indian, Scandinavian and European. Just as these stories have been passed down through generations, he brings his own narrative interpretation with additional discussion on their meaning.
Main title:
Serpent, siren, maelstrom & myth : sea stories and folktales from around the world / retold and interpreted by Gerry Smyth.
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Imprint:
London : British Library Publishing, 2023.London : British Library Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
295 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780712354196 (hbk)
Dewey class:
398.32
Language:
English
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BRN:
2854955