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020			_a9781789147506 (e-book)
040			_cCavite State University - Main Campus Library _erda
041			_aeng
050			_aGF22 _bS77 St8 2023
100			_aStrang, Veronica _948552 _eauthor
245			_aWater beings : _bfrom nature worship to the environmental crisis / _cby Veronica Strang
260			_aLondon : _bReaktion Books Ltd, _c2023
300			_a1 online resource (281, pages) : _bcolor illustrations.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _acomputer
338			_2rdacarrier _aonline resource
500			_ahttps://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/ is required to read this e-book.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_a1. Being ubiquitous -- 2. Original beings -- 3. Living beings -- 4. Nature beings -- 5. Cultivating beings -- 6. Irrigating beings -- 7. Travelling beings -- 8. Supreme beings -- 9. Demonized beings -- 10. Reformed beings -- 11. Transformational beings
520			_a"Early human relationships with water were expressed through beliefs in serpentine aquatic deities: rainbow-coloured, 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 law makers. Worshipped and venerated, 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."-- Dust jacket
541			_aFund 164 _bCE-Logic _cPurchased _dFebruary 19, 2024 _eOEBP000496 _fP. Roderno _hPHP 5,016.00 _p2024-02-0124 _q2024-1-113
650		0	_aSerpents _948553 _xFolklore
650		0	_aSerpents _948553 _xMythology
650		0	_aSerpents _948553 _xReligious aspects
650		0	_aWater _95278 _xFolklore
650		0	_aWater _95278 _xMythology
650		0	_aWater _95278 _xReligious aspects
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