Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : conceptions of the watery world -- Interpreting the watery framework : philosophy, cosmogony, and physics. Water and the creation of the world ; Seas and lakes ; The interplay between water and land : land, rivers, and springs -- Explaining watery phenomena. Watery weather ; Water, health, and disease -- Imagining the watery world. (Biological) creatures of the sea ; (Mythical) sea monsters and sea gods ; Water and the divine : unseen and magical forces of the spiritual world ; Sailor cults and cults of sea gods -- Conclusion |