Sea Serpents, Sailors & Sceptics / Graham J. McEwan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEwan, Graham J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea monsters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 133 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Sea Serpents, Sailors and Sceptics

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1978.

Summary:

Originally published in 1978 Sea Serpents, Sailors and Sceptics looks at stories of folklore and mythology which have fascinated sailors from antiquity to the modern day. From stories of large unauthenticated sea creatures to the Loch Ness Monster, documented sightings are vast and the book provides a concise survey and review of the subject of ocean folklore. It shows how some large sea creatures, such as the giant squid, have been established and addresses some of the explanations of sea serpents and other sea creatures as now known, categorised species and offers a classification of these species that have formulated the mythologies of the sea throughout time. The book discusses how relatively little is known about the sea still and offers a practical look at the possibility that these mythological creatures, might in fact be, as yet undiscovered species. This book provides a unique interdisciplinary volume, crossing between the area of literature and folklore, and natural historians alike, and will appeal to academics working in the field of natural history and folklore alike.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Plates; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 The Case for Sea Serpents; 2 The Nineteenth Century I; 3 The Nineteenth Century II; 4 The Twentieth Century; 5 A Classification; 6 Stranded Specimens; 7 Other Curiosities; Chronological Table of Sightings; Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed January 28, 2023).

ISBN:

0-429-02243-3

0-429-66637-3

0-429-66365-X

9780429022432

OCLC:

1089729178