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Sea phantoms

or, Legends and superstitions of the sea and of sailors in all lands and at all times.

Also known as Sea phantoms; or, Legends and superstitions of the sea and of sailors in all lands and at all times

by Fletcher S. Bassett

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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CONTENTS Preface 5 Chapter I. — The Sea-Dangers. Rocks, Water-spouts and Whirl- pools, Tides, Moon and Weather, Winds and Wind-Gods 9 II. — The Gods, Saints and Demons of the sea: Nick and Davy Jones, The Virgin 55 III. — Wind-Makers and Storm-Raisers: Witches, Weather-wise Animals, Storm-raising Deeds 101 IV. — Water-Sprites and Mermaids. Sea-Giants and Dwarfs, Water-Horses and Buils 148 V. - The Sea Monsters and Sea Serpents: The Kraken or Island-Fish, Sea Monks, Sea Snakes. 203 VI. — Legends of the Finny Tribes: Jonah Stories, Sharks, Porpoises and Seals, Fish Stories 233 VII. — Stories of Other Animals: Shell-fish, The Barnacle-tree, Four-footed Animals, Birds and Insects 263 VIII. — Spectres of the Sea: Apparitions, Ghosts, Spectral Lands, St. Elmo’s Lights 283 IX. — The Death Voyage to the Earthly Paradise or Hell: Death-barks, Ocean Paradises, Canoe Burial 321 X. — The Flying Dutchman: Phantom Boats, Intelligent Ships, Curious Barks, Ocean Wanderers. 343 XI. — Sacrifices, Offerings and Oblations 379 XII. — Ceremonies and Festivals: Launching, Crossing the Line, Wedding the Adriatic, Fishermen’s Feasts 399 XIII. — Luck, Omens, Images and Charms: Lucky Men. Unlucky Ships, Friday, Images on Ships, The Caul 426 XIV. — Miscellaneous: The Drowned and Drowning, Sunken Bells and Towns, The Loadstone, The Deluge, Famous Voyages 466 Index 492 Digitized by Google. Originally published under title: Legends and superstitions of the sea and of sailors

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Demonology, angelology, and possession, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “witches” in the description.

    • “witches”· in description
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “demons” in the description.

    • “demons”· in description
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the subtitle, “Legends” in the alternative title, “Legends” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Superstition”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Superstition”· via Open Library
    • “Legends”· in subtitle
    • “Legends”· in alternative title
    • “Legends”· in description
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Retained metadata contains “Gods” in the description.

    • “Gods”· in description

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or, Legends and superstitions of the sea and of sailors in all lands and at all times.

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1892Chicago, Morrill, Higgins & co.; Morrill, Higgins & co.English—Public

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