Symbolism of Ships and the Sea
From Ship of the Church to Gospel Trawler
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Mccaughan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-61 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Maney Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/flk.2001.40.1.54 |
| OpenAlex | W1985916701 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The emblematic ship is an enduring cultural symbol, or root metaphor, deeply embedded in human consciousness. Its symbolic meanings are keyed directly to the natural world of the oceans, where salt-laden reality prevails in the immensity of sea and sky. This is a place of otherness, an unpredictable and alien environment possessing great beauty and destructive power. It both attracts and repels humanity through conflicting emotions of awe and fear. From earliest times seafarers have sailed from the shores of home, navigating far out on to the trackless and unfathomable deep. Questing for what lies beyond the horizon, their myriad voyages have layered our history and freighted our imagination
Aesthetics · Alien · Archaeology · Art · Beauty · Consciousness · Epistemology · Gospel · Humanity · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Natural (archaeology · Power (physics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Maritime Security and History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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