Water in Mythology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9395677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Witzel (American Academy of Dermatology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 144 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 18-26 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | American Academy of Arts and Sciences (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_00338 |
| OpenAlex | W2121604425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Water in its various forms–as salty ocean water, as sweet river water, or as rain–has played a major role in human myths, from the hypothetical, reconstructed stories of our ancestral “African Eve” to those recorded some five thousand years ago by the early civilizations to the myriad myths told by major and smaller religions today. With the advent of agriculture, the importance of access to water was incorporated into the preexisting myths of hunter-gatherers. This is evident in myths of the ancient riverine civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China, as well as those of desert civilizations of the Pueblo or Arab populations
Agriculture · Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Desert (philosophy · Geography · Mesopotamia · Mythology · Political science · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classics · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |