Superstitions of the sea
James Clary
Superstitions of the sea - St. Clair, Mich. Maritime History in Art ©1994
How maritime superstitions began
Animals
Beginning a voyaga, bells, boasting, building a vessel, burial
Calming storms, cargo, charms, coins, colors, creatures of the sea
Day, death, deities, devils, disaster, dreams, drowning
Equator crossing, evil eyes
Figureheads, fishing, flags, food
Games, ghosts, grooming
Heavenly signs, hexes
Icebergs, insects, islands
Jewelry, jinxes, Jonahs
Knives, knots
Launching, luck
Marriage, mermaids and mermen
Names, navigation, numbers
Offerings, omens
Patron saints, piracy, punishment
Regions feared, rescue
Saluting, sea, sea monsters, sickness
Tattoos, traditions
Unlucky ships
Vikings
Weather, women
9780916637002, 091663700X
Superstitions of the sea - St. Clair, Mich. Maritime History in Art ©1994
How maritime superstitions began
Animals
Beginning a voyaga, bells, boasting, building a vessel, burial
Calming storms, cargo, charms, coins, colors, creatures of the sea
Day, death, deities, devils, disaster, dreams, drowning
Equator crossing, evil eyes
Figureheads, fishing, flags, food
Games, ghosts, grooming
Heavenly signs, hexes
Icebergs, insects, islands
Jewelry, jinxes, Jonahs
Knives, knots
Launching, luck
Marriage, mermaids and mermen
Names, navigation, numbers
Offerings, omens
Patron saints, piracy, punishment
Regions feared, rescue
Saluting, sea, sea monsters, sickness
Tattoos, traditions
Unlucky ships
Vikings
Weather, women
9780916637002, 091663700X