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Author Eyers, Jonathan

Title Don't Shoot the Albatross! : Nautical Myths and Superstitions
Published London : Bloomsbury Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (132 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; Boatbuilding; Naming and Launching; Before Casting Off; Setting Sail; On Passage; Signs and Portents at Sea; Weather; Animals; Food and Fishing; If All Else Fails ... ; Acknowledgements; eCopyright
Summary Sailors are a notoriously superstitious lot - even if some won't admit it. Years of taking to the water, at the mercy of uncontrollable (and sometimes deadly) forces, have led even the wisest to seek ways of influencing the gods or fate. From bad omens and odd rituals to lucky tokens and forbidden words, the superstitions of the sea are legion. Many of these superstitions have refused to go away and quite a few have entered the general public consciousness. Some are amusing in their own right, others have fascinating origins, whilst for many there are bizarre anecdotal incidents which would ap
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Subject Seafaring life -- Mythology
Ocean -- Mythology.
Superstition.
Seafaring life -- Caricatures and cartoons
Ocean -- Caricatures and cartoons
Ocean
Ocean -- Mythology
Seafaring life
Superstition
Genre/Form Caricatures and cartoons
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781408158975
1408158973
9781408132135
1408132133