WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE...
Photo by Imleedh Ali on Unsplash Water has always been a universal symbol of life across cultures, past and present. Nothing can live without water. As Jacques Yves Cousteau said it so aptly, “We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.” Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula of H2O – transparent, odourless, tasteless, colourless, but the significance it has in all our lives is momentous. Mythology abounds with water deities. This list is mindbogglingly long. These gods and goddesses were prominent in civilizations that grew up next to the sea or ocean, or beside great rivers. A few examples are: Ashiakle, the goddess of the treasures at the bottom of the ocean (Africa) Anuket, the goddess of the Nile, nourisher of the fields (Egypt) Nephthys, the goddess of rivers, death, mourning and night (Egypt) Mazu, the goddess of the sea and protector of sea farers, (China) Mizuchi – dragon and sea god (Ja...