Water Falls

Falling water has always excited the emotions. Thundering waterfalls and roiling rapids have filled hearts with both dread and wonder from time immemorial. Such fearsome places, where a misstep led to certain death, were thought by many peoples around the globe surely to be the abode of the gods. In...

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Published inWilderness and Waterpower pp. 1 - 14
Main Authors Armstrong, Christopher, Nelles, H. V
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Calgary Press 2013
Subjects
Environmental economics
History of other lands
History of the Americas
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Summary:Falling water has always excited the emotions. Thundering waterfalls and roiling rapids have filled hearts with both dread and wonder from time immemorial. Such fearsome places, where a misstep led to certain death, were thought by many peoples around the globe surely to be the abode of the gods. In the Christian era, it was believed that these were sites of revelation where God made manifest his enormous power, casting human pretensions in pitiful perspective. For millennia, human beings approached waterfalls with a sense of fear, awe, and wonder. In the modern era, the power of falling water has also
ISBN:1552386341
9781552386347
DOI:10.1515/9781552386361-002