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eviladam:
I need some good online sources that cover a lot of sea lore. It's a small part of my novel I've yet to find the materials to accuratelly research but I want to get it as accurate to ancient legends as possible.

Josh:
Sea lore? As in mythology, sea gods and monsters, perhaps?

http://www.pantheon.org/
One of my favorite myth and lore sites in general.

This next one, you might have to do a bit of digging to see if there's anything that'll work for you, but I'll throw it up anyways

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Oh, and here's a short list of superstitions for fishermen.
http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/fisherman.html

HouseWren:
The following books are available online, mostly used:

Folklore and the Sea (The American Maritime Library, Vol 6) by Horace Beck, November 1973
ISBN-10: 0913372366
ISBN-13: 9780913372364
Collection of legends, songs, superstitions, and stories both true and apocryphal which includes spectral ships, mermaids and mermen, pirates, sea language, sea monsters, navigation and weather lore, names on sea and shore and much more.

There are multiple copies of this at various prices--some quite resonable.

Seafaring Lore and Legend : A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact
ISBN-10: 0071435433
List Price:$17.12

The Devil and the Deep: A Guide to Nautical Myths & Superstitions
ISBN-10: 1574090275
List Price:$ 6.85

eviladam:
Thanks. I did some intensive research tonight, like hours and hours got away from me before I realised kinda research, and I found a celtic god that works perfectlly for what I had in mind. Those crazy celts attribute  lot to one god. like dominion over the sea, weather, and the underworld, and magic.

Dom:
en.wikipedia.org is good too.  Do a search for 'mythology' or '[insert culture here] mythology' and you'll come up with articles and links back and forth.

pantheon.org is a favorite of mine too, but I've heard that a lot of the articles are unsourced, and it's true that it's hard to find other sources (at least online) about some of their info, so dunno how reliable it is.  But it gives fuel for the imaginary fire.

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