Why Is the Sea Salty?

(via Hakai Magazine)  Thousands of years ago, the answer to the question of why the sea is salty would elicit some creative explanations. Before Google was around to explain dissolved salts in rivers and surface runoff flow into the ocean and saline emissions pour out of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, people were crafting more magical explanations. Here are five myths that seek to make sense of why the sea is salty.