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The golden bough : a study in magic and religion / Sir James George Frazer ; a new abridgement from the second and third editons ; edited with an introduction by Robert Fraser.
- Title
- The golden bough : a study in magic and religion / Sir James George Frazer ; a new abridgement from the second and third editons ; edited with an introduction by Robert Fraser.
- Author
- Frazer, James George, 1854-1941
- Publication
- London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Fraser, Robert, 1947-
- Description
- xlix, 858 p. : map; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Presents Frazer's classic study of the origins of magic and religion.
- Series Statement
- World's classics
- Uniform Title
- World's classics
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Mythology.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xliv-xlvi) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A Chronology of Sir James George Frazer -- Bk. I. The King of the Wood. 1. The King of the Wood. 2. Priestly Kings. 3. Magic and Religion. 4. Human Gods. 5. Departmental Kings of Nature. 6. The Worship of Trees. 7. The Sacred Marriage. 8. The Kings of Rome. 9. The Succession to the Kingdom. 10. The Burden of Royalty. 11. The Perils of the Soul. 12. Taboos -- Bk. II. Killing the God. 1. The Mortality of the Gods. 2. The Killing of the Divine King. 3. Temporary Kings. 4. Sacrifice of the King's Son. 5. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit. 6. Adonis. 7. Sacred Prostitution. 8. The Ritual of Adonis. 9. Attis. 10. The Hanged God. 11. Osiris. 12. Feasts of All Souls. 13. Isis. 14. Mother-kin and Mother Goddesses. 15. Dionysus. 16. Demeter and Persephone. 17. Woman's Part in Primitive Agriculture. 18. The Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden. 19. Lityerses. 20. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal. 21. Eating the God. 22. The Flesh Diet. 23. Killing the Divine Animal -- Bk. III. The Scapegoat. 1. The Transference of Evil. 2. Ancient Scapegoats. 3. Killing the God in Mexico. 4. The Saturnalia. 5. The Crucifixion of Christ -- Bk. IV. The Golden Bough. 1. Between Heaven and Earth. 2. The Seclusion of Girls. 3. Balder's Fires. 4. The External Soul. 5. Death and Resurrection. 6. The Golden Bough.
- ISBN
- 0192829343
- LCCN
- ^^^93036189^
- OCLC
- 28848286
- SCSB-10456696
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library