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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
By James George Frazer, Robert Fraser
912 pages
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- Oxford University Press
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Synopsis
First published in 1890, The Golden Bough is a seminal work of modern anthropology. A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind that traces the development and confluence of thought from magic and ritual to modern scientific theory, it has been a source of great influence upon such diverse writers as T.S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, and D.H. Lawrence. This edition restores many of the controversial passages expurgated in the 1922 edition that elucidate Frazer's bolder theories, and sets ...
First published in 1890, The Golden Bough is a seminal work of modern anthropology. A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind that traces the development and confluence of thought from magic and ritual to modern scientific theory, it has been a source of great influence upon such diverse writers as T.S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, and D.H. Lawrence. This edition restores many of the controversial passages expurgated in the 1922 edition that elucidate Frazer's bolder theories, and sets them within the framework of a valuable introduction and notes.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Introduction ix
- Select Bibliography xliv
- A Chronology of Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) xlvii
- Book I - The King of the Wood 7
- Chapter 1 - The King of the Wood 9
- Chapter 2 - Priestly Kings 22
- Chapter 3 - Magic and Religion 26
- Chapter 4 - Human Gods 60
- Chapter 5 - Departmental Kings of Nature 77
- Chapter 6 - The Worship of Trees 82
- Chapter 7 - The Sacred Marriage 98
- Chapter 8 - The Kings of Rome 114
- Chapter 9 - The Succession to the Kingdom 122
- Chapter 10 - The Burden of Royalty 134
- Title Page iii
- Contents v
- Introduction ix
- Select Bibliography xliv
- A Chronology of Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) xlvii
- Book I - The King of the Wood 7
- Chapter 1 - The King of the Wood 9
- Chapter 2 - Priestly Kings 22
- Chapter 3 - Magic and Religion 26
- Chapter 4 - Human Gods 60
- Chapter 5 - Departmental Kings of Nature 77
- Chapter 6 - The Worship of Trees 82
- Chapter 7 - The Sacred Marriage 98
- Chapter 8 - The Kings of Rome 114
- Chapter 9 - The Succession to the Kingdom 122
- Chapter 10 - The Burden of Royalty 134
- Chapter 11 - The Perils of the Soul 153
- Chapter 12 - Taboos 166
- Book II - Killing the God 221
- Chapter 1 - The Mortality of the Gods 223
- Chapter 2 - The Killing of the Divine King 228
- Chapter 3 - Temporary Kings 254
- Chapter 4 - Sacrifice of the King's Son 261
- Chapter 5 - The Killing of the Tree-Spirit 273
- Chapter 6 - Adonis 300
- Chapter 7 - Sacred Prostitution 320
- Chapter 8 - The Ritual of Adonis 331
- Chapter 9 - Attis 346
- Chapter 10 - The Hanged God 353
- Chapter 11 - Osiris 366
- Chapter 12 - Feasts of All Souls 375
- Chapter 13 - Isis 387
- Chapter 14 - Mother-Kin and Mother Goddesses 390
- Chapter 15 - Dionysus 396
- Chapter 16 - Demeter and Persephone 405
- Chapter 17 - Woman's Part in Primitive Agriculture 411
- Chapter 18 - The Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden 417
- Chapter 19 - Lityerses 435
- Chapter 20 - The Corn-Spirit as an Animal 455
- Chapter 21 - Eating the God 498
- Chapter 22 - The Flesh Diet 511
- Chapter 23 - Killing the Divine Animal 521
- Book III - The Scapegoat 555
- Chapter 1 - The Transference of Evil 557
- Chapter 2 - Ancient Scapegoats 591
- Chapter 3 - Killing the God in Mexico 607
- Chapter 4 - The Saturnalia 630
- Chapter 5 - The Crucifixion of Christ 666
- Book IV - The Golden Bough 677
- Chapter 1 - Between Heaven and Earth 679
- Chapter 2 - The Seclusion of Girls 686
- Chapter 3 - Balder's Fires 706
- Chapter 4 - The External Soul 750
- Chapter 5 - Death and Resurrection 785
- Chapter 6 - The Golden Bough 794
- Explanatory Notes 809
- Index 843
- The World's Classics Website 861