The golden bough : a study in magic and religion / James George Frazer.
By: Frazer, James George, Sir.
Material type: BookSeries: Wordsworth reference.Publisher: Ware : Wordsworth, 1993Description: xiv, 756 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853263109.Subject(s): Mythology | Religion | Magic | SuperstitionDDC classification: 201.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 201.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 22/12/2023 | 00059851 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This work provides a thesis based on the idea that man progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought. It discusses fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat and many other symbols and practices.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. v)
- Chapter I The King of the Wood (p. 1)
- Chapter II · Priestly Kings (p. 10)
- Chapter II · Priestly Kings (p. 12)
- Chapter IV · Magic and Religion (p. 56)
- Chapter V · the Magical Control of the Weather (p. 69)
- Chapter V · the Magical Control of the Weather (p. 96)
- Chapter V · the Magical Control of the Weather (p. 105)
- Chapter V · the Magical Control of the Weather (p. 122)
- Chapter V · the Magical Control of the Weather (p. 126)
- Chapter X · Relics of Tree-Worship in Modern Europe (p. 139)
- Chapter XI · the Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation (p. 156)
- Chapter XI · the Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation (p. 161)
- Chapter XI · the Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation (p. 169)
- Chapter XIV · the Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium (p. 176)
- Chapter XV · the Worship of the Oak (p. 184)
- Chapter XV · the Worship of the Oak (p. 187)
- Chapter XV · the Worship of the Oak (p. 194)
- Chapter XV · the Worship of the Oak (p. 206)
- Chapter XV · the Worship of the Oak (p. 225)
- Chapter XX · Tabooed Persons (p. 235)
- Chapter XXI · Tabooed Things (p. 260)
- Chapter XXII · Tabooed Words (p. 284)
- Chapter XXII · Tabooed Words (p. 305)
- Chapter XXIV · the Killing of the Divine King (p. 308)
- Chapter XXV · Temporary Kings (p. 330)
- Chapter XXV · Temporary Kings (p. 336)
- Chapter XXV · Temporary Kings (p. 341)
- Chapter XXV · Temporary Kings (p. 344)
- Chapter XXV · Temporary Kings (p. 376)
- Chapter XXX · Adonis in Syria (p. 381)
- Chapter XXXI · Adonis in Cyprus (p. 383)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 389)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 396)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 403)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 409)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 410)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 413)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 420)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 427)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 438)
- Chapter XXXII · the Ritual of Adonis (p. 443)
- Chapter XLII · Osiris and the Sun (p. 446)
- Chapter XLIII · Dionysus (p. 448)
- Chapter XLIV · Demeter and Persephone (p. 456)
- Chapter XLV · the Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe (p. 463)
- Chapter XLVI · the Corn-Mother in Many Lands (p. 478)
- Chapter XLVII · Lityerses (p. 492)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 518)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 538)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 556)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 572)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 578)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 600)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 616)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 624)
- Chapter XLVIII · the Corn-Spirit as an Animal (p. 633)
- Chapter LVII · Public Scapegoats (p. 651)
- Chapter LVIII · Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity (p. 669)
- Chapter LIX · Killing the God in Mexico (p. 680)
- Chapter LX · Between Heaven and Earth (p. 686)
- Chapter LX · Between Heaven and Earth (p. 703)
- Chapter LX · Between Heaven and Earth (p. 705)
- Chapter LX · Between Heaven and Earth (p. 743)
- Chapter LXIV · the Burning of Human Beings in the Fires (p. 754)
- Chapter LXV · Balder and the Mistletoe (p. 763)
- Chapter LXV · Balder and the Mistletoe (p. 773)
- Chapter LXVII · the External Soul in Folk-Custom (p. 787)
- Chapter LXVIII · the Golden Bough (p. 812)
- Chapter LXIX · Farewell to Nemi (p. 824)
- Index (p. 828)