The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1&2)
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1&2)

Complete EditionBy James George Frazer
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"The Golden Bough" in 2 volumes is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer that made a substantial influence on contemporary European literature and thought. Frazer attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length22 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 17, 2020
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Chapter I. The King Of The Wood.
19§ 8.—Demeter and Proserpine.
2§ 1.—The Arician Grove.
20§ 9.—Lityerses.
3§ 2.—Primitive man and the supernatural.
21Chapter III—(continued).
4§ 3.—Incarnate gods.
22§ 10.—The corn-spirit as an animal.
5§ 4.—Tree-worship.
23§ 11.—Eating the god.
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6§ 5.—Tree-worship in antiquity.
24§ 12.—Killing the divine animal.
7Chapter II. The Perils Of The Soul.
25§ 13.—Transference of evil.
8§ 1.—Royal and priestly taboos.
26§ 14.—Expulsion of evils,
9§ 2.—The nature of the soul.
27§ 15.—Scapegoats.
10§ 3.—Royal and priestly taboos (continued).
28§ 16.—Killing the god in Mexico.
11Chapter III. Killing The God.
29Chapter IV—The Golden Bough.
12§ 1.—Killing the divine king.
30§ 1.—Between heaven and earth.
13§ 2.—Killing the tree-spirit.
31§ 2.—Balder.
14§ 3.—Carrying out Death.
32§ 3.—The external soul in folk-tales.
15§ 4.—Adonis.
33§ 4.—The external soul in folk-custom.
16§ 5.—Attis.
34§ 5.—Conclusion.
17§ 6.—Osiris.
35Note. Offerings of first-fruits.
18§ 7.—Dionysus.

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