The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1&2)
Complete EditionBy James George Frazer
Length22h 49m
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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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Publish dateJul 17, 2020
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Table of contents
1Chapter I. The King Of The Wood.
2§ 1.—The Arician Grove.
3§ 2.—Primitive man and the supernatural.
4§ 3.—Incarnate gods.
5§ 4.—Tree-worship.
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6§ 5.—Tree-worship in antiquity.
7Chapter II. The Perils Of The Soul.
8§ 1.—Royal and priestly taboos.
9§ 2.—The nature of the soul.
10§ 3.—Royal and priestly taboos (continued).
11Chapter III. Killing The God.
12§ 1.—Killing the divine king.
13§ 2.—Killing the tree-spirit.
14§ 3.—Carrying out Death.
15§ 4.—Adonis.
16§ 5.—Attis.
17§ 6.—Osiris.
18§ 7.—Dionysus.
19§ 8.—Demeter and Proserpine.
20§ 9.—Lityerses.
21Chapter III—(continued).
22§ 10.—The corn-spirit as an animal.
23§ 11.—Eating the god.
24§ 12.—Killing the divine animal.
25§ 13.—Transference of evil.
26§ 14.—Expulsion of evils,
27§ 15.—Scapegoats.
28§ 16.—Killing the god in Mexico.
29Chapter IV—The Golden Bough.
30§ 1.—Between heaven and earth.
31§ 2.—Balder.
32§ 3.—The external soul in folk-tales.
33§ 4.—The external soul in folk-custom.
34§ 5.—Conclusion.
35Note. Offerings of first-fruits.
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