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This edition includes the following editor's analysis: "The Golden Bough" as an essential analytical treatise on mythology, magic and religion
Originally published in two volumes in 1890, “The Golden Bough” is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer. The title is taken from Virgil’s epic poem “The Aeneid,” where the hero, Aeneas, uses a golden bough (or golden twig) to gain admission into Hades, the underworld.
The themes of “The Golden Bough” include humanity’s relationship to mortality, common narratives across cultures and times, and the gradual progression from superstitious to scientific thinking.
Frazer compares and contrasts scientific and religious thoughts. With events such as fertility rates and human sacrifice being compared both religiously, and scientifically, “The Golden Bough” makes for a unique book.
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GenrePsychology, Young Adult, Spirituality and Religion
Length42 hrs 30 mins
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Publish dateFeb 4, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1"The Golden Bough" as an essential analytical treatise on mythology, magic and religion
2Preface
31. THE KING OF THE WOOD
41. Diana and Virbius
52. Artemis and Hippolytus
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63. Recapitulation
72. PRIESTLY KINGS
83. SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
91. The Principles of Magic
102. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic
113. Contagious Magic
124. The Magician’s Progress
134. MAGIC AND RELIGION
145. THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER
151. The Public Magician
162. The Magical Control of Rain
173. The Magical Control of the Sun
184. The Magical Control of the Wind
196. MAGICIANS AS KINGS
207. INCARNATE HUMAN GODS
218. DEPARTMENTAL KINGS OF NATURE
229. THE WORSHIP OF TREES
231. Tree-spirits
242. Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits
2510. RELICS OF TREE WORSHIP IN MODERN EUROPE
2611. THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEXES ON VEGETATION
2712. THE SACRED MARRIAGE
281. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility
292. The Marriage of the Gods
3013. THE KINGS OF ROME AND ALBA
311. Numa and Egeria
322. The King as Jupiter
3314. THE SUCCESSION TO THE KINGDOM IN ANCIENT LATIUM
3415. THE WORSHIP OF THE OAK
3516. DIANUS AND DIANA
3617. THE BURDEN OF ROYALTY
371. Royal and Priestly Taboos
382. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power
3918. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL
401. The Soul as a Mannikin
412. Absence and Recall of the Soul
423. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection
4319. TABOOED ACTS
441. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers
452. Taboos on Eating and Drinking
463. Taboos on Showing the Face
474. Taboos on Quitting the House
485. Taboos on Leaving Food over
4920. TABOOED PERSONS
501. Chiefs and Kings tabooed
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