Frazer, Sir James George
Golden bough a study in magic and religion The golden bough Frazer, James George - New York Macmillan 1951 - xvi, 864 p.
Contents
I. The king of the wood
II. Priestly kings
III. Sympathetic magic
IV. Magic and religion
V. The magical control of the weather
VI. Magicians as kings
VII. Incarnate human Gods
VIII. Departmental kings of nature
IX. The worship of trees
X. Relics of tree worship in modern Europe
XI. The influence of the sexes on vegetation
XII. The sacred marriage
XIII. The kings of Rome and Alba
XIV. The succession to the kingdom in ancient latium
XV. The worship of the oak
XVI. Dianus and Diana
XVII. The burden of royalty
XVIII. The perils of the soul
XIX Tabooed acts
XX. Tabooed persons
XXI Tabooed things
XXII Tabooed words
XXIII Our debt to the savage
XXIV The killing of the divine king
XXV. Temporary kings
XXVI Sacrifice of the king's son
XXVIII. The killing of the tree-spirit
XXIX. The myth of Adonis
XXX. Adonis in Syria
XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus
XXXIII. The gardens of Adonis
XXXIV. The myth and ritual of attis
XXXV. Attis as a God of vegetation
XXXVI. Human representatives of Attis
XXXVII. Oriental religions in the west
XXXVIII. The myth of Osiris
XXXIX. The ritual of Osiris
XL. The nature of Osiris
XLI. Isis
XLII. Osiris and the sun
XLIII. Dionysus
XLIV. Demeter and persephone
XLV. The corn-Mother and the corn-maiden in northern Europe
XLVI. The corn-mother in many lands
XLVII. Lityerses
XLVIII. The corn-spirit as an animal
XLIX. Ancient deities of vegetation as animals
L. Eating the God
LI. Homoeopathic magic of a flesh diet
LII. Killing divine animal
LIII. The propitiation of wild animals by hunters
LIV. Types of animal sacrament
LV. The transference of evil
LVI. The public expulsion of evils
LVII. Public scapegoats
LVIII. Human scapegoats in classical antiquity
LIX. Killing the God in Mexico
LX. Between heaven and earth
LXI- The myth of balder
LXII. The fire-festivals of Europe
LXIII. The interpretation of the fire-festivals
LXIV. The burning of human beings in the fires
LXV. Balder and the mistletoe
LXVI. The external soul in folk-tales
LXVII. The external soul in folk-custom
LXVIII. The golden bough
LXIX. Farewell to nemi
Index
Frazer's groundbreaking study of myth and magic was among the first works of trans-historical anthropology, examining the world-wide beliefs in magic held by ancient peoples, and illuminating the ancient practices of nature worship, the myths of the dying god, and the divine sacrifice of kings
--Magic
Mythology
Religion
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Golden bough a study in magic and religion The golden bough Frazer, James George - New York Macmillan 1951 - xvi, 864 p.
Contents
I. The king of the wood
II. Priestly kings
III. Sympathetic magic
IV. Magic and religion
V. The magical control of the weather
VI. Magicians as kings
VII. Incarnate human Gods
VIII. Departmental kings of nature
IX. The worship of trees
X. Relics of tree worship in modern Europe
XI. The influence of the sexes on vegetation
XII. The sacred marriage
XIII. The kings of Rome and Alba
XIV. The succession to the kingdom in ancient latium
XV. The worship of the oak
XVI. Dianus and Diana
XVII. The burden of royalty
XVIII. The perils of the soul
XIX Tabooed acts
XX. Tabooed persons
XXI Tabooed things
XXII Tabooed words
XXIII Our debt to the savage
XXIV The killing of the divine king
XXV. Temporary kings
XXVI Sacrifice of the king's son
XXVIII. The killing of the tree-spirit
XXIX. The myth of Adonis
XXX. Adonis in Syria
XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus
XXXIII. The gardens of Adonis
XXXIV. The myth and ritual of attis
XXXV. Attis as a God of vegetation
XXXVI. Human representatives of Attis
XXXVII. Oriental religions in the west
XXXVIII. The myth of Osiris
XXXIX. The ritual of Osiris
XL. The nature of Osiris
XLI. Isis
XLII. Osiris and the sun
XLIII. Dionysus
XLIV. Demeter and persephone
XLV. The corn-Mother and the corn-maiden in northern Europe
XLVI. The corn-mother in many lands
XLVII. Lityerses
XLVIII. The corn-spirit as an animal
XLIX. Ancient deities of vegetation as animals
L. Eating the God
LI. Homoeopathic magic of a flesh diet
LII. Killing divine animal
LIII. The propitiation of wild animals by hunters
LIV. Types of animal sacrament
LV. The transference of evil
LVI. The public expulsion of evils
LVII. Public scapegoats
LVIII. Human scapegoats in classical antiquity
LIX. Killing the God in Mexico
LX. Between heaven and earth
LXI- The myth of balder
LXII. The fire-festivals of Europe
LXIII. The interpretation of the fire-festivals
LXIV. The burning of human beings in the fires
LXV. Balder and the mistletoe
LXVI. The external soul in folk-tales
LXVII. The external soul in folk-custom
LXVIII. The golden bough
LXIX. Farewell to nemi
Index
Frazer's groundbreaking study of myth and magic was among the first works of trans-historical anthropology, examining the world-wide beliefs in magic held by ancient peoples, and illuminating the ancient practices of nature worship, the myths of the dying god, and the divine sacrifice of kings
--Magic
Mythology
Religion
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