The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)
by James George Frazer
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Contents
- Preface
- § 1.—The Arician Grove
- § 2.—Primitive man and the supernatural
- § 3.—Incarnate gods
- § 4.—Tree-worship
- § 5.—Tree-worship in antiquity
- § 1.—Royal and priestly taboos
- § 2.—The nature of the soul
- § 3.—Royal and priestly taboos (continued)
- § 1.—Killing the divine king
- § 2.—Killing the tree-spirit
- § 3.—Carrying out Death
- § 4.—Adonis
- § 5.—Attis
- § 6.—Osiris
- § 7.—Dionysus
- § 8.—Demeter and Proserpine
- § 9.—Lityerses