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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Golden Bough (Vol. 1 of 2) by James George Frazer
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The Golden Bough
A Study in Comparative Religion
By
James George Frazer, M.A.
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
In Two Volumes.
Vol. I.
New York and London
MacMillan and Co.
1894
Contents
- Dedication.
- Preface.
- Chapter I. The King Of The Wood.
- § 1.—The Arician Grove.
- § 2.—Primitive man and the supernatural.
- § 3.—Incarnate gods.
- § 4.—Tree-worship.
- § 5.—Tree-worship in antiquity.
- Chapter II. The Perils Of The Soul.
- § 1.—Royal and priestly taboos.
- § 2.—The nature of the soul.
- § 3.—Royal and priestly taboos (continued).
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41082@[email protected]#toc25" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Chapter III. Killing The God. § 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. Footnotes