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The Golden Bough
Studies in the History of Oriental Religion
By
James George Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D.
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Liverpool
Vol. V. of XII.
Part IV: Adonis Attis Osiris.
Vol. 1 of 2.
New York and London
MacMillan and Co.
1914
Contents
- Preface to the First Edition.
- Preface to the Second Edition.
- Preface to the Third Edition.
- Book First. Adonis.
- Chapter I. The Myth of Adonis.
- Chapter II. Adonis in Syria.
- Chapter III. Adonis in Cyprus.
- Chapter IV. Sacred Men and Women.
- § 1. An Alternative Theory.
- § 2. Sacred Women in India.
- §
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3. Sacred Men and Women in West Africa. § 4. Sacred Women in Western Asia. § 5. Sacred Men in Western Asia. § 6. Sons of God. § 7. Reincarnation of the Dead. § 8. Sacred Stocks and Stones among the Semites. Chapter V. The Burning of Melcarth. Chapter VI. The Burning of Sandan. § 1. The Baal of Tarsus. § 2. The God of Ibreez. § 3. Sandan of Tarsus. § 4. The Gods of Boghaz-Keui. § 5. Sandan and Baal at Tarsus. § 6. Priestly Kings of Olba. § 7. The God of the Corycian Cave. § 8. Cilician Goddesses. § 9. The Burning of Cilician Gods. Chapter VII. Sardanapalus and Hercules. § 1. The Burning of Sardanapalus. § 2. The Burning of Croesus. § 3. Purification by Fire.
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@43605@[email protected]#toc63" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">§ 4. The Divinity of Lydian Kings. § 5. Hittite Gods at Tarsus and Sardes. § 6. The Resurrection of Tylon. Chapter VIII. Volcanic Religion. § 1. The Burning of a God. § 2. The Volcanic Region of Cappadocia. § 3. Fire-Worship in Cappadocia. § 4. The Burnt Land of Lydia. § 5. The Earthquake God. § 6. The Worship of Mephitic Vapours. § 7. The Worship of Hot Springs. § 8. The Worship of Volcanoes in other Lands. Chapter IX. The Ritual of Adonis. Chapter X. The Gardens of Adonis. Book Second. Attis. Chapter I. The Myth and Ritual of Attis. Chapter II. Attis As a God of Vegetation. Chapter III. Attis As The Father God. Chapter IV. Human Representatives of Attis. Chapter V. The Hanged God.
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@43605@[email protected]#toc103" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Chapter VI. Oriental Religions in the West. Chapter VII. Hyacinth. Footnotes