The golden bough: a study in magic and religion
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9783962725440
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Abridged ed.
King of the wood
Priestly kings
Sympathetic magic
Magic and religion
Magical control of the weather
Magicians as kings
Incarnate human gods
Departmental kings of nature
Worship of trees
Relics of tree-worship in modern Eurpoe
Influence of the sexes on vegetation
Sacred marriage
Kings of Rome and Alba
Succession to the kingdom in ancient Latium
Worship of the oak
Dianus and Diana
Burden of royality
Perils of the soul
Tabooed acts
Tabooed persons
Tabooed things
Tabooed words
Our debt to the savage
Killing of the divine king
Temporary kings
Sacrifice of the king's son
Succession to the soul
Killing of the tree-spirit
Myth of Adonis
Adonis in Syria
Adonis in Cyprus
Ritual of Adonis
Gardens of Adonis
Myth and ritual of Attis
Attis as a god of vegetation
Human representatives of Attis
Oriental religions in the west
Myth of Osiris
Ritual of Osiris
Nature of Osiris
Isis
Osiris and the sun
Dionysus
Demeter and Persephone
Corn-mother and the corn-maiden in northern Europe
Corn-mother in many lands
Lityerses
Corn-spirit as an animal
Ancient deities of vegetation as animals
Eating the god
Homoeopathic magic of the flesh diet
Killing the divine animal
Propitiation of wild animals by hunters
Types of animal sacrament
Transference of evil
Public expulsion of evils
Public scapegoats
Human scapegoats in classical antiquity
Killing the god in Mexico
Between heaven and earth
Myth of Balder
Fire-festivals of Europe
Interpretations of the fire-festivals
Burning of human beings in the fires
Balder and the mistletoe
External soul in folk-tales
External soul in folk-custom
Golden bough
Farewell to Nemi.
From the Book - Reissued.
Book I: The king of the wood: The king of the wood
Priestly kings
Magic and religion
Human gods
Departmental kings of nature
The worship of trees
The sacred marriage
The kings of Rome
The succession to the kingdom
The burden of royalty
The perils of the soul
Taboos ; Book II: Killing the god: The mortality of the gods
The killing of the divine king
Temporary kings
Sacrifice of the king's son
The killing of the tree spirit
Adonis
Sacred prostitution
The ritual of Adonis
Attis
The hanged god
Osiris
Feast of all souls
Isis
Mother-kin and mother goddesses
Dionysus
Demeter and Persephone
Woman's part in primitive agriculture
The corn-mother and corn-maiden
Lityerses
The corn-spirit as an animal
Eating the god
The flesh diet
Killing the divine animal ; Book III: The scapegoat: The transference of evil
Ancient scapegoats
Killing the god in Mexico
The Saturnalia
The crucifixion of Christ ; Book IV: The golden bough: Between heaven and earth
The seclusion of girls
Balder's fires
The external soul
Death and resurrection
The golden bough.
From the Book - Abridged ed.
pt. 1 The magic art and the evolution of kings
pt. 2 Taboo and the perils of the soul
pt. 3 The dying god
pt. 4 Adonis, Attis, Osiris : studies in the history of oriental religion
pt. 5 Spirits of the corn and of the wild
pt. 6 The scapegoat
pt. 7 Balder the beautiful
v. 12 Bibliography and general index.
From the Book - Abridged ed.
The king of the wood
Priestly kings
Sympathetic magic
Magic and religion
The magical control of the weather
Magicians as kings
Incarnate human gods
Departmental kings of nature
The worship of trees
Relics of tree worship in modern Europe
The influence of the sexes on vegetation
The sacred marriage
The kings of Rome and Alba
The succession to the kingdom in ancient Latium
The worship of the Oak
Dianus and Diana
The burden of royalty
The perils of the soul
Tabooed acts
Tabooed persons
Tabooed things
Tabooed words
Our debt to the savage
The killing of the divine king
Temporary kings
Sacrifice of the king's son
Succession to the soul
The killing of the tree spirit
The myth of Adonis
Adonis in Syria
Adonis in Cypris
The ritual of Adonis
The gardens of Adonis
The myth and ritual of Attis
Attis as a god of vegetation
Human representatives of Attis
Orietal religions in the West
The myth of Osiris
The ritual of Osiris
The nature of Osiris
Isis
Osiris and the Sun
Dionysus
Demeter and Persephone
The corn mother in many lands
Lityerses
The corn spirit as an animal
Ancient deities of vegetation as animals
Eating the god
Homeopathic magic of a flesh diet
Killing the divine animal
The propitiation of wild animals by hunters
Types of animal sacrament
The transference of evil
The public expulsion of evils
Public scapegoats
Human scapegoats in classical antiquity
Killing the god in Mexico
Between Heaven and Earth
The myth of Balder
The fire festivals of Europe
The interpretation of the fire festivals
The burning of human beings in the fires
Balder and the mistletoe
The external soul in folk tales
The external soul in folk tales
The Golden Bough
Farewell to Nemi.
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