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- The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion
- by
- Sir James George Frazer
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Subject Index
- Chapter 1. The King of the Wood
- Chapter 2. Priestly Kings
- Chapter 3. Sympathetic Magic
- Chapter 4. Magic and Religion
- Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather
- Chapter 6. Magicians as Kings
- Chapter 7. Incarnate Human Gods
- Chapter 8. Departmental Kings of Nature
- Chapter 9. The Worship of Trees
- Chapter 10. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe
- Chapter 11. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation
- Chapter 12. The Sacred Marriage
- Chapter 13. The Kings of Rome and Alba
- Chapter 14. Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium
- Chapter 15. The Worship of the Oak
- Chapter 16. Dianus and Diana
- Chapter 17. The Burden of Royalty
- Chapter 18. The Perils of the Soul
- Chapter 19. Tabooed Acts
- Chapter 20. Tabooed Persons
- Chapter 21. Tabooed Things
- Chapter 22. Tabooed Words
- Chapter 23. Our Debt to the Savage
- Chapter 24. The Killing of the Divine King
- Chapter 25. Temporary Kings
- Chapter 26. Sacrifice of the King's Son
- Chapter 27. Succession to the Soul
- Chapter 28. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
- Chapter 29. The Myth of Adonis
- Chapter 30. Adonis in Syria
- Chapter 31. Adonis in Cyprus
- Chapter 32. The Ritual of Adonis
- Chapter 33. The Gardens of Adonis
- Chapter 34. The Myth and Ritual of Attis
- Chapter 35. Attis as a God of Vegetation
- Chapter 36. Human Representatives of Attis
- Chapter 37. Oriental Religions in the West
- Chapter 38. The Myth of Osiris
- Chapter 39. The Ritual of Osiris
- Chapter 40. The Nature of Osiris
- Chapter 41. Isis
- Chapter 42. Osiris and the Sun
- Chapter 43. Dionysus
- Chapter 44. Demeter and Persephone
- Chapter 45. Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden in N. Europe
- Chapter 46. Corn-Mother in Many Lands
- Chapter 47. Lityerses
- Chapter 48. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
- Chapter 49. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
- Chapter 50. Eating the God
- Chapter 51. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
- Chapter 52. Killing the Divine Animal
- Chapter 53. The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters
- Chapter 54. Types of Animal Sacrament
- Chapter 55. The Transference of Evil
- Chapter 56. The Public Expulsion of Evils
- Chapter 57. Public Scapegoats
- Chapter 58. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity
- Chapter 59. Killing the God in Mexico
- Chapter 60. Between Heaven and Earth
- Chapter 61. The Myth of Balder
- Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
- Chapter 63. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals
- Chapter 64. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
- Chapter 65. Balder and the Mistletoe
- Chapter 66. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
- Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
- Chapter 68. The Golden Bough
- Chapter 69. Farewell to Nemi
- Preface
- I. The King of the Wood
- 1. Diana and Virbius
- 2. Artemis and Hippolytus
- 3. Recapitulation
- II. Priestly Kings
- III. Sympathetic Magic
- 1. The Principles of Magic
- 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic
- 3. Contagious Magic
- 4. The Magician’s Progress
- IV. Magic and Religion
- V. The Magical Control of the Weather
- 1. The Public Magician
- 2. The Magical Control of Rain
- 3. The Magical Control of the Sun
- 4. The Magical Control of the Wind
- VI. Magicians as Kings
- VII. Incarnate Human Gods
- VIII. Departmental Kings of Nature
- IX. The Worship of Trees
- 1. Tree-spirits
- 2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits
- X. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe
- XI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation
- XII. The Sacred Marriage
- 1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility
- 2. The Marriage of the Gods
- XIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba
- 1. Numa and Egeria
- 2. The King as Jupiter
- XIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium
- XV. The Worship of the Oak
- XVI. Dianus and Diana
- XVII. The Burden of Royalty
- 1. Royal and Priestly Taboos
- 2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power
- XVIII. The Perils of the Soul
- 1. The Soul as a Mannikin
- 2. Absence and Recall of the Soul
- 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection
- XIX. Tabooed Acts
- 1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers
- 2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking
- 3. Taboos on Showing the Face
- 4. Taboos on Quitting the House
- 5. Taboos on Leaving Food over
- XX. Tabooed Persons
- 1. Chiefs and Kings tabooed
- 2. Mourners tabooed
- 3. Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth
- 4. Warriors tabooed
- 5. Manslayers tabooed
- 6. Hunters and Fishers tabooed
- XXI. Tabooed Things
- 1. The Meaning of Taboo
- 2. Iron tabooed
- 3. Sharp Weapons tabooed
- 4. Blood tabooed
- 5. The Head tabooed
- 6. Hair tabooed
- 7. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting
- 8. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails
- 9. Spittle tabooed
- 10. Foods tabooed
- 11. Knots and Rings tabooed
- XXII. Tabooed Words
- 1. Personal Names tabooed
- 2. Names of Relations tabooed
- 3. Names of the Dead tabooed
- 4. Names of Kings and other Sacred Persons tabooed
- 5. Names of Gods tabooed
- XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage
- XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King
- 1. The Mortality of the Gods
- 2. Kings killed when their Strength fails
- 3. Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term
- XXV. Temporary Kings
- XXVI. Sacrifice of the King’s Son
- XXVII. Succession to the Soul
- XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
- 1. The Whitsuntide Mummers
- 2. Burying the Carnival
- 3. Carrying out Death
- 4. Bringing in Summer
- 5. Battle of Summer and Winter
- 6. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko
- 7. Death and Revival of Vegetation
- 8. Analogous Rites in India
- 9. The Magic Spring
- XXIX. The Myth of Adonis
- XXX. Adonis in Syria
- XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus
- XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis
- 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
- 1. The Popular Rites
- 2. The Official Rites
- XL. The Nature of Osiris
- 1. Osiris a Corn-god
- 2. Osiris a Tree-spirit
- 3. Osiris a God of Fertility
- 4. Osiris a God of the Dead
- 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
- 1. The Corn-mother in America
- 2. The Rice-mother in the East Indies
- 3. The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings
- 4. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter
- XLVII. Lityerses
- 1. Songs of the Corn Reapers
- 2. Killing the Corn-spirit
- 3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops
- 4. The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives
- XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
- 1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit
- 2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog
- 3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock
- 4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare
- 5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat
- 6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat
- 7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox
- 8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare
- 9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)
- 10. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit
- XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
- 1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull
- 2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse
- 3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig
- 4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull
- 5. Virbius and the Horse
- L. Eating the God
- 1. The Sacrament of First-Fruits
- 2. Eating the God among the Aztecs
- 3. Many Manii at Aricia
- LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
- LII. Killing the Divine Animal
- 1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard
- 2. Killing the Sacred Ram
- 3. Killing the Sacred Serpent
- 4. Killing the Sacred Turtles
- 5. Killing the Sacred Bear
- LIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters
- LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
- 1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament
- 2. Processions with Sacred Animals
- LV. The Transference of Evil
- 1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects
- 2. The Transference to Animals
- 3. The Transference to Men
- 4. The Transference of Evil in Europe
- LVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils
- 1. The Omnipresence of Demons
- 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils
- 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils
- LVII. Public Scapegoats
- 1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils
- 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle
- 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle
- 4. On Scapegoats in General
- LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity
- 1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome
- 2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece
- 3. The Roman Saturnalia
- LIX. Killing the God in Mexico
- LX. Between Heaven and Earth
- 1. Not to touch the Earth
- 2. Not to see the Sun
- 3. The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty
- 4. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty
- LXI. The Myth of Balder
- LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
- 1. The Fire-festivals in general
- 2. The Lenten Fires
- 3. The Easter Fires
- 4. The Beltane Fires
- 5. The Midsummer Fires
- 6. The Hallowe’en Fires
- 7. The Midwinter Fires
- 8. The Need-fire
- LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals
- 1. On the Fire-festivals in general
- 2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals
- 3. The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals
- LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
- 1. The Burning of Effigies in the Fires
- 2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires
- LXV. Balder and the Mistletoe
- LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
- LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
- 1. The External Soul in Inanimate Things
- 2. The External Soul in Plants
- 3. The External Soul in Animals
- 4. The Ritual of Death and Resurrection
- LXVIII. The Golden Bough
- LXIX. Farewell to Nemi
- CONTENTS
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