The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and ReligionSir James George Frazer (1854-1941) is regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. 'The Golden Bough' appeared in twelve volumes between 1890 and 1915. This volume is the author's own abridgement of his great work, and was first published in 1922. Remarkable for its vast assembly of facts and its charm of presentation, it offers the thesis that man progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought. It discusses fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat and many other symbols and practices which have influenced a whole generation of 20th century writers, including D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot. |
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Indhold
Preface | ix |
The King of the Wood | 3 |
Priestly Kings | 9 |
Sympathetic Magic II | 10 |
Magic and Religion | 48 |
The Magical Control of the Weather | 60 |
Magicians as Kings | 83 |
Incarnate Human Gods | 91 |
Human Representatives of Attis | 353 |
Oriental Religions in the West | 356 |
The Myth of Osiris | 362 |
The Ritual of Osiris | 368 |
The Nature of Osiris | 377 |
Isis | 382 |
Osiris and the Sun | 384 |
Dionysus | 385 |
Departmental Kings of Nature | 106 |
The Worship of Trees | 109 |
Relics of Treeworship in Modern Europe | 120 |
The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation | 135 |
The Sacred Marriage | 139 |
The Kings of Rome and Alba | 146 |
The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium | 152 |
The Worship of the Oak | 159 |
Dianus and Diana | 161 |
The Burden of Royalty | 168 |
The Perils of the Soul | 178 |
Tabooed Acts | 194 |
Tabooed Persons | 202 |
Tabooed Things | 223 |
Tabooed Words | 244 |
Our Debt to the Savage | 262 |
The Killing of the Divine King | 264 |
Temporary Kings | 283 |
Sacrifice of the Kings Son | 289 |
Succession to the Soul | 293 |
The Killing of the Treespirit | 296 |
The Myth of Adonis | 324 |
Adonis in Syria | 327 |
Adonis in Cyprus | 329 |
The Ritual of Adonis | 335 |
The Gardens of Adonis | 341 |
The Myth and Ritual of Attis | 347 |
Attis as a God of Vegetation | 352 |
Demeter and Persephone | 393 |
The Cornmother and the Cornmaiden in Northern Europe | 399 |
The Cornmother in many Lands | 412 |
Lityerses | 424 |
The Cornspirit as an Animal | 447 |
Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals | 464 |
Eating the God | 479 |
Homoeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet | 494 |
Killing the Divine Animal | 499 |
The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters | 518 |
Types of Animal Sacrament | 532 |
The Transference of Evil | 538 |
The Public Expulsion of Evils | 546 |
Public Scapegoats | 562 |
Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity | 577 |
Killing the God in Mexico | 587 |
Between Heaven and Earth | 592 |
The Myth of Balder | 607 |
The Firefestivals of Europe | 609 |
The Interpretation of the Firefestivals | 641 |
The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires | 650 |
Balder and the Mistletoe | 658 |
The External Soul in Folktales | 667 |
The External Soul in Folkcustom | 679 |
The Golden Bough | 701 |
Farewell to Nemi | 711 |
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Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion Reference Library Wordsworth Collection Wordsworth reference |
| Forfatter | James George Frazer |
| Udgave | forkortet, illustreret, genoptrykt, revideret |
| Udgiver | Wordsworth Editions, 1993 |
| ISBN | 1853263109, 9781853263101 |
| Længde | 756 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |