Myths of the Origin of Fire

Sir James G. Frazer

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780700714513
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136852220
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Social Sciences

Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. This volume was first published in 1930.

INDEX

1. Achomâwi Indians, their myth of the origin of fire, 155 sq.
2. Adder, the deaf, original owner of fire, 8 sq., 207
3. Admiralty Islands, myth of the origin of fire in, 48, 213
4. Aeschylus on the period of Prometheus’s sufferings, 193
5. Africa, myths of the origin of fire in, 111-122; fire-drill in, 218; the fire-plough in, 223
6. Age, the Fireless, 201, 202 sq.
7. — of Fire Used, 201, 203-217
8. — of Fire Kindled, 201, 217-226
9. Ages, the three, 201
10. Agni, Vedic fire-god, 196, 198, 199
11. Agnihotra, Brahman fire-priest, 220
12. Agunua, the Creator or serpent, 51
13. Aht Indians. See Nootka
14. Ajijeko, an Indian, how he got fire, 132 sq., 134
15. Akpan Obassi, son of the Sky God, 119
16. Alabama Indians, their myth of the origin of fire, 149
17. Alaska, 187, 225
18. Albert, Lake, 119
19. Alcheringa, 21
20. Alligator, why he is tongueless, 134
21. America, the fire-drill in, 218; the fire-plough in, 223
22. — Central, and Mexico, origin of fire in, 136-138
23. — North, the origin of fire in, 139-189
24. — South, myths of the origin of fire in, 123-138
25. Analogy of fire-drill to sexual intercourse, 46, 220
26. Andaman Islanders, their myths of the origin of fire, 97-99, 209
27. — Islands, 97, 98
28. Animals in possession of fire, 140, 216; make war on the sky, 181; ignorant of fire, 201
29. — and men confused by totemism, 10; by story-teller, 146; by savages, 216
30. Annam, the flexible fire-saw used in, 222
31. Aos of Assam, their fire-myth, 105 sq.
32. Apaches, the Jicarilla, how they got fire from the fireflies, 140 sqq., 208
33. Apapocuva Indians get fire from vultures, 127 sq.
34. Ape ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• I. Introductory
• II. The Origin of Fire in Tasmania
• III. The Origin of Fire in Australia
• IV. The Origin of Fire in the Torres Straits Islands and New Guinea
• V. The Origin of Fire in Melanesia
• VI. The Origin of Fire in Polynesia and Micronesia
• VII. The Origin of Fire in Indonesia
• VIII. The Origin of Fire in Asia
• IX. The Origin of Fire in Madagascar
• X. The Origin of Fire in Africa
• XI. The Origin of Fire in South America
• XII. The Origin of Fire in Central America and Mexico
• XIII. The Origin of Fire in North America
• XIV. The Origin of Fire in Europe
• XV. The Origin of Fire in Ancient Greece
• XVI. The Origin of Fire in Ancient India
• XVII. Summary and Conclusion
• Index