The Golden Bough. Illustrated
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The Golden Bough. Illustrated

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The Golden Bough by James George Frazer is one of the most influential and ambitious works in the history of anthropology, comparative religion, and mythology. First published in the late nineteenth century and greatly expanded over time, this monumental study explores the origins of religious belief, ritual, magic, and mythology across civilizations throughout the world. Combining vast scholarship with vivid storytelling, Frazer examines the shared symbols, customs, and sacred traditions that connect ancient cultures across history and geography. Inspired by the mysterious legend of the sacred grove at Nemi in ancient Italy, The Golden Bough investigates themes of kingship, sacrifice, fertility rites, death and rebirth, seasonal ceremonies, and the relationship between magic, religion, and early science. Frazer compares myths and rituals from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, Africa, Asia, and indigenous societies, seeking universal patterns within human spiritual experience and cultural imagination. One of the book's central arguments is that human thought evolved through successive stages — from magic to religion and finally to scientific reasoning. Though many of Frazer's theories have since been debated and revised, his work profoundly shaped modern discussions of mythology, folklore, psychology, literature, and religious studies. Writers and thinkers such as T. S. Eliot, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell were deeply influenced by its ideas and comparative method. Rich in historical detail, mythological symbolism, and intellectual scope, The Golden Bough remains a landmark work of cultural and religious scholarship. This classic study continues to fascinate readers with its exploration of humanity's enduring attempts to understand nature, the sacred, life, death, and the mysteries of existence through myth and ritual.

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Information

Publisher
Fanela Publishing
Year
2026
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9786178887162
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 The King of the Wood
  3. Chapter 2 Priestly Kings
  4. Chapter 3 Sympathetic Magic
  5. Chapter 4 Magic and Religion
  6. Chapter 5 The Magical Control of the Weather
  7. Chapter 6 Magicians as Kings
  8. Chapter 7 Incarnate Human Gods
  9. Chapter 8 Departmental Kings of Nature
  10. Chapter 9 The Worship of Trees
  11. Chapter 10 Relics of the Tree Worship in Modern Europe
  12. Chapter 11 The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation
  13. Chapter 12 The Sacred Marriage
  14. Chapter 13 The Kings of Rome and Alba
  15. Chapter 14 The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium
  16. Chapter 15 The Worship of the Oak
  17. Chapter 16 Dianus and Diana
  18. Chapter 17 The Burden of Royalty
  19. Chapter 18 The Perils of the Soul
  20. Chapter 19 Tabooed Acts
  21. Chapter 20 Tabooed Persons
  22. Chapter 21 Tabooed Things
  23. Chapter 22 Tabooed Words
  24. Chapter 23 Our Debt to the Savage
  25. Chapter 24 The Killing of the Diving King
  26. Chapter 25 Temporary Kings
  27. Chapter 26 Sacrifice of the King's Son
  28. Chapter 27 Succession to the Soul
  29. Chapter 28 The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
  30. Chapter 29 The Myth of Adonis
  31. Chapter 30 Adonis in Syria
  32. Chapter 31 Adonis in Cyprus
  33. Chapter 32 The Ritual of Adonis
  34. Chapter 33 The Gardens of Adonis
  35. Chapter 34 The Myth and Ritual of Attis
  36. Chapter 35 Attis as a God of Vegetation
  37. Chapter 36 Human Representatives of Attis
  38. Chapter 37 Oriental Religions in the West
  39. Chapter 38 The Myth of Osiris
  40. Chapter 39 The Ritual of Osiris
  41. Chapter 40 The Nature of Osiris
  42. Chapter 41 Isis
  43. Chapter 42 Osiris and the Sun
  44. Chapter 43 Dionysus
  45. Chapter 44 Demeter and Persephone
  46. Chapter 45 The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe
  47. Chapter 46 The Corn-Mother in Many Lands
  48. Chapter 47 Lityerses
  49. Chapter 48 The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
  50. Chapter 49 Ancient Deities if Vegetation as Animals
  51. Chapter 50 Eating the God
  52. Chapter 51 Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
  53. Chapter 52 Killing the Divine Animal
  54. Chapter 53 The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters
  55. Chapter 54 Types of animal Sacrament
  56. Chapter 55 The Transference of Evil
  57. Chapter 56 The Public Expulsions of Evils
  58. Chapter 57 Public Scapegoats
  59. Chapter 58 Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity
  60. Chapter 59 Killing the God in Mexico
  61. Chapter 60 Between Heaven and Earth
  62. Chapter 61 The Myth of Balder
  63. Chapter 62 The Fire-Festivals of Europe
  64. Chapter 63 The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals
  65. Chapter 64 The Burning of HUman Beings in the Fires
  66. Chapter 65 Balder and the Mistletoe
  67. Chapter 66 The External Soul in Folk-Tales
  68. Chapter 67 The External Soul in Folk-Custom
  69. Chapter 68 The Golden Bough
  70. Chapter 69 Farewell to Nemi

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