Reproduction of the original: The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Revealed here is the evolution of man from savagery to civilization, from the modification of his weird and often bloodthirsty customs to the entry of lasting moral, ethical, and spiritual values.
The work was aimed at a wide literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch's The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes.
Frazer's groundbreaking study of myth and magic was among the first works of trans-historical anthropology, examining the world-wide beliefs in magic held by ancient peoples, and illuminating the ancient practices of nature worship, the ...
Reissued here is Frazer's own single-volume abridgement of 1922.
Being itself a product of lightning it naturally serves, on homoeopathic principles, as a protection against lightning, ... We have seen that both in France and Sweden special virtues are ascribed to mistletoe gathered at Midsummer.
This edition of The Golden Bough A study of magic and religion by Sir James George Frazer is given by Golden - Million Book Edition
Meantime a wish has often been expressed that the book should be issued in a more compendious form. This abridgment is an attempt to meet the wish and thereby to bring the work within the range of a wider circle of readers.
This 1890 study offers a monumental exploration of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity and their parallels with those of early Christianity. Abridged by the author from his 12-volume work.
The Illustrated Golden Bough
2 J. Owen Dorsey, “ Omaha Sociology,” Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (Washington, 1884), p. 241 ; 2117., “A Study of Siouan Cults,” Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (Washington, ...