The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion

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The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to James George Frazer. Catalog subjects include Religion; Magic; Superstition. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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English

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Public domain

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Table of contents

189 chapters

1. 01Chapter 19. Tabooed Acts2 min
2. 02Chapter 20. Tabooed Persons2 min
3. 03Chapter 21. Tabooed Things2 min
4. 04Chapter 22. Tabooed Words2 min
5. 05Chapter 25. Temporary Kings Chapter 26. Sacrifice of the King's Son Chapter 27. Succession to the Soul Chapter 28. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit2 min
6. 06Chapter 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 Lands2 min
7. 07Chapter 47. Lityerses2 min
8. 08Chapter 48. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal2 min
9. 09Chapter 49. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals2 min
10. 10Chapter 51. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet Chapter 52. Killing the Divine Animal2 min
11. 11Chapter 55. The Transference of Evil2 min
12. 12Chapter 57. Public Scapegoats2 min
13. 13Chapter 59. Killing the God in Mexico Chapter 60. Between Heaven and Earth2 min
14. 14Chapter 61. The Myth of Balder Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe2 min
15. 15Chapter 63. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals2 min
16. 16Chapter 65. Balder and the Mistletoe Chapter 66. The External Soul in Folk-Tales Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom2 min
17. 17Preface5 min
18. 18I. The King of the Wood14 min
19. 192. Artemis and Hippolytus4 min
20. 203. Recapitulation3 min
21. 21II. Priestly Kings5 min
22. 22III. Sympathetic Magic4 min
23. 232. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic66 min
24. 243. Contagious Magic21 min
25. 254. The Magician’s Progress8 min
26. 26IV. Magic and Religion30 min
27. 27V. The Magical Control of the Weather6 min
28. 282. The Magical Control of Rain41 min
29. 293. The Magical Control of the Sun7 min
30. 304. The Magical Control of the Wind7 min
31. 31VI. Magicians as Kings20 min
32. 32VII. Incarnate Human Gods39 min
33. 33VIII. Departmental Kings of Nature8 min
34. 34IX. The Worship of Trees22 min
35. 352. Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits7 min
36. 36X. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe39 min
37. 37XI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation11 min
38. 38XII. The Sacred Marriage6 min
39. 392. The Marriage of the Gods12 min
40. 40XIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba4 min
41. 412. The King as Jupiter10 min
42. 42XIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium18 min
43. 43XV. The Worship of the Oak7 min
44. 44XVI. Dianus and Diana16 min
45. 45XVII. The Burden of Royalty21 min
46. 462. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power6 min
47. 47XVIII. The Perils of the Soul5 min
48. 482. Absence and Recall of the Soul26 min
49. 493. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection12 min
50. 50XIX. Tabooed Acts11 min
51. 512. Taboos on Eating and Drinking3 min
52. 523. Taboos on Showing the Face2 min
53. 534. Taboos on Quitting the House2 min
54. 545. Taboos on Leaving Food over4 min
55. 55XX. Tabooed Persons8 min
56. 562. Mourners tabooed6 min
57. 573. Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth7 min
58. 584. Warriors tabooed5 min
59. 595. Manslayers tabooed13 min
60. 606. Hunters and Fishers tabooed17 min
61. 61XXI. Tabooed Things2 min
62. 622. Iron tabooed7 min
63. 633. Sharp Weapons tabooed2 min
64. 644. Blood tabooed7 min
65. 655. The Head tabooed4 min
66. 666. Hair tabooed4 min
67. 677. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting2 min
68. 688. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails10 min
69. 699. Spittle tabooed2 min
70. 7010. Foods tabooed2 min
71. 7111. Knots and Rings tabooed15 min
72. 72XXII. Tabooed Words12 min
73. 732. Names of Relations tabooed7 min
74. 743. Names of the Dead tabooed14 min
75. 754. Names of Kings and other Sacred Persons tabooed8 min
76. 765. Names of Gods tabooed7 min
77. 77XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage5 min
78. 78XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King2 min
79. 792. Kings killed when their Strength fails24 min
80. 803. Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term24 min
81. 81XXV. Temporary Kings15 min
82. 82XXVI. Sacrifice of the King’s Son10 min
83. 83XXVII. Succession to the Soul6 min
84. 84XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit15 min
85. 852. Burying the Carnival15 min
86. 863. Carrying out Death9 min
87. 874. Bringing in Summer13 min
88. 885. Battle of Summer and Winter3 min
89. 896. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko3 min
90. 907. Death and Revival of Vegetation2 min
91. 918. Analogous Rites in India2 min
92. 929. The Magic Spring8 min
93. 93XXIX. The Myth of Adonis9 min
94. 94XXX. Adonis in Syria4 min
95. 95XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus15 min
96. 96XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis14 min
97. 97XXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis16 min
98. 98XXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis13 min
99. 99XXXV. Attis as a God of Vegetation3 min
100. 100XXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis6 min
101. 101XXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West15 min
102. 102XXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris15 min
103. 103XXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris12 min
104. 1042. The Official Rites12 min
105. 105XL. The Nature of Osiris7 min
106. 1062. Osiris a Tree-spirit2 min
107. 1073. Osiris a God of Fertility2 min
108. 1084. Osiris a God of the Dead2 min
109. 109XLI. Isis4 min
110. 110XLII. Osiris and the Sun4 min
111. 111XLIII. Dionysus18 min
112. 112XLIV. Demeter and Persephone15 min
113. 113XLV. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe34 min
114. 114XLVI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands3 min
115. 1152. The Rice-mother in the East Indies14 min
116. 1163. The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings4 min
117. 1174. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter9 min
118. 118XLVII. Lityerses4 min
119. 1192. Killing the Corn-spirit16 min
120. 1203. Human Sacrifices for the Crops18 min
121. 1214. The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives23 min
122. 122XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal2 min
123. 1232. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog7 min
124. 1243. The Corn-spirit as a Cock5 min
125. 1254. The Corn-spirit as a Hare2 min
126. 1265. The Corn-spirit as a Cat2 min
127. 1276. The Corn-spirit as a Goat9 min
128. 1287. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox7 min
129. 1298. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare2 min
130. 1309. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)7 min
131. 13110. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit4 min
132. 132XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals11 min
133. 1332. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse6 min
134. 1343. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig3 min
135. 1354. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull11 min
136. 1365. Virbius and the Horse8 min
137. 137L. Eating the God23 min
138. 1382. Eating the God among the Aztecs8 min
139. 1393. Many Manii at Aricia7 min
140. 140LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet13 min
141. 141LII. Killing the Divine Animal4 min
142. 1422. Killing the Sacred Ram3 min
143. 1433. Killing the Sacred Serpent2 min
144. 1444. Killing the Sacred Turtles7 min
145. 1455. Killing the Sacred Bear35 min
146. 146LIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters37 min
147. 147LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament9 min
148. 1482. Processions with Sacred Animals8 min
149. 149LV. The Transference of Evil4 min
150. 1502. The Transference to Animals5 min
151. 1513. The Transference to Men3 min
152. 1524. The Transference of Evil in Europe7 min
153. 153LVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils3 min
154. 1542. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils9 min
155. 1553. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils28 min
156. 156LVII. Public Scapegoats3 min
157. 1572. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle7 min
158. 1583. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle23 min
159. 1594. On Scapegoats in General7 min
160. 160LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity2 min
161. 1612. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece11 min
162. 1623. The Roman Saturnalia10 min
163. 163LIX. Killing the God in Mexico14 min
164. 164LX. Between Heaven and Earth7 min
165. 1652. Not to see the Sun2 min
166. 1663. The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty21 min
167. 1674. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty11 min
168. 168LXI. The Myth of Balder4 min
169. 169LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe2 min
170. 1702. The Lenten Fires12 min
171. 1713. The Easter Fires7 min
172. 1724. The Beltane Fires13 min
173. 1735. The Midsummer Fires26 min
174. 1746. The Hallowe’en Fires10 min
175. 1757. The Midwinter Fires6 min
176. 1768. The Need-fire8 min
177. 177LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals4 min
178. 1782. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals12 min
179. 1793. The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals7 min
180. 180LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires4 min
181. 1812. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires16 min
182. 182LXV. Balder and the Mistletoe23 min
183. 183LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales31 min
184. 184LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom7 min
185. 1852. The External Soul in Plants5 min
186. 1863. The External Soul in Animals23 min
187. 1874. The Ritual of Death and Resurrection24 min
188. 188LXVIII. The Golden Bough26 min
189. 189LXIX. Farewell to Nemi8 min