The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 01 of 12)
James George Frazer
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James George Frazer opens The Golden Bough with a grim rite at Nemi, in Italy. There a priest, the King of the Wood, held his post by the sword. He kept it till a stronger man slew him and took his place. From that one rite Frazer's vast study of magic and faith spirals out.
This first volume of the third edition, in twelve, lays the base. It sets out the rules of magic, the cult of trees, and the bars called taboo. Later men in the field dropped his armchair ways, but his themes stuck. No book on myth has aimed higher, and poets have fed on it since.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | James George Frazer |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1.1 MB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |