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Golden bough

Golden bough more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

Sir James George Frazer originally set out to discover the origins of one ancient custom in Classical Rome - the plucking of the Golden Bough from a tree in the sacred grove of Diana, and the murderous succession of the priesthood there and was led by his investigations into a 25-year study of primitive customs, superstitions, magic and myth ...

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Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion

Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and ...

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Golden Bough: The Roots of Religion and Folklore

Golden Bough: The Roots of Religion and Folklore more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

Sir James George Frazer's comparative study of anthropology, folklore, and myth has been an influential work for writers and a standard text for scholars since its original publication, in several volumes, in the early part of the 20th century. Frazer was a professor of social anthropology and a classicist.

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Folk-lore in the Old Testament; studies in comparative religion, legend and law

Folk-lore in the Old Testament; studies in comparative religion, legend and law more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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Folklore in the Old Testiment more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition

The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer, George W Stocking, Jr. (Introduction by)

Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12 volumes. Reissued here is Frazer's own single-volume abridgement of 1922.

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Totemism and exogamy: a treatise on certain early forms of superstition and society

Totemism and exogamy: a treatise on certain early forms of superstition and society more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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Man, God and Immortality: Thoughts on Human Progress

Man, God and Immortality: Thoughts on Human Progress more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

An expert in myth and religion, the author spent over a quarter-century assembling this study of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity. Frazer's definitions of "magic," "religion," and "science" were useful to his successors in social anthropology, and his explications of ancient legends influenced generations of writers and poets.

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Psyche's Task: A Discourse Concerning the Influence of Superstition on the Growth of Institutions

Psyche's Task: A Discourse Concerning the Influence of Superstition on the Growth of Institutions more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

To all who are engaged in Psyche's task of sorting out the seeds of good from evil I dedicate this discourse. Contents: Government; Private Property; Marriage; Respect for Human Life; Conclusion.

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The Illustrated Golden Bough more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

"One of the 20th century's most influential books" (Time), Sir James George Frazer's masterwork, The Golden Bough, has become the classic study of the origins of magic and religion. Here is a brilliantly illustrated abridgement of the 12-volume masterpiece that includes 200 illustrations, 100 in color. Large format.

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Folklore in the Old Testament Studies in Comparative Religion Legend and Law

Folklore in the Old Testament Studies in Comparative Religion Legend and Law more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

Abridged edition. The author compares episodes of the Old Testament with similar legends from other cultures in the ancient world. Contents: Part 1) Early ages of the world: Creation of man, Fall of man, mark of Cain, great flood, Tower of Babel; Part 2) Patriarchal age: Covenant of Abraham, Heirship of Jacob or ultimogeniture, Jacob and the ...

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Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer

Selected Letters of Sir J. G. Frazer more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer, Robert Ackerman (Editor)

This is a fully annotated edition of selected letters by (and in some cases to) Sir J. G. Frazer (1854-1941), the eminent anthropologist, classicist, and historian of religion. Frazer was read by virtually everyone working in those fields in the first third of the twentieth century. His great work, The Golden Bough, offered a grand vision of ...

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The Golden Bough: Volume 1 more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

Sir James George Frazer's comparative study of anthropology, folklore, and myth has been an influential work for writers and a standard text for scholars since its original publication, in several volumes, in the early part of the 20th century. Frazer was a professor of social anthropology and a classicist.

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Aftermath; a supplement to The golden bough more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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Ovid, V, Fasti more books like this

by Ovid, Sir James George Frazer (Translator), G P Goold (Revised by)

Ovid's Fasti, begun in or soon after AD I, was to have celebrated the calendar and associated legends of the Roman year, but probably had reached no further than June before his exile in AD 8. Book IV, the book of April, honours the festivals of Venus, Cybele, Ceres and their cult, as well as the traditional date of the foundation of Rome and many ...

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Folk-Lore in the Old Testament Studies in Comparative Religion Legend and Law ( Abridged Edition )

by Sir James George Frazer

3 volumes, first published in 1918. 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.

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The belief in immortality and the worship of the dead more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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The Golden Bough: Volume 2 more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

Sir James George Frazer's comparative study of anthropology, folklore, and myth has been an influential work for writers and a standard text for scholars since its original publication, in several volumes, in the early part of the 20th century. Frazer was a professor of social anthropology and a classicist.

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The magical origin of kings. more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

The lectures included in this book were delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge, under the tile of "The Sacred Character and Magical Functions of Kings in Early Society." The general theory here sketched of the evolution of the kingship formed the subject of two lectures given in London.

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Worship of Nature more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

This volume contains the lecture series given by the author before the University of Edinburgh in the years 1924-25. This work is a thorough-going discussion of the deep-seated early human tendency to personify and worship the Sky, Earth and Sun as deities or spirits, capable of influencing human life for good or evil. The treatment of the subject ...

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Folk-lore in the Old Testament. more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion more books like this

by Reference Book, Sir James George Frazer (Editor)

Sir James George Frazer's comparative study of anthropology, folklore, and myth has been an influential work for writers and a standard text for scholars since its original publication, in several volumes, in the early part of the 20th century. Frazer was a professor of social anthropology and a classicist.

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The golden bough : a history of myth and religion more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

A study of primitive religions all over the world and their legacy in modern superstitions and customs in Europe, Asia and North America.

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Pausanias: And Other Greek Sketches (1900) more books like this

by Sir James George Frazer

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The Golden Bough more books like this

by Frazier, Sir James George Frazer

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