The golden bough : the roots of religion and folklore / by James G. Frazer ; with a new foreword

By:

Frazer, James George, 1854-1941

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York : Avenel Books : Distributed by Crown, c1981Edition: 1981 edDescription: xiv, 409, 407 p., [96] p., of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0517336332
9780517336335

Other title:

Roots of religion and folklore

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Mythology.

DDC classification:

291 F848G

LOC classification:

BL310 .F7 1981

Incomplete contents:

[Volume I] The King of the Wood -- The Perils of the Soul -- Killing the God

[Volume II] Killing the God -- The Golden Bough

Summary: The Golden Bough describes our ancestors' primitive methods of worship, sex practices, strange rituals and festivals. Disproving the popular thought that primitive life was simple, this monumental survey shows that savage man was enmeshed in a tangle of magic, taboos, and superstitions. 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

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Reference	Harvest Mission College		Non-fiction		291 F848G (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Not for loan			005615

Reprint. Originally published in 2 v. : London : Macmillan, 1890

Includes bibliographical references and index

[Volume I] The King of the Wood -- The Perils of the Soul -- Killing the God

[Volume II] Killing the God -- The Golden Bough

The Golden Bough describes our ancestors' primitive methods of worship, sex practices, strange rituals and festivals. Disproving the popular thought that primitive life was simple, this monumental survey shows that savage man was enmeshed in a tangle of magic, taboos, and superstitions. 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

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