The New Golden Bough: A New Abridgment of the Classic WorkClassic work first published 1890 on ancient and primitive myth, magic, religion, ritual, and taboo. |
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Adonis Africa ancient animal annually Athenaeus Attis believed Beltane Berlin blood body bonfires bough buried burning called carried celebrated ceremony child corn Corn-mother corn-spirit crops custom dance dead death deity Demeter Diodorus Siculus Dionysus divine earth effigy Egypt Egyptian evil festival fire Folk-lore Frazer girl goddess gods Golden Bough Greek ground H. H. Bancroft hair hand harvest head Herodotus human Indians island killed kindled king last sheaf Leipzig Lityerses London magic maize Mannhardt Midsummer mistletoe mother myth native nature need-fire night observed Osiris Ovid Paris Pausanias Persephone person plant Plutarch priest primitive rain reapers reign Religion represented rice rites river sacred sacrifice sacrificed savage season Shilluk slain sometimes soul spirit spring stone straw supposed taboo temple threshing throw tree tribe vegetation victim village W. W. Skeat witches women wood worship young Zeus