The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Volume 11

Sir James George Frazer

Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1913 - Animism

Frazer's series which attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.

Contents

• FIREFESTIVALS IN OTHER: 1
• The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires pp 2444 Traces: 2
• A Suggested Theory of Totemism pp 218225 Sex totems and clan totems: 4
• THE BURNING OF HUMAN: 21
• sq similar customs and beliefs as to water at Mid: 33
• THE MAGIC FLOWERS: 45
• Plants commonly supposed to acquire certain magical but transient virtues: 51
• CHAPTER IXBALDER AND THE MISTLETOE Pp 7694: 76
• THE EXTERNAL SOUL: 95
• Belief that a mans soul may be deposited for safety in a secure place outside: 113
• Mongolian stories 142145 in a Chinese story 145 sq in a Khasi: 148
• The External Soul in Animals pp 196218 Supposed sympathetic: 197
• THE GOLDEN BOUGH Pp 279303: 279
• FAREWELL TO NEMI Pp 304309: 304
• Snake Stones P: 311
• INDEX Pp 321389: 389

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Volume 11; The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion, Sir James George Frazer
• Author: Sir James George Frazer
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: Macmillan and Company, Limited, 1913
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jan 21, 2009