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Golden Bough: Abridged Addition by Sir James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
According to legend, runaway slaves could attain a sort of freedom by breaking off a branch -- the Golden Bough -- from a sacred tree. If the runaway could kill the tree's attendant priest, he would become King of the Wood until his defeat by a new challenger. This 1890 work by Sir James George Frazer, ...Show more
Golden Bough: Abridged Edition by James Frazer; George W. Stocking (Introduction by)
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin Ser.
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The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
This work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneat ...Show more
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Category: History | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more
The Golden Bough by James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more
The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer; Robert Fraser (Editor)
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
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- ...Show more
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by Sir James George Frazer
Category: History | Series: Reference Library
Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) is rightly regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. The Golden Bough, his masterpiece, appeared in twelve volumes between 1890 and 1915. This volume is the author's own abridgement of his great work, and was first published in 1922. Remarkable for its v ...Show more
The Golden Bough - Volume 10 by James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more
The Golden Bough - Volume 11 by James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics Ser.
The Golden Bough By James George Frazer THE PRIMARY aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. When I first set myself to solve the problem more than thirty years ago, I thought that the solution could be propounded very briefl ...Show more