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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
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 7 by Sir James George Frazer
Category: Classics | Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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
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