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justify-content-center"> <div class="bby-content-left"> <img src="https://legacy-cms-media.bartleby.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/08/14172426/Golden.gif" alt="The Golden Bough"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left">In this sacred grove there grew a certain tree round which at any time of the day, and probably far into the night, a grim figure might be seen to prowl. In his hand he carried a drawn sword, and he kept peering warily about him as if at every instant he expected to be set upon by an enemy. He was a priest and a murderer; and the man for whom he looked was sooner or later to murder him and hold the priesthood in his stead. Such was the rule of the sanctuary.—<a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107836">Preface</a></td> </tr> <tr align="right"> <td><i>Sir James<br /> George Frazer</i></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="bby-content-right"> <h1>The Golden Bough</h1> <h3>A Study in Magic and Religion</h3> <h3>Sir James George Frazer</h3> <p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A monumental study in comparative folklore, magic and religion, <i>The Golden Bough</i> shows parallels between the rites and beliefs, superstitions and taboos of early cultures and those of Christianity. It had a great impact on psychology and literature and remains an early classic anthropological resource.</span></p> </p> <p size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a class="bby_content_text" href="/lit-hub/bibliography/frazer-james-george-sir-1854-1941/">Bibliographic Record</a> </p> <h3>Contents</h3> <p><p><span style="color: #0b074f;"><a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107836">Preface</a> <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/subject-index-84">Subject Index</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0b074f;">NEW YORK: MACMILLAN, 1922<br /> NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000</span></p> </p> <p>Ch. 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-diana-and-virbius">The King of the Wood</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-diana-and-virbius">Diana and Virbius</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-artemis-and-hippolytus">Artemis and Hippolytus</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-recapitulation">Recapitulation</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP2"></a>Ch. 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107840">Priestly Kings</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP3"></a>Ch. 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-principles-of-magic">Sympathetic Magic</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-principles-of-magic">The Principles of Magic</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-homoeopathic-or-imitative-magic">Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-contagious-magic">Contagious Magic</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-magicians-progress">The Magician’s Progress</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP4"></a>Ch. 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107845">Magic and Religion</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP5"></a>Ch. 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-public-magician">The Magical Control of the Weather</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-public-magician">The Public Magician</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-magical-control-of-rain">The Magical Control of Rain</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-magical-control-of-the-sun">The Magical Control of the Sun</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-magical-control-of-the-wind">The Magical Control of the Wind</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP6"></a>Ch. 6. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107850">Magicians as Kings</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP7"></a>Ch. 7. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107851">Incarnate Human Gods</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP8"></a>Ch. 8. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107852">Departmental Kings of Nature</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP9"></a>Ch. 9. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-tree-spirits">The Worship of Trees</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-tree-spirits">Tree-spirits</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-beneficent-powers-of-tree-spirits">Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP10"></a>Ch. 10. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107855">Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP11"></a>Ch. 11. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107856">The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP12"></a>Ch. 12. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-diana-as-a-goddess-of-fertility">The Sacred Marriage</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-diana-as-a-goddess-of-fertility">Diana as a Goddess of Fertility</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-marriage-of-the-gods">The Marriage of the Gods</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP13"></a>Ch. 13. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-numa-and-egeria">The Kings of Rome and Alba</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-numa-and-egeria">Numa and Egeria</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-king-as-jupiter">The King as Jupiter</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP14"></a>Ch. 14. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107861">Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP15"></a>Ch. 15. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107862">The Worship of the Oak</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP16"></a>Ch. 16. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107863">Dianus and Diana</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP17"></a>Ch. 17. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-royal-and-priestly-taboos">The Burden of Royalty</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-royal-and-priestly-taboos">Royal and Priestly Taboos</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-divorce-of-the-spiritual-from-the-temporal-power">Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP18"></a>Ch. 18. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-soul-as-a-mannikin">The Perils of the Soul</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-soul-as-a-mannikin">The Soul as a Mannikin</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-absence-and-recall-of-the-soul">Absence and Recall of the Soul</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-soul-as-a-shadow-and-a-reflection">The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP19"></a>Ch. 19. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-taboos-on-intercourse-with-strangers">Tabooed Acts</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-taboos-on-intercourse-with-strangers">Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-taboos-on-eating-and-drinking">Taboos on Eating and Drinking</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-taboos-on-showing-the-face">Taboos on Showing the Face</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-taboos-on-quitting-the-house">Taboos on Quitting the House</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-taboos-on-leaving-food-over">Taboos on Leaving Food over</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP20"></a>Ch. 20. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-chiefs-and-kings-tabooed">Tabooed Persons</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-chiefs-and-kings-tabooed">Chiefs and Kings tabooed</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-mourners-tabooed">Mourners tabooed</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-women-tabooed-at-menstruation-and-childbirth">Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-warriors-tabooed">Warriors tabooed</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-manslayers-tabooed">Manslayers tabooed</a><br /> § 6. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/6-hunters-and-fishers-tabooed">Hunters and Fishers tabooed</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP21"></a>Ch. 21. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-meaning-of-taboo">Tabooed Things</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-meaning-of-taboo">The Meaning of Taboo</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-iron-tabooed">Iron tabooed</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-sharp-weapons-tabooed">Sharp Weapons tabooed</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-blood-tabooed">Blood tabooed</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-the-head-tabooed">The Head tabooed</a><br /> § 6. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/6-hair-tabooed">Hair tabooed</a><br /> § 7. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/7-ceremonies-at-hair-cutting">Ceremonies at Hair-cutting</a><br /> § 8. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/8-disposal-of-cut-hair-and-nails">Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails</a><br /> § 9. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/9-spittle-tabooed">Spittle tabooed</a><br /> § 10. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/10-foods-tabooed">Foods tabooed</a><br /> § 11. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/11-knots-and-rings-tabooed">Knots and Rings tabooed</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP22"></a>Ch. 22. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-personal-names-tabooed">Tabooed Words</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-personal-names-tabooed">Personal Names tabooed</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-names-of-relations-tabooed">Names of Relations tabooed</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-names-of-the-dead-tabooed">Names of the Dead tabooed</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-names-of-kings-and-other-sacred-persons-tabooed">Names of Kings and other Sacred Persons tabooed</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-names-of-gods-tabooed">Names of Gods tabooed</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP23"></a>Ch. 23. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107896">Our Debt to the Savage</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP24"></a>Ch. 24. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-mortality-of-the-gods">The Killing of the Divine King</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-mortality-of-the-gods">The Mortality of the Gods</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-kings-killed-when-their-strength-fails">Kings killed when their Strength fails</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-kings-killed-at-the-end-of-a-fixed-term">Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP25"></a>Ch. 25. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107900">Temporary Kings</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP26"></a>Ch. 26. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107901">Sacrifice of the King’s Son</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP27"></a>Ch. 27. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107902">Succession to the Soul</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP28"></a>Ch. 28. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-whitsuntide-mummers">The Killing of the Tree-Spirit</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-whitsuntide-mummers">The Whitsuntide Mummers</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-burying-the-carnival">Burying the Carnival</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-carrying-out-death">Carrying out Death</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-bringing-in-summer">Bringing in Summer</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-battle-of-summer-and-winter">Battle of Summer and Winter</a><br /> § 6. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/6-death-and-resurrection-of-kostrubonko">Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko</a><br /> § 7. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/7-death-and-revival-of-vegetation">Death and Revival of Vegetation</a><br /> § 8. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/8-analogous-rites-in-india">Analogous Rites in India</a><br /> § 9. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/9-the-magic-spring">The Magic Spring</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP29"></a>Ch. 29. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107912">The Myth of Adonis</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP30"></a>Ch. 30. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107913">Adonis in Syria</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP31"></a>Ch. 31. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107914">Adonis in Cyprus</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP32"></a>Ch. 32. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107915">The Ritual of Adonis</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP33"></a>Ch. 33. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107916">The Gardens of Adonis</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP34"></a>Ch. 34. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107917">The Myth and Ritual of Attis</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP35"></a>Ch. 35. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107918">Attis as a God of Vegetation</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP36"></a>Ch. 36. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107919">Human Representatives of Attis</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP37"></a>Ch. 37. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107920">Oriental Religions in the West</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP38"></a>Ch. 38. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107921">The Myth of Osiris</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP39"></a>Ch. 39. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-popular-rites">The Ritual of Osiris</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-popular-rites">The Popular Rites</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-official-rites">The Official Rites</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP40"></a>Ch. 40. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-osiris-a-corn-god">The Nature of Osiris</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-osiris-a-corn-god">Osiris a Corn-god</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-osiris-a-tree-spirit">Osiris a Tree-spirit</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-osiris-a-god-of-fertility">Osiris a God of Fertility</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-osiris-a-god-of-the-dead">Osiris a God of the Dead</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP41"></a>Ch. 41. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107928">Isis</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP42"></a>Ch. 42. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107929">Osiris and the Sun</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP43"></a>Ch. 43. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107930">Dionysus</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP44"></a>Ch. 44. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107931">Demeter and Persephone</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP45"></a>Ch. 45. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107932">Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden in N. Europe</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP46"></a>Ch. 46. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-corn-mother-in-america">Corn-Mother in Many Lands</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-corn-mother-in-america">The Corn-mother in America</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-rice-mother-in-the-east-indies">The Rice-mother in the East Indies</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-spirit-of-the-corn-embodied-in-human-beings">The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-double-personification-of-the-corn-as-mother-and-daughter">The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP47"></a>Ch. 47. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-songs-of-the-corn-reapers">Lityerses</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-songs-of-the-corn-reapers">Songs of the Corn Reapers</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-killing-the-corn-spirit">Killing the Corn-spirit</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-human-sacrifices-for-the-crops">Human Sacrifices for the Crops</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-corn-spirit-slain-in-his-human-representatives">The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP48"></a>Ch. 48. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-animal-embodiments-of-the-corn-spirit">The Corn-Spirit as an Animal</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-animal-embodiments-of-the-corn-spirit">Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-corn-spirit-as-a-wolf-or-a-dog">The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-corn-spirit-as-a-cock">The Corn-spirit as a Cock</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-corn-spirit-as-a-hare">The Corn-spirit as a Hare</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-the-corn-spirit-as-a-cat">The Corn-spirit as a Cat</a><br /> § 6. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/6-the-corn-spirit-as-a-goat">The Corn-spirit as a Goat</a><br /> § 7. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/7-the-corn-spirit-as-a-bull-cow-or-ox">The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox</a><br /> § 8. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/8-the-corn-spirit-as-a-horse-or-mare">The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare</a><br /> § 9. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/9-the-corn-spirit-as-a-pig-boar-or-sow">The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)</a><br /> § 10. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/10-on-the-animal-embodiments-of-the-corn-spirit">On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP49"></a>Ch. 49. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-dionysus-the-goat-and-the-bull">Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-dionysus-the-goat-and-the-bull">Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-demeter-the-pig-and-the-horse">Demeter, the Pig and the Horse</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-attis-adonis-and-the-pig">Attis, Adonis, and the Pig</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-osiris-the-pig-and-the-bull">Osiris, the Pig and the Bull</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-virbius-and-the-horse">Virbius and the Horse</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP50"></a>Ch. 50. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-sacrament-of-first-fruits">Eating the God</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-sacrament-of-first-fruits">The Sacrament of First-Fruits</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-eating-the-god-among-the-aztecs">Eating the God among the Aztecs</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-many-manii-at-aricia">Many Manii at Aricia</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP51"></a>Ch. 51. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107959">Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP52"></a>Ch. 52. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-killing-the-sacred-buzzard">Killing the Divine Animal</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-killing-the-sacred-buzzard">Killing the Sacred Buzzard</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-killing-the-sacred-ram">Killing the Sacred Ram</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-killing-the-sacred-serpent">Killing the Sacred Serpent</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-killing-the-sacred-turtles">Killing the Sacred Turtles</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-killing-the-sacred-bear">Killing the Sacred Bear</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP53"></a>Ch. 53. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107965">The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP54"></a>Ch. 54. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-egyptian-and-the-aino-types-of-sacrament">Types of Animal Sacrament</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-egyptian-and-the-aino-types-of-sacrament">The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-processions-with-sacred-animals">Processions with Sacred Animals</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP55"></a>Ch. 55. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-transference-to-inanimate-objects">The Transference of Evil</a></p> <p>§ 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-transference-to-inanimate-objects">The Transference to Inanimate Objects</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-transference-to-animals">The Transference to Animals</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-transference-to-men">The Transference to Men</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-transference-of-evil-in-europe">The Transference of Evil in Europe</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP56"></a>Ch. 56. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-omnipresence-of-demons">The Public Expulsion of Evils</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-omnipresence-of-demons">The Omnipresence of Demons</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-occasional-expulsion-of-evils">The Occasional Expulsion of Evils</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-periodic-expulsion-of-evils">The Periodic Expulsion of Evils</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP57"></a>Ch. 57. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-expulsion-of-embodied-evils">Public Scapegoats</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-expulsion-of-embodied-evils">The Expulsion of Embodied Evils</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-occasional-expulsion-of-evils-in-a-material-vehicle">The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-periodic-expulsion-of-evils-in-a-material-vehicle">The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-on-scapegoats-in-general">On Scapegoats in General</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP58"></a>Ch. 58. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-human-scapegoat-in-ancient-rome">Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-human-scapegoat-in-ancient-rome">The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-human-scapegoat-in-ancient-greece">The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-roman-saturnalia">The Roman Saturnalia</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP59"></a>Ch. 59. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107982">Killing the God in Mexico</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP60"></a>Ch. 60. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-not-to-touch-the-earth">Between Heaven and Earth</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-not-to-touch-the-earth">Not to touch the Earth</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-not-to-see-the-sun">Not to see the Sun</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-seclusion-of-girls-at-puberty">The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-reasons-for-the-seclusion-of-girls-at-puberty">Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP61"></a>Ch. 61. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/107987">The Myth of Balder</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP62"></a>Ch. 62. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-fire-festivals-in-general">The Fire-Festivals of Europe</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-fire-festivals-in-general">The Fire-festivals in general</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-lenten-fires">The Lenten Fires</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-easter-fires">The Easter Fires</a><br /> § 4. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/4-the-beltane-fires">The Beltane Fires</a><br /> § 5. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/5-the-midsummer-fires">The Midsummer Fires</a><br /> § 6. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/6-the-halloween-fires">The Hallowe’en Fires</a><br /> § 7. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/7-the-midwinter-fires">The Midwinter Fires</a><br /> § 8. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/8-the-need-fire">The Need-fire</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP63"></a>Ch. 63. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-on-the-fire-festivals-in-general">The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-on-the-fire-festivals-in-general">On the Fire-festivals in general</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-solar-theory-of-the-fire-festivals">The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-purificatory-theory-of-the-fire-festivals">The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP64"></a>Ch. 64. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-burning-of-effigies-in-the-fires">The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-burning-of-effigies-in-the-fires">The Burning of Effigies in the Fires</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-burning-of-men-and-animals-in-the-fires">The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP65"></a>Ch. 65. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/108001">Balder and the Mistletoe</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP66"></a>Ch. 66. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/108002">The External Soul in Folk-Tales</a></p> <p><a name="CHAP67"></a>Ch. 67. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-external-soul-in-inanimate-things">The External Soul in Folk-Custom</a><br /> § 1. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/1-the-external-soul-in-inanimate-things">The External Soul in Inanimate Things</a><br /> § 2. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/2-the-external-soul-in-plants">The External Soul in Plants</a><br /> § 3. <a href="/lit-hub/the-golden-bough-abridged-ed/3-the-external-soul-in-animals">The External Soul in Animals</a><br /> § 4. <a 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