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This greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (191115) of the controversial work by Sir James Frazer (18541941) applies the techniques of comparative ethnography to classical religion. Volume 1 (1911) explores the belief that kings could harness Nature.

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Preface; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. The king of the wood; 2. Priestly kings; 3. Sympathetic magic; 4. Magic and religion; 5. The magical control of the weather; 6. Magicians as kings; 7. Incarnate human gods; Appendix.

The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 1 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings 1 Cambridge Library Collection Classics

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108047302, 978-1108047302
      ISBN10: 1108047300
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      Ancient history Anthropology Comparative religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (191115) of the controversial work by Sir James Frazer (18541941) applies the techniques of comparative ethnography to classical religion. Volume 1 (1911) explores the belief that kings could harness Nature.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; 1. The king of the wood; 2. Priestly kings; 3. Sympathetic magic; 4. Magic and religion; 5. The magical control of the weather; 6. Magicians as kings; 7. Incarnate human gods; Appendix.

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