The Dying God

The Dying God
Author: J. G. Frazer
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2019-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780530430645

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The Golden Bough: The Dying God. The Mortality of the Gods The Killing of the Divine King

The Golden Bough: The Dying God. The Mortality of the Gods The Killing of the Divine King
Author: James George Frazer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1911
Genre: Magic
ISBN:

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.

The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic & Religion

The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic & Religion
Author: James George Frazer
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 930
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Golden Bough is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer. The book documents and details the similarities among magical and religious beliefs around the globe. Frazer 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. The influence of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature and thought is substantial.

Aeneid

Aeneid
Author: Virgil
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012-03-12
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0486113973

Monumental epic poem tells the heroic story of Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped the burning ruins of Troy to found Lavinium, the parent city of Rome, in the west.

The Golden Bough

The Golden Bough
Author: James George Frazer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 110804753X

Frazer's innovative and controversial 1890 examination of classical religion, and of the place of human sacrifice in cultures worldwide.