The Golden Bough - James G. Frazer
the roots of religion and folklore
KORTE INHOUD
Two volumes in one.
Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) was a Scottish anthropologist with a particular interest in the study of myth and religion. His early research into the development of religion, as humanity progressedd from primitive to civilized social structures, ripend into a set of theories about the historical evolution of ancient cults, rites, rituals, and religious beliefs.
'The Golden Bough' is Frazer's greatest and best-known work, a repository of his mature theories. In it, Frazer takes as his starting point an investigation into the succession rituals of the priest-kings of Diana's Grove, a sacred wood in ancient Italy; the rite involved the ancient custom of allowing a runaway slave to fight the king - and perhaps take his title - if he could first pull down a bough from a special golden tree. Frazer saw a link between this story and Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid, wherein possession of a golden bough allows the hero Aeneas to enter the Underworld. Much of Frazer's book derives from this explor...
Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) was a Scottish anthropologist with a particular interest in the study of myth and religion. His early research into the development of religion, as humanity progressedd from primitive to civilized social structures, ripend into a set of theories about the historical evolution of ancient cults, rites, rituals, and religious beliefs.
'The Golden Bough' is Frazer's greatest and best-known work, a repository of his mature theories. In it, Frazer takes as his starting point an investigation into the succession rituals of the priest-kings of Diana's Grove, a sacred wood in ancient Italy; the rite involved the ancient custom of allowing a runaway slave to fight the king - and perhaps take his title - if he could first pull down a bough from a special golden tree. Frazer saw a link between this story and Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid, wherein possession of a golden bough allows the hero Aeneas to enter the Underworld. Much of Frazer's book derives from this explor...
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