{"product_id":"the-golden-bough-isbn-9780140189315","title":"The Golden Bough","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe landmark study of world myth and culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDraws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos of ancient European and primitive cultures throughout the world.  The third edition of this monumental study of folklore, magic, and religion was abridged by the authour into this single volume in 1922.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Introduction: Outcast from the Islands: Frazer, \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bough\u003c\/i\u003e and Modern Anthropology\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the 1922 abridgement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. The King of the Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Diana and Virbius\u003cbr\u003e2. Artemis and Hippolytus\u003cbr\u003e3. Recapitulation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Priestly Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Sympathetic Magic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Principles of Magic\u003cbr\u003e2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic\u003cbr\u003e3. Contagious Magic\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magician's Progress\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. Magic and Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. The Magical Control of the Weather\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Public Magician\u003cbr\u003e2. The Magical Control of Rain\u003cbr\u003e3. The Magical Control of the Sun\u003cbr\u003e4. The Magical Control of the Wind\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. Magicians as Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII. Incarnate Human Gods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIII. Departmental Kings of Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIX. The Worship of Trees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Tree-spirits\u003cbr\u003e2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-spirits\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eX. Relics of Tree-worship in Modern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXII. The Sacred Marriage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility\u003cbr\u003e2. The Marriage of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Numa and Egeria\u003cbr\u003e2. The King as Jupiter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXV. The Worship of the Oak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVI.Dianus and Diana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVII. The Burden of Royalty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Royal and Priestly Taboos\u003cbr\u003e2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXVIII. The Perils of the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Soul as a Mannikin\u003cbr\u003e2. Absence and Recall of the Soul\u003cbr\u003e3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIX. Tabooed Acts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers\u003cbr\u003e2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking\u003cbr\u003e3. Taboos on Showing the Face\u003cbr\u003e4. Taboos on Quitting the House\u003cbr\u003e5. Taboos on Leaving Food Over\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXX. Tabooed Persons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Chiefs and Kings Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e2. Mourners Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Women Tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth\u003cbr\u003e4. Warriors Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. Manslayers Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e6. Hunters and Fishers Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXI. Tabooed Things\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Meaning of Taboo\u003cbr\u003e2. Iron Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Sharp Weapons Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e4. Blood Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. The Head Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e6. Hair Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e7. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting\u003cbr\u003e8. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails\u003cbr\u003e9. Spittle Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e10. Foods Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e11. Knots and Rings Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXII. Tabooed Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Personal Names Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e2. Names of Relations Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e3. Names of the Dead Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e4. Names of Kings and Other Sacred Persons Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e5. Names of Gods Tabooed\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIII. Our Debt to the Savage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIV. The Killing of the Divine King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Mortality of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e2. Kings Killed When Their Strength Fails\u003cbr\u003e3. Kings Killed at the End of a Fixed Term\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXV. Temporary Kings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVII. Succession to the Soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-spirit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Whitsuntide Mummers\u003cbr\u003e2. Burying the Carnival\u003cbr\u003e3. Carrying out Death\u003cbr\u003e4. Bringing in Summer\u003cbr\u003e5. Battle of Summer and Winter\u003cbr\u003e6. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko\u003cbr\u003e7. Death and Revival of Vegetation\u003cbr\u003e8. Analogous Rites in India\u003cbr\u003e9. The Magic Spring\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIX. The Myth of Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXX. Adonis in Syria\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXI. Adonis in Cyprus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXII. The Ritual of Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXV. Attis as a God of Vegetation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Popular Rites\u003cbr\u003e2. The Official Rites\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXL. The Nature of Osiris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Osiris a Corn-god\u003cbr\u003e2. Osiris a Tree-spirit\u003cbr\u003e3. Osiris a God of Fertility\u003cbr\u003e4. Osiris a God of the Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLI. Isis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLII. Osiris and the Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIII. Dionysus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIV. Demeter and Persephone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLV. The Corn-mother and the Corn-maiden in Northern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVI. The Corn-mother in Many Lands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Corn-mother in America\u003cbr\u003e2. The Rice-mother in the East Indies\u003cbr\u003e3. The Spirit of the Corn Embodied in Human Beings\u003cbr\u003e4. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVII. Lityerses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Songs of the Corn-reapers\u003cbr\u003e2. Killing the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops\u003cbr\u003e4. The Corn-spirit Slain in his Human Representatives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLVIII. The Corn-spirit as an Animal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog\u003cbr\u003e3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock\u003cbr\u003e4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare\u003cbr\u003e5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat\u003cbr\u003e6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat\u003cbr\u003e7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox\u003cbr\u003e8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare\u003cbr\u003e9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow)\u003cbr\u003e10. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull\u003cbr\u003e2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse\u003cbr\u003e3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig\u003cbr\u003e4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull\u003cbr\u003e5. Virbius and the Horse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eL. Eating the God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Sacrament of First-fruits\u003cbr\u003e2. Eating the God among the Aztecs\u003cbr\u003e3. Many Manii at Aricia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLI. Homoeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLII. Killing the Divine Animal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard\u003cbr\u003e2. Killing the Sacred Ram\u003cbr\u003e3. Killing the Sacred Serpent\u003cbr\u003e4. Killing the Sacred Turtles\u003cbr\u003e5. Killing the Sacred Bear\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIV. Types of Animal Sacrament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament\u003cbr\u003e2. Processions with Sacred Animals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLV. The Transference of Evil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects\u003cbr\u003e2. The Transference to Animals\u003cbr\u003e3. The Transference to Men\u003cbr\u003e4. The Transference of Evil in Europe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Omnipresence of Demons\u003cbr\u003e2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils\u003cbr\u003e3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLVII. Public Scapegoats\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils\u003cbr\u003e2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle\u003cbr\u003e3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle\u003cbr\u003e4. On Scapegoats in General\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome\u003cbr\u003e2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e3. The Roman Saturnalia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIX. Killing the God in Mexico\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLX. Between Heaven and Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Not to Touch the Earth\u003cbr\u003e2. Not to See the Sun\u003cbr\u003e3. The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty\u003cbr\u003e4. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXI. The Myth of Balder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXII. The Fire-festivals of Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Fire-festivals in General\u003cbr\u003e2. The Lenten Fires\u003cbr\u003e3. The Easter Fires\u003cbr\u003e4. The Beltane Fires\u003cbr\u003e5. The Midsummer Fires\u003cbr\u003e6. The Hallowe'en Fires\u003cbr\u003e7. The Midwinter Fires\u003cbr\u003e8. The Need-fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-festivals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. On the Fire-festivals in General\u003cbr\u003e2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals\u003cbr\u003e3. The Purifactory Theory of the Fire-festivals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Burning of Effigies in the Fires\u003cbr\u003e2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXV. Balder and the Mistletoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXVI. The External Soul in Folk-tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXVII. The External Soul in Folk-custom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The External Soul in Inanimate Things\u003cbr\u003e2. The External Soul in Plants\u003cbr\u003e3. The External Soul in Animals\u003cbr\u003e4. The Ritual of Death and Resurrection\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXVIII. The Golden Bough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLXIX. Farewell to Nemi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Frazer\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1854. He died in Cambridge, England, in 1941. Best remembered as the author of the \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Bough\u003c\/i\u003e, Frazer was also an anthropologist, folklorist, and classical scholar. His work was an influence on such notables as Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and James Joyce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge W. Stocking\u003c\/b\u003e (1928–2013) was a historian of social anthropology, focused on anthropology’s own past, tracing the field of study’s development on two continents. Stocking was the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Tylor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ethnographer's Magic and Other Essays in the History of Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVictorian Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302348804325,"sku":"NP9780140189315","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140189315.jpg?v=1767739572","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-golden-bough-isbn-9780140189315","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}