Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Golden Bough: Spirits of the corn and of the wild (2 v.)
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Golden Bough: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. Dionysus
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
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.
Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: James George FrazerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333476878
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Excerpt from Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild, Vol. 2 of 2 However we may explain it, the fact remains that in peasant folk-lore the corn-spirit is very commonly con ceived and represented in animal form. May not this fact explain the relation in which certain animals stood to the ancient deities of vegetation, Dionysus, Demeter, Adonis, Attis, and Osiris? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Golden Bough
Author: Sir James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animism
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Golden Bough
Author: James George FrazerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108047386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
The greatly revised and enlarged twelve-volume third edition (1911-15) of Sir James Frazer's controversial work on classical religion.
The Golden Bough
Author: James George FrazerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
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.
Journal of Religious Psychology
Author: Granville Stanley HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology, Religious
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Includes section, "Book reviews".
Journal of Religious Psychology, Including Its Anthropological and Sociological Aspects
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology, Religious
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Includes section, "Book reviews"
The American Journal of Religious Psychology and Education
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology, Religious
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Adolescent Girl Among Primitive Peoples
Author: Miriam Van WatersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description