The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
| Book | The Golden Bough |
| Publisher | The Macmillan Company |
| Copyright Holder | The Macmillan Company, Barclays Bank Ltd. |
| Printed by | Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Scranton, PA, U.S.A. |
| Copyright | 1922 |
| Copyright | 1950 |
| Pages / Font | 864 pages |
| Chapters | I. The King of the Wood II. Priestly Kings III. Sympathetic Magic IV. Magic and Religion V. The Magical Control of the Weather VI. Magicians as Kings VII. Incarnate Human Gods VIII. Departmental Kings of Nature IX. The Worship of Trees X. Relics of Tree-Worship in Modern Europe XI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation XII. The Sacred Marriage XIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium XV. The Worship of the Oak XVI. Dianus and Diana XVII. The Burden of Royalty XVIII. The Perils of the Soul XIX. Tabooed Acts XX. Tabooed Persons XXI. Tabooed Things XXII. Tabooed Words XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King XXV. Temporary Kings XXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit XXIX. The Myth of Adonis XXX. Adonis in Syria XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis XXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis XXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis XXXV. Attis as a God of Vegetation XXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis XXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West XXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris XXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris XL. The Nature of Osiris XLI. Isis XLII. Osiris and the Sun XLIII. Dionysus XLIV. Demeter and Persephone XLVI. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe XLVII. Lityerses XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals L. Eating the God LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet LII. Killing the Divine Animal LIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament LV. The Transference of Evil LVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils LVII. Public Scapegoats LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity LIX. Killing the God in Mexico LX. Between Heaven and Earth LXI. The Myth of Balder LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires LXV. Balder and the Mistletoe LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom LXVIII. The Golden Bough LXIX. Farewell to Nemi Index |
| Notes | I Volume, Abridged Edition |
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