The Golden BoughThis work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volume 9 (1913) considers the role of the scapegoat in maintaining the stability of the community. |
Contents
THE TRANSFERENCE OF EVIL Pp 171 | 1 |
The Periodic Expulsion of Evils pp 123169 Annual expulsion of ghosts | 2 |
The Transference of Evil in Europe pp 4759 Transference of evils | 5 |
3 The Transference to Animals pp 3137 Evils transferred to animals | 34 |
The Nailing of Evils pp 5971 Sickness and pain pegged or nailed into | 60 |
THE OMNIPRESENCE | 72 |
THE PUBLIC EXPULSION | 109 |
PUBLIC SCAPEGOATS Pp 170223 | 170 |
The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece pp 252274 The Expulsion | 253 |
KILLING THE GOD | 275 |
THE SATURNALIA | 306 |
The Roman Saturnalia pp 306312 Saturn and the Saturnalia 306 sq | 312 |
The King of the Bean and the Festival of Fools pp 313345 The | 321 |
Bishop in England 337 sq the superstitions associated with | 338 |
Saturnalia in Western Asia pp 354407 The Babylonian festival | 355 |
Conclusion pp 407411 Wide prevalence of festivals like the Saturn | 409 |
The Expulsion of Embodied Evils pp 170184 Expulsion of demons per | 181 |
The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle pp 198223 | 198 |
ON SCAPEGOATS IN GENERAL | 224 |
Common terms and phrases
Africa ancient animal Annual appears Babylonian Badaga Baganda beating believed Berlin Bolivia book of Esther burning cairn called carried cast celebrated ceremony Cronus cure custom dances dead death deity demons devils disease divine drive Dyak E. K. Chambers earth effigy Esther evil spirits expelled expulsion feast festival fever fire Folk-lore Gebräuche ghosts goddess gods H. H. Bancroft Haman hand head heaps of stones human India Indians Islands king land Leipsic living London magic maize masks Mawu misfortune month nail natives night observed offerings Oldenburg Paris passed Perchta Perchten performed perhaps person pile plague priest Purim Religion represent rite river Roman round Sacaea sacred sacrifice Sagen Saturnalia scapegoat Semiramis sickness sins skin sometimes sticks sufferer supposed temple throw tion toothache transferred Travels tree tribes Twelfth Night twelve days victims village warts wild witches woman women worship Zakmuk