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The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion

A Study in Magic and Religion

Also known as The Golden Bough

by James George Frazer

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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"The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion" by James George Frazer is a comparative study first published in 1890. Frazer explores mythology and religion across cultures, examining fertility rites, human sacrifice, dying gods, and sacred kingship. His controversial thesis traces humanity's intellectual evolution from magic through religion to science, centered on ancient fertility cults and seasonal rituals. Drawing from the priest-kings of Lake Nemi to global mythologies, this sweeping work scandalized Victorian Britain and profoundly influenced twentieth-century literature and thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg and wikisource matched “magic” and “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the description, and 3 additional metadata match(es).

    • “magic”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Magic”· via English Wikisource
    • “Magic”· in title
    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in description
    • “Magic”· in subject

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A Study in Magic and Religion

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2003-01-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Wikidata item description: 1922 abridged one volume edition of the work by J. G. Frazer
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