The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion--Abridged Edition [Paperback]

The landmark study of world myth and culture

Draws 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.

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Preface to the 1922 abridgement

I. The King of the Wood
1. Diana and Virbius
2. Artemis and Hippolytus
3. Recapitulation

II. Priestly Kings

III. Sympathetic Magic
1. The Principles of Magic
2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic
3. Contagious Magic
4. The Magician's Progress

IV. Magic and Religion

V. The Magical Control of the Weather
1. The Public Magician
2. The Magical Control of Rain
3. The Magical Control of the Sun
4. The Magical Control of the Wind

VI. Magicians as Kings

VII. Incarnate Human Gods

VIII. Departmental Kings of Nature

IX. The Worship of Trees
1. Tree-spirits
2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-spirits

X. Relics of Tree-worship in Modern Europe

XI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation

XII. The Sacred Marriage
1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility
2. The Marriage of the Gods

XIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba
1. Numa and Egeria
2. The King as Jupiter

XIV. The Successl3S