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The Golden Bough: Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12

Name: The Golden Bough: Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12
Author: James George Frazer

James George Frazer1911Vol. 6 of 12

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Comprehensive examination of scapegoat rituals, public expulsion of evils, and purification ceremonies across cultures. Frazer analyzes how societies transfer evil, sin, disease, and misfortune to human or animal victims who are then expelled or killed. The work covers Hebrew scapegoat rituals, Babylonian substitutes, Greek pharmakos, Roman ceremonies, and worldwide practices of evil transference. Topics include human scapegoats, animal scapegoats, material objects as evil-carriers, and the logic of transferring collective guilt or pollution to expendable victims.

Also known asFrazer's Golden Bough · Magical Origins

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Contents57 chapters

01Contents
02Chapter I. The Myth Of Osiris.
03Chapter II. The Official Egyptian Calendar.
04Chapter III. The Calendar of the Egyptian Farmer.
05§ 1. The Rise and Fall of the Nile.
06§ 2. Rites of Irrigation.
07§ 3. Rites of Sowing.
08§ 4. Rites of Harvest.
09Chapter IV. The Official Festivals of Osiris.
10§ 1. The Festival at Sais.
11§ 2. Feasts of All Souls.
12§ 3. The Festival in the Month of Athyr.
13§ 4. The Festival in the Month of Khoiak.
14§ 5. The Resurrection of Osiris.
15§ 6. Readjustment of Egyptian Festivals.
16Chapter V. The Nature of Osiris.
17§ 1. Osiris a Corn-God.
18§ 2. Osiris a Tree-Spirit.
19§ 3. Osiris a God of Fertility.
20§ 4. Osiris a God of the Dead.
21Chapter VI. Isis.
22Chapter VII. Osiris and the Sun.
23Chapter VIII. Osiris and the Moon.
24Chapter IX. The Doctrine of Lunar Sympathy.
25Chapter X. The King As Osiris.
26Chapter XI. The Origin of Osiris.
27Chapter XII. Mother-Kin And Mother Goddesses.
28§ 1. Dying Gods and Mourning Goddesses.
29§ 2. Influence of Mother-Kin on Religion.
30§ 3. Mother-Kin and Mother Goddesses in the Ancient East.
31Notes.
32I. Moloch The King.
33II. The Widowed Flamen.
34§ 1. The Pollution of Death.
35§ 2. The Marriage of the Roman Gods.
36§ 3. Children of Living Parents in Ritual.
37III. A Charm To Protect a Town.
38IV. Some Customs Of The Pelew Islanders.
39§ 1. Priests dressed as Women.
40§ 2. Prostitution of Unmarried Girls.
41§ 3. Custom of slaying Chiefs.
42Index.
43Footnotes
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