Ritual, belief, and culture
Anthropology of Religion Texts
Anthropological texts on ritual, animism, totemism, taboo, early religion, culture, and theories of belief formation.
- Texts
- 61
- Authors
- 34
- Range
- 1848 to 1930
Overview
The main subjects, texts, and practices represented in this collection.
Anthropology of Religion is for the archive's ethnographic and theoretical works on ritual, belief, taboo, animism, and totemism. It keeps broad anthropological scholarship separate from practical magic and from single-tradition pages.
- Anthropological theories of religion, ritual, magic, animism, and totemism.
- Ethnographic and comparative studies of belief and custom.
- Works about culture and ritual formation rather than a single occult lineage.
Texts
Key source texts and related works for studying Anthropology.
Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
The Willows
History of Human Folly
Primitive Culture Vol 1
Magic and Fetishism
Primitive Culture, Vol. 2
Custom and Myth
Myth, Ritual and Religion Vol. 1
The Golden Bough
Magic and Religion
The Golden Bough
More Anthropology of Religion Texts
The Golden Bough
Religions of Primitive Peoples
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
Primitive Manners & Customs
Myth, Ritual and Religion Vol. 2
The Golden Bough
Ritual and Belief
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
Psyche's Task
The Golden Bough
Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough
History of Religions
Origin of Man and Superstitions
Curiosities of Superstition
Custom and Myth
Myths and Dreams
Migration of Symbols
Strange Survivals
Balder the Beautiful, Volume I
Human Animals
Mythology of All Races (Vol 11)
Jungle Ways
A babonák könyve
Myths and Myth-Makers
Demonology and Devil-lore
The Blood Covenant
Celtic Fairy Tales
More Celtic Fairy Tales
The Evil Eye
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
Myths of the Cherokee
Evil Eye in the Western Highlands
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Psychological Origin of Religion
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Myths and Legends of All Nations
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Pagan and Christian Creeds
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Related Topics
Comparative Religion
Comparative religion texts on ritual, myth, sacrifice, belief, ancient religion, and cross-cultural theories of sacred practice.
Folklore Studies
Folklore studies texts on folk tales, fairy belief, superstition, regional customs, oral tradition, and the collection of vernacular belief.
Comparative Mythology
Comparative mythology texts on gods, hero cycles, symbolic patterns, classical myth, Indo-European myth, and cross-cultural mythic structures.
Folk Magic
Folk magic texts and practical traditions covering charms, cures, household rites, prayers, talismans, and vernacular magical practice.
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