The Golden BoughPenguin UK, 1996. aug. 29. - 944 oldal Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) caught the popular imagination with his vast and enterprising comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, which in its third edition numbered 12 volumes. Reissued here is Frazer's own single-volume abridgement of 1922. |
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... crops. In the story of the tragic death ofthe youthful Hippolytus we maydiscern an analogy withsimilar tales of otherfair butmortalyouthswho paid with theirlives forthe briefrapture of theloveof an immortal goddess. These hapless lovers ...
... crops. In the story of the tragic death ofthe youthful Hippolytus we maydiscern an analogy withsimilar tales of otherfair butmortalyouthswho paid with theirlives forthe briefrapture of theloveof an immortal goddess. These hapless lovers ...
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... crops grow, and so on. Strange as this expectation appears to us,itis quite ofapiece with earlymodes of thought.A ... crop from the gods; and if.
... crops grow, and so on. Strange as this expectation appears to us,itis quite ofapiece with earlymodes of thought.A ... crop from the gods; and if.
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... crops. Probably the notion was thatthetwirling of the spindle would twirlthe corn-stalks and prevent themfrom growingstraight. So, too,amongthe Ainos ofSaghaliena pregnant woman may not spin nortwist ropes for two months before her ...
... crops. Probably the notion was thatthetwirling of the spindle would twirlthe corn-stalks and prevent themfrom growingstraight. So, too,amongthe Ainos ofSaghaliena pregnant woman may not spin nortwist ropes for two months before her ...
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... crops, andso forth,are expected to flow from the sacred mission. With this intention they subject themselves to severe restrictions like those imposed upontheir husbands. During the wholeof thetime which elapses tillthe festival ofthe ...
... crops, andso forth,are expected to flow from the sacred mission. With this intention they subject themselves to severe restrictions like those imposed upontheir husbands. During the wholeof thetime which elapses tillthe festival ofthe ...
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... crops up in various forms. Thus we are told that in France 'the majority of the peasants stillbelieve thatthepriest possesses a secretand irresistible power over the elements.By recitingcertain prayers which healone knows andhas the ...
... crops up in various forms. Thus we are told that in France 'the majority of the peasants stillbelieve thatthepriest possesses a secretand irresistible power over the elements.By recitingcertain prayers which healone knows andhas the ...
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