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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... custom formerly observed inBunyoro of choosing every yearfrom a particular clan a mock king,whowas supposedto incarnate thelate king, cohabited withhis widows at his temple-tomb, and after reigningforaweek wasstrangled.2 The custom ...
... custom formerly observed inBunyoro of choosing every yearfrom a particular clan a mock king,whowas supposedto incarnate thelate king, cohabited withhis widows at his temple-tomb, and after reigningforaweek wasstrangled.2 The custom ...
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... custom savours ofa barbarous age, and, surviving into imperial times, standsout in striking isolationfromthe polished Italian society of the day, likea primaeval rock rising from a smooth- shaven lawn. It is the very rudeness and ...
... custom savours ofa barbarous age, and, surviving into imperial times, standsout in striking isolationfromthe polished Italian society of the day, likea primaeval rock rising from a smooth- shaven lawn. It is the very rudeness and ...
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... custom. However, the following yearthe rainwas deficient,and the popular outcry so great thatthe emperor yielded to it,and allowed themurderous fights to be resumed, butfor two daysayear only. The writer who mentions the custom regards ...
... custom. However, the following yearthe rainwas deficient,and the popular outcry so great thatthe emperor yielded to it,and allowed themurderous fights to be resumed, butfor two daysayear only. The writer who mentions the custom regards ...
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