The Golden Bough

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1. 01Full text
2. 02Chapter 2. Priestly Kings
3. 03Chapter 4. Magic and Religion
4. 04Chapter 6. Magicians as Kings
5. 05Chapter 7. Incarnate Human Gods
6. 06Chapter 8. Departmental Kings of Nature
7. 07Chapter 9. The Worship of Trees 1. Tree-spirits 2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits
8. 08Chapter 10. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe
9. 09Chapter 11. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation
10. 10Chapter 12. The Sacred Marriage 1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility 2. The Marriage of the Gods
11. 11Chapter 13. The Kings of Rome and Alba 1. Numa and Egeria 2. The King as Jupiter
12. 12Chapter 14. Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium
13. 13Chapter 15. The Worship of the Oak
14. 14Chapter 16. Dianus and Diana
15. 15Chapter 17. The Burden of Royalty 1. Royal and Priestly Taboos 2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power
16. 16Chapter 23. Our Debt to the Savage
17. 17Chapter 25. Temporary Kings
18. 18Chapter 26. Sacrifice of the Kings Son
19. 19Chapter 27. Succession to the Soul
20. 20Chapter 29. The Myth of Adonis
21. 21Chapter 30. Adonis in Syria
22. 22Chapter 31. Adonis in Cyprus
23. 23Chapter 32. The Ritual of Adonis
24. 24Chapter 33. The Gardens of Adonis
25. 25Chapter 34. The Myth and Ritual of Attis
26. 26Chapter 35. Attis as a God of Vegetation
27. 27Chapter 36. Human Representatives of Attis
28. 28Chapter 37. Oriental Religions in the West
29. 29Chapter 38. The Myth of Osiris
30. 30Chapter 39. The Ritual of Osiris 1. The Popular Rites 2. The Official Rites
31. 31Chapter 41. Isis
32. 32Chapter 42. Osiris and the Sun
33. 33Chapter 43. Dionysus
34. 34Chapter 44. Demeter and Persephone
35. 35Chapter 45. Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden in N. Europe
36. 36Chapter 51. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
37. 37Chapter 53. The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters
38. 38Chapter 54. Types of Animal Sacrament 1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament 2. Processions with Sacred Animals
39. 39Chapter 59. Killing the God in Mexico
40. 40Chapter 61. The Myth of Balder
41. 41Chapter 65. Balder and the Mistletoe
42. 42Chapter 66. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
43. 43Chapter 69. Farewell to Nemi
44. 44J. G. FRAZER.
45. 45I. The King of the Wood
46. 46II. Priestly Kings
47. 47III. Sympathetic Magic
48. 48I will now illustrate these two great branches of sympathetic magic by examples, beginning with homoeopathic magic.
49. 49IV. Magic and Religion
50. 50V. The Magical Control of the Weather
51. 51VI. Magicians as Kings
52. 52VII. Incarnate Human Gods
53. 53VIII. Departmental Kings of Nature
54. 54IX. The Worship of Trees
55. 55X. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe
56. 56XI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation
57. 57XII. The Sacred Marriage
58. 58XIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba
59. 59XIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium
60. 60XV. The Worship of the Oak
61. 61XVI. Dianus and Diana
62. 62XVII. The Burden of Royalty
63. 63XVIII. The Perils of the Soul
64. 64XIX. Tabooed Acts
65. 65XX. Tabooed Persons
66. 66XXI. Tabooed Things
67. 67XXII. Tabooed Words
68. 68XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage
69. 69XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King
70. 70XXV. Temporary Kings
71. 71XXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son
72. 72XXVII. Succession to the Soul
73. 73XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
74. 74XXIX. The Myth of Adonis
75. 75XXX. Adonis in Syria
76. 76XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus
77. 77XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis
78. 78XXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis
79. 79XXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis
80. 80XXXV. Attis as a God of Vegetation
81. 81XXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis
82. 82XXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West
83. 83XXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris
84. 84XXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris
85. 85XL. The Nature of Osiris
86. 86XLI. Isis
87. 87XLII. Osiris and the Sun
88. 88XLIII. Dionysus
89. 89XLIV. Demeter and Persephone
90. 90XLV. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe
91. 91XLVI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands
92. 92XLVII. Lityerses
93. 93XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
94. 94XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
95. 95L. Eating the God
96. 96LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
97. 97LII. Killing the Divine Animal
98. 98LIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters
99. 99LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
100. 100LV. The Transference of Evil
101. 101LVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils
102. 102LVII. Public Scapegoats
103. 103LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity
104. 104LIX. Killing the God in Mexico
105. 105LX. Between Heaven and Earth
106. 106LXI. The Myth of Balder
107. 107LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
108. 108LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals
109. 109LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires
110. 110LXV. Balder and the Mistletoe
111. 111LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
112. 112LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
113. 113LXVIII. The Golden Bough
114. 114LXIX. Farewell to Nemi