The Golden Bough

A Study in Comparative Religion

By

James George Frazer, M.A.

Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

In Two Volumes.

Vol.I.

New York and London

MacMillan and Co.

1894

Contents

• Dedication.
• Preface.
• Chapter I.The King Of The Wood.
• § 1.—The Arician Grove.
• § 2.—Primitive man and the supernatural.
• § 3.—Incarnate gods.
• § 4.—Tree-worship.
• § 5.—Tree-worship in antiquity.
• Chapter II.The Perils Of The Soul.
• § 1.—Royal and priestly taboos.
• § 2.—The nature of the soul.
• § 3.—Royal and priestly taboos (continued).
• Chapter III.Killing The God.
• § 1.—Killing the divine king.
• § 2.—Killing the tree-spirit.
• § 3.—Carrying out Death.
• § 4.—Adonis.
• § 5.—Attis.
• § 6.—Osiris.
• § 7.—Dionysus.
• § 8.—Demeter and Proserpine.
• § 9.—Lityerses.
• Footnotes