The Golden Bough by James George Frazer

The Golden Bough

James George Frazer

840 pages first pub 1890 (editions)

nonfiction history religion reflective slow-paced
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The Golden Bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief. Its thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship of, and periodic sacrifice of, a sacred king. Published in 1890 it offered a modern...

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