The Golden Bough James George Frazer The Golden Bough Table of Contents The Golden Bough.....................................................................................................................................................1 James George Frazer......................................................................................................................................1 Preface............................................................................................................................................................6 Chapter 1. The King of the Wood...............................................................................................................................8 1. Diana and Virbius......................................................................................................................................8 2. Artemis and Hippolytus...........................................................................................................................11 3. Recapitulation..........................................................................................................................................12 Chapter 2. Priestly Kings..........................................................................................................................................13 Chapter 3. Sympathetic Magic..................................................................................................................................14 1. The Principles of Magic...........................................................................................................................14 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic...........................................................................................................15 3. Contagious Magic....................................................................................................................................30 4. The Magician's Progress..........................................................................................................................35 Chapter 4. Magic and Religion.................................................................................................................................37 Chapter V. The Magical Control of the Weather......................................................................................................44 1. The Public Magician................................................................................................................................44 2. The Magical Control ofRain....................................................................................................................46 1888 the mandarins of Canton prayed to the god Lung−wong to stop the..................................................53 3. The Magical Control of the Sun...............................................................................................................55 4. The Magical Control of the Wind............................................................................................................57 Chapter 6. Magicians as Kings..................................................................................................................................58 Chapter 7. Incarnate Human Gods............................................................................................................................63 Chapter 8. Departmental Kings of Nature.................................................................................................................73 Chapter 9. The Worship of Trees..............................................................................................................................75 1. Tree−spirits..............................................................................................................................................75 2. Beneficent Powers of Tree−Spirits..........................................................................................................80 Chapter 10. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe...........................................................................................82 Chapter 11. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation.............................................................................................91 Chapter 12. The Sacred Marriage.............................................................................................................................94 1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility................................................................................................................94 Chapter of this book we found reason to believe that the priest who bore the.........................................................94 2. The Marriage of the Gods........................................................................................................................95 Chapter 13. The Kings of Rome and Alba................................................................................................................98 1. Numa and Egeria......................................................................................................................................98 2. The King as Jupiter..................................................................................................................................99 Chapter 14. The Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium............................................................................101 Chapter 15. The Worship of the Oak......................................................................................................................106 Chapter 16. Dianus and Diana................................................................................................................................108 Chapter 17. The Burden of Royalty........................................................................................................................111 1. Royal and Priestly Taboos.....................................................................................................................111 2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power...............................................................................116 Chapter 18. The Perils of the Soul..........................................................................................................................118 1. The Soul as a Mannikin.........................................................................................................................118 2. Absence and Recall of the Soul.............................................................................................................119 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection.................................................................................................125 Chapter 19. Tabooed Acts.......................................................................................................................................128 1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers....................................................................................................128 2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking.............................................................................................................131 i The Golden Bough Table of Contents The Golden Bough 3. Taboos on Showing the Face.................................................................................................................131 4. Taboos on Quitting the House...............................................................................................................132 Chapter 20. Tabooed Persons..................................................................................................................................133 1. Chiefs and Kings tabooed......................................................................................................................133 2. Mourners tabooed..................................................................................................................................135 3. Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth...................................................................................136 4. Warriors tabooed....................................................................................................................................138 Chapter 21. Tabooed Things...................................................................................................................................146 1. The Meaning of Taboo...........................................................................................................................146 2. Iron tabooed...........................................................................................................................................147 3. Sharp Weapons tabooed.........................................................................................................................148 4. Blood tabooed........................................................................................................................................149 10. Foods tabooed......................................................................................................................................155 Chapter 22. Tabooed Words...................................................................................................................................156 1. Personal Names tabooed........................................................................................................................156