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The Golden Bough

James George Frazer · 1890 · English

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The Golden Bough

James George Frazer

1890

A pioneering work of comparative religion and mythology examining death-and-rebirth deities, sacred kingship, and ritual practices across cultures.

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A pioneering work of comparative religion and mythology examining death-and-rebirth deities, sacred kingship, and ritual practices across cultures.

About this record

By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. . Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.

Dates and authorship follow standard scholarly references; for many ancient works both are approximate or disputed.