The Golden Bough

The Golden Bough is a study of magic and religion by the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer.

Established The first edition appeared in 1890 in two volumes; the third edition grew to twelve volumes (1906–1915); Frazer published a one-volume abridgement in 1922.^[1] Established Frazer proposed a sequence from magic to religion to science and grouped many myths under themes such as the sacred king and the dying and rising god.^[2] Scholarly debate Twentieth-century anthropologists criticised his "armchair" method, which lifted customs out of context, and his evolutionary scheme; the work remained highly influential on literature and popular ideas about myth.^[3]

References

↑ J.G. Frazer, The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (1922). abridged ed.; public domain; Project Gutenberg.
↑ Frazer (1922), chapters 1–4.
↑ Ludwig Wittgenstein, Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough (written 1931, publ. 1967); Sharpe, Comparative Religion (1975). Cited only.

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[1] J.G. Frazer, The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (1922). abridged ed.; public domain; Project Gutenberg.

[2] Frazer (1922), chapters 1–4.

[3] Ludwig Wittgenstein, Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough (written 1931, publ. 1967); Sharpe, Comparative Religion (1975). Cited only.

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