The Golden Bough

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book comparative study study of religion work of anthropology

The Golden Bough is Sir James George Frazer’s influential comparative study of mythology and religion that explores recurring patterns of ritual, magic, and the dying-and-reviving god across cultures.

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The Golden Bough canonical 3
"The Golden Bough" by James George Frazer 1
The Golden Bough (section) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
comparative study ⓘ
study of religion ⓘ
work of anthropology ⓘ
abridgedEditionPublicationYear 1922 ⓘ
author James George Frazer ⓘ
James George Frazer ⓘ
surface form: Sir James George Frazer
centralConcept magical thinking precedes religious thinking ⓘ
ritual origins of myth ⓘ
sacrifice of the sacred king ⓘ
stages of human belief ⓘ
vegetation deities ⓘ
centralMythDiscussed Rex Nemorensis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception highly influential but later criticized for overgeneralization ⓘ
expandedEditionPublicationYears 1906–1915 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1890 ⓘ
genre anthropology ⓘ
comparative mythology ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
hasNotableTheme recurring ritual patterns across cultures ⓘ
relationship between magic, religion, and science ⓘ
universality of mythic motifs ⓘ
influenced comparative mythology ⓘ
literary modernism ⓘ
modern anthropology ⓘ
psychoanalytic theory of myth ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
influencedBy Victorian anthropology ⓘ
evolutionary anthropology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterEditionCount 12 volumes ⓘ
originalEditionCount 2 volumes ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
publisher Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
surface form: Macmillan
referencedIn modernist literature ⓘ
settingOfKeyDiscussion Nemi ⓘ
subject comparative religion ⓘ
dying-and-reviving god ⓘ
fertility rites ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
magic ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
religion ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
sacred kingship ⓘ
usedIn literary criticism ⓘ

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The Waste Land → alludesTo → The Golden Bough ⓘ
Seeing Things → hasPart → The Golden Bough ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Golden Bough (section)
Robert Graves → notableWork → The Golden Bough ⓘ
this entity surface form: The White Goddess
Lake Nemi → inspiredWork → The Golden Bough ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Golden Bough" by James George Frazer
Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis → describedInWork → The Golden Bough ⓘ
Turner Bequest → hasPart → The Golden Bough ⓘ