The Golden Bough A Study in Magic and Religion By James George Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Liverpool Vol. VII. of XII. Part V: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild. Vol. 1 of 2. New York and London MacMillan and Co. 1912 CONTENTS Preface. Chapter I. Dionysus. Chapter II. Demeter And Persephone. Chapter III. Magical Significance of Games in Primitive Agriculture. Chapter IV. Woman’s Part in Primitive Agriculture. Chapter V. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe. Chapter VI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands. § 1. The Corn-mother in America. § 2. The Mother-cotton in the Punjaub. § 3. The …
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