The Golden Bough Studies in the History of Oriental 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. V. of XII. Part IV: Adonis Attis Osiris. Vol. 1 of 2. New York and London MacMillan and Co. 1914 CONTENTS Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Book First. Adonis. Chapter I. The Myth of Adonis. Chapter II. Adonis in Syria. Chapter III. Adonis in Cyprus. Chapter IV. Sacred Men and Women. § 1. An Alternative Theory. § 2. Sacred Women in India. § 3. Sacred Men and Women in West Africa. § 4. Sacred Women in Western Asia. § 5. Sacred…
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