Aftermath : a supplement to the Golden bough

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Aftermath : a supplement to the Golden bough

by Sir James George Frazer

(The golden bough : a study in magic and religion, supplementary vol.)

Macmillan, 1913

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Description based on: 1980 printing

Includes index

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A comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, offering the thesis that man progresses from magical through religious to scientific thought. It includes a discussion of fertility rites, the sacrificial killing of kings, the dying god and the scapegoat.

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