The golden bough
(2015)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : No Publisher : Made available through hoopla, 2015
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781633840409 (electronic bk.) MWT11532740, 1633840409 (electronic bk.) 11532740
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The Golden Bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief. Its thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship of, and periodic sacrifice of, a sacred king. Published in 1890 it offered a modernist approach to discussing religion. The impact of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature was substantial
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