The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

J. G. Frazer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266465110 ISBN 13: 9780266465119

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Vol. 2 of 2

Tree pp. 7-4 5. - G1eat forests of ancient Europe, 7 sq. Tree-worship practised by all Aryan races in Europe, 9-1 1 trees regarded as animate, 12-14; tree-spirits, sacrifices to trees, 14-17; trees sensitive to wounds, 18; apologies for cutting down trees, 18-20; bleeding trees, 20; trees threatened to make them bear fruit, 20-22 attempts to deceive spirits of trees and plants, 22-24; trees married to each other, 24-28; trees in blossom and rice in bloom treated like pregnant women, 28 sq. Trees tenanted by the souls of the dead, 29-33; trees as the abode, not the body, of spirits, 33 sq. Ceremonies at felling trees, 34-39; propitiating tree-spirits in house-timber, 39 sq. Sacred trees the abode of spirits, 40-43; sacred groves, 43-45.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266465110
• ISBN 13: 9780266465119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432