Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Aftermath
- Epigraph
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I MAGIC
- CHAPTER II THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER
- CHAPTER III MAGICIANS AS KINGS
- CHAPTER IV INCARNATE HUMAN GODS
- CHAPTER V DEPARTMENTAL KINGS OF NATURE
- CHAPTER VI THE WORSHIP OF TREES
- CHAPTER VII RELICS OF TREE-WORSHIP IN EUROPE
- CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEXES ON VEGETATION
- CHAPTER IX THE SACRED MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER X THE KING'S FIRE
- CHAPTER XI THE FIRE-DRILL
- CHAPTER XII FATHER JOVE AND MOTHER VESTA
- CHAPTER XIII THE ORIGIN OF PERPETUAL FIRES
- CHAPTER XIV THE SUCCESSION TO THE KINGDOM IN ANCIENT LATIUM
- CHAPTER XV ST. GEORGE AND THE PARILIA
- CHAPTER XVI THE OAK
- CHAPTER XVII DIANUS AND DIANA
- CHAPTER XVIII ROYAL AND PRIESTLY TABOOS
- CHAPTER XIX THE PERILS OF THE SOUL
- CHAPTER XX TABOOED ACTS
- CHAPTER XXI TABOOED PERSONS
- CHAPTER XXII TABOOED THINGS
- CHAPTER XXIII TABOOED WORDS
- CHAPTER XXIV THE KILLING OF THE DIVINE KING
- CHAPTER XXV THE FAIRY WIFE
- CHAPTER XXVI TEMPORARY KINGS
- CHAPTER XXVII SACRIFICE OF THE KING'S SON
- CHAPTER XXVIII KILLING THE TREE-SPIRIT
- CHAPTER XXIX SWINGING AS A MAGICAL RITE
- CHAPTER XXX THE MYTH OF ADONIS
- CHAPTER XXXI CONSECRATION BY ANOINTING
- CHAPTER XXXII REINCARNATION OF THE DEAD
- CHAPTER XXXIII VOLCANIC RELIGION
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE GARDENS OF ADONIS
- CHAPTER XXXV THE RITUAL OF ATTIS
- CHAPTER XXXVI ATTIS AS THE FATHER GOD
- CHAPTER XXXVII ON HEAD-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TEARS OF ISIS
- CHAPTER XXXIX THE STAR OF ISIS
- CHAPTER XL FEASTS OF ALL SOULS
- CHAPTER XLI MOTHER-KIN AND MOTHER GOODESSES
- CHAPTER XLII MARRIAGE OF BROTHERS WITH SISTERS
- CHAPTER XLIII CHILDREN OF LIVING PARENTS IN RITUAL
- CHAPTER XLIV BLIND VICTIMS IN SACRIFICE
- CHAPTER XLV MEN DRESSED AS WOMEN
- CHAPTER XLVI CHILDREN IN WINNOWING-FANS
- CHAPTER XLVII MAGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMES IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER XLVIII WOMEN'S PART IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER XLIX PERSONIFICATION OF THE CORN-SPIRIT AT HARVEST
- CHAPTER L HUMAN SACRIFICES FOR THE CROPS
- CHAPTER LI THE CORN-SPIRIT AS AN ANIMAL
- CHAPTER LII THE PLEIADES IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER LIII A PRIMITIVE FORM OF PURIFICATION
- CHAPTER LIV THE MANIAE AT ARICIA
- CHAPTER LV ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE DEMONS
- CHAPTER LVI THE SACRIFICE OF FIRST-FRUITS
- CHAPTER LVII HOMOEOPATHIC MAGIC OF A FLESH DIET
- CHAPTER LVIII THE PROPITIATION OF WILD ANIMALS BY HUNTERS
- CHAPTER LIX THE TRANSMIGRATION OF HUMAN SOULS INTO ANIMALS
- CHAPTER LX THE TRANSFERENCE OF EVIL
- CHAPTER LXI THE OMNIPRESENCE OF DEMONS
- CHAPTER LXII THE PUBLIC EXPULSION OF EVILS
- CHAPTER LXIII PUBLIC SCAPEGOATS
- CHAPTER LXIV THE SATURNALIA AND KINDRED FESTIVALS
- CHAPTER LXV NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH
- CHAPTER LXVI NOT TO SEE THE SUN
- CHAPTER LXVII THE SECLUSION OF GIRLS AT PUBERTY
- CHAPTER LXVIII THE FIRE FESTIVALS OF EUROPE
- CHAPTER LXIX WERE-WOLVES
- CHAPTER LXX THE FIRE-WALK
- CHAPTER LXXI THE MAGIC FLOWERS OF MIDSUMMER EVE
- CHAPTER LXXII THE EXTERNAL SOUL IN FOLK-TALES
- CHAPTER LXXIII THE EXTERNAL SOUL IN FOLK-CUSTOM
- CHAPTER LXXIV THE RITUAL OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION
- CHAPTER LXXV THE MISTLETOE
- INDEX
- THE GOLDEN BOUGH
CHAPTER XLII - MARRIAGE OF BROTHERS WITH SISTERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Aftermath
- Epigraph
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I MAGIC
- CHAPTER II THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER
- CHAPTER III MAGICIANS AS KINGS
- CHAPTER IV INCARNATE HUMAN GODS
- CHAPTER V DEPARTMENTAL KINGS OF NATURE
- CHAPTER VI THE WORSHIP OF TREES
- CHAPTER VII RELICS OF TREE-WORSHIP IN EUROPE
- CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEXES ON VEGETATION
- CHAPTER IX THE SACRED MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER X THE KING'S FIRE
- CHAPTER XI THE FIRE-DRILL
- CHAPTER XII FATHER JOVE AND MOTHER VESTA
- CHAPTER XIII THE ORIGIN OF PERPETUAL FIRES
- CHAPTER XIV THE SUCCESSION TO THE KINGDOM IN ANCIENT LATIUM
- CHAPTER XV ST. GEORGE AND THE PARILIA
- CHAPTER XVI THE OAK
- CHAPTER XVII DIANUS AND DIANA
- CHAPTER XVIII ROYAL AND PRIESTLY TABOOS
- CHAPTER XIX THE PERILS OF THE SOUL
- CHAPTER XX TABOOED ACTS
- CHAPTER XXI TABOOED PERSONS
- CHAPTER XXII TABOOED THINGS
- CHAPTER XXIII TABOOED WORDS
- CHAPTER XXIV THE KILLING OF THE DIVINE KING
- CHAPTER XXV THE FAIRY WIFE
- CHAPTER XXVI TEMPORARY KINGS
- CHAPTER XXVII SACRIFICE OF THE KING'S SON
- CHAPTER XXVIII KILLING THE TREE-SPIRIT
- CHAPTER XXIX SWINGING AS A MAGICAL RITE
- CHAPTER XXX THE MYTH OF ADONIS
- CHAPTER XXXI CONSECRATION BY ANOINTING
- CHAPTER XXXII REINCARNATION OF THE DEAD
- CHAPTER XXXIII VOLCANIC RELIGION
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE GARDENS OF ADONIS
- CHAPTER XXXV THE RITUAL OF ATTIS
- CHAPTER XXXVI ATTIS AS THE FATHER GOD
- CHAPTER XXXVII ON HEAD-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TEARS OF ISIS
- CHAPTER XXXIX THE STAR OF ISIS
- CHAPTER XL FEASTS OF ALL SOULS
- CHAPTER XLI MOTHER-KIN AND MOTHER GOODESSES
- CHAPTER XLII MARRIAGE OF BROTHERS WITH SISTERS
- CHAPTER XLIII CHILDREN OF LIVING PARENTS IN RITUAL
- CHAPTER XLIV BLIND VICTIMS IN SACRIFICE
- CHAPTER XLV MEN DRESSED AS WOMEN
- CHAPTER XLVI CHILDREN IN WINNOWING-FANS
- CHAPTER XLVII MAGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMES IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER XLVIII WOMEN'S PART IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER XLIX PERSONIFICATION OF THE CORN-SPIRIT AT HARVEST
- CHAPTER L HUMAN SACRIFICES FOR THE CROPS
- CHAPTER LI THE CORN-SPIRIT AS AN ANIMAL
- CHAPTER LII THE PLEIADES IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
- CHAPTER LIII A PRIMITIVE FORM OF PURIFICATION
- CHAPTER LIV THE MANIAE AT ARICIA
- CHAPTER LV ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE DEMONS
- CHAPTER LVI THE SACRIFICE OF FIRST-FRUITS
- CHAPTER LVII HOMOEOPATHIC MAGIC OF A FLESH DIET
- CHAPTER LVIII THE PROPITIATION OF WILD ANIMALS BY HUNTERS
- CHAPTER LIX THE TRANSMIGRATION OF HUMAN SOULS INTO ANIMALS
- CHAPTER LX THE TRANSFERENCE OF EVIL
- CHAPTER LXI THE OMNIPRESENCE OF DEMONS
- CHAPTER LXII THE PUBLIC EXPULSION OF EVILS
- CHAPTER LXIII PUBLIC SCAPEGOATS
- CHAPTER LXIV THE SATURNALIA AND KINDRED FESTIVALS
- CHAPTER LXV NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH
- CHAPTER LXVI NOT TO SEE THE SUN
- CHAPTER LXVII THE SECLUSION OF GIRLS AT PUBERTY
- CHAPTER LXVIII THE FIRE FESTIVALS OF EUROPE
- CHAPTER LXIX WERE-WOLVES
- CHAPTER LXX THE FIRE-WALK
- CHAPTER LXXI THE MAGIC FLOWERS OF MIDSUMMER EVE
- CHAPTER LXXII THE EXTERNAL SOUL IN FOLK-TALES
- CHAPTER LXXIII THE EXTERNAL SOUL IN FOLK-CUSTOM
- CHAPTER LXXIV THE RITUAL OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION
- CHAPTER LXXV THE MISTLETOE
- INDEX
- THE GOLDEN BOUGH
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- AftermathA Supplement to The Golden Bough, pp. 366 - 367Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1936