Adonis Attis Osiris; Studies in the History of Oriental Religion; In Two Volumes; Vol. II (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part IV, Vol II.)
by Frazer, James George (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion: Part IV, Vol II.)
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About This Item
London: MacMillan and Co 1922, 3rd edition, revised and enlarged. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 321pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the cover. Lightly edgeworn. "In ancient Egypt the god whose death and resurrection were annually celebrated with alternate sorrow and joy was Osiris, the most popular of all Egyptian deities; and tehre are good grounds for classing him in one of his aspects with Adonis and Attis as a personification of the great yearly vicissitudes of nature, especially of the corn" - from Chapter 1, the Myth of Osiris. Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part IV, Vol II. Book about Osiris. (Mythology, Ancient Egypt, Divinity, Eastern Religions, Gods--Egyptian, Mysteries, Mythology, Occult, Religion, Ritual).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149454
- Title
- Adonis Attis Osiris; Studies in the History of Oriental Religion; In Two Volumes; Vol. II (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part IV, Vol II.)
- Author
- Frazer, James George (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion: Part IV, Vol II.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Mythology, Ancient Egypt, Divinity, Eastern Religions, Gods--Egyptian, Mysteries, Mythology, Occult, Religion, Ritual, Collectible
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- FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY;
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