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Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild; In Two Volumes; Vol. II (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part V, Vol II.)

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Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild; In Two Volumes; Vol. II (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part V, Vol II.)

by Frazer, James George (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion: Part V, Vol II.)

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London: MacMillan and Co 1912, 3rd edition. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 371pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on the cover. Edgeworn. "However we may explain it, the fact remains that in peasant folk-lore the corn-spirit is very commonly conceived and represented in animal form. May not this fact explain the relation in which certain animals stood to the ancient deities of vegetation, Dionysus, Demeter, Adonis, Attis, and Osiris?" - from Chapter IX, Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals. Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part V, Vol II. (Mythology, Divinity, Folklore, Gods, Gods--Egyptian, History, Mysteries, Mythology, Occult, Ritual).

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Title
Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild; In Two Volumes; Vol. II (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion--Part V, Vol II.)
Author
Frazer, James George (Part of the larger work: The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion: Part V, Vol II.)
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Hardcover
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MacMillan and Co
Place of Publication
London
Keywords
Mythology, Divinity, Folklore, Gods, Gods--Egyptian, History, Mysteries, Mythology, Occult, Ritual, Collectible
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