Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. Volume 2

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In Category - Ancient, Other religions, Antiquity

Authors: James Frazer In Year : 1914

Book Language: English

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BOOK THIRD. OSIRIS. CHAPTER I. THE MYTH OF OSIRIS.
CHAPTER II. THE OFFICIAL EGYPTIAN CALENDAR.
CHAPTER III. THE CALENDAR OF THE EGYPTIAN FARMER. I. The Rise and Fall of the Nile. 2. Rites of Irrigation. 3. Rites of Sowing. 4. Rites of Harvest.
CHAPTER IV. THE OFFICIAL FESTIVALS OF OSIRIS. PART 1. The Festival at Sais. 2. Feasts of All Souls.
CHAPTER IV. PART 2. 3. The Festival in the Month of Athyr. 4. The Festival in the Month of Khoiak. 5. The Resurrection of Osiris. 6. Readjustment of Egyptian Festivals.
CHAPTER V. THE NATURE OF OSIRIS. 1. Osiris a Corn-God. 2 Osiris a Tree-Spirit. 3. Osiris a God of Fertility. 4. Osiris a God of the Dead.
CHAPTER VI.ISIS.
CHAPTER VII. OSIRIS AND THE SUN.
CHAPTER VIII. OSIRIS AND THE MOON.
CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTRINE OF LUNAR SYMPATHY.
CHAPTER X. THE KING AS OSIRIS.
CHAPTER XI. THE ORIGIN OF OSIRIS. PART 1
CHAPTER XI. THE ORIGIN OF OSIRIS. PART 2
CHAPTER XII. MOTHER-KIN AND MOTHER GODDESSES. 1. Dying Gods and Mounting Goddesses. 2. Influence of Mother-Kin on Religion. 3. Mother-Kin and Mother Goddesses in the Ancient East.
NOTES. I. MOLOCH THE KING.
II. THE WIDOWED FLAMEN. 1. The Pollution of Death. 2. The Marriage of the Roman Gods. 3. Children of Living Parents in Ritual.
III. A CHARM TO PROTECT A TOWN.
IV. SOME CUSTOMS OF THE PELEW ISLANDERS. 1. Priests dressed as Women. 2. Prostitution of Unmarried Girls. 3. Custom of slaying Chiefs.

The sixth volume in the Golden Bough. Frazer continues into the second part of the compilation of analogies dealing with the recurring theme of the dying god. the worship of the dead, and dead kings. Extensive evidence is presented from the history of Egypt and what had been learned from archaeology in North Africa and the Mediterranean. The Egyptian calendar and festivals, the identify and personality of Osiris, and the relationship of the mother goddess, are discussed in length. - Summary by Leon Harvey