Magic and Religion
by Andrew Lang
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
- Credits
- Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
- Subject
- Mythology
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 46480
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46480
- Release Date
- August 2, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MAGIC AND RELIGION — BY
- 2.ANDREW LANG — AUTHOR OF — 'MYTH, RITUAL, AND RELIGION' 'CUSTOM AND MYTH' ETC — PREFACE — Corrigenda and Addenda — I — SCIENCE AND SUPERSTITION — II. — THE THEORY OF LOAN-GODS; OR BORROWED RELIGION — III — MAGIC AND RELIGION — IV — THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH — V — THE APPROACHES TO MR. FRAZER'S THEORY — VI — ATTEMPTS TO PROVE THE SACÆAN CRIMINAL DIVINE — VII — ZAKMUK, SACÆA, AND PURIM — VIII — MORDECAI, ESTHER, VASHTI, AND HAMAN — IX — WHY WAS THE MOCK-KING OF THE SACÆA WHIPPED AND HANGED? — X — CALVARY — XI — THE GHASTLY PRIEST — XII — SOUTH AFRICAN RELIGION — XIII — 'CUP AND RING:' AN OLD PROBLEM SOLVED — XIV — FIRST-FRUITS AND TABOOS — XV — WALKING THROUGH FIRE — APPENDIX A — MR. TYLOR'S THEORY OF BORROWING — APPENDIX B — THE MARTYRDOM OF DASIUS — APPENDIX C — THE RIDE OF THE BEARDLESS ONE
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