Its first publication scandalized the British public because one of the main arguments of this work assimilates the Gospel (*) story to "mere mythology.
Lengthy asides in this book include a 37-page chapter on the various kinds of wood and types of kindling thought most successful in various places across Europe in the creation of festival bonfires. Its first publication scandalized the British public because one of the main arguments of this work assimilates the Gospel (*) story to "mere mythology." This leads into the book's most famous discussion, which prefigured Jung's theories by noting the almost- universal recurrence across world mythology of a so-called "dying and reviving god." FTP identify this anthropological exegesis by Sir James G. Frazer, which takes its name from Diana's emblem in the Aeneid, a sacred branch.
Lengthy asides in this book include a 37-page chapter on the various kinds of wood and types of kindling thought most successful in various places across Europe in the creation of festival bonfires.
The {Golden Bough}