The discussion of trees in this work includes sections on the death of Kostrubonko and the Whitsuntide Mummers.  
The discussion of trees in this work includes sections on the death of Kostrubonko and the Whitsuntide Mummers.  A song about a bastard son of Midas named Lityerses who would kill strangers after forcing them to help him gather the harvest is discussed in the section on the Corn-Spirit.  The soul is considered as a "shadow and a reflection" and as a "mannikin" in a chapter on the "perils of the soul," while another chapter considers sharp weapons, blood, spittle, and hair as "tabooed things."  The book begins by asking "Who does not know Turner's picture" of the titular object, and then describes the grove of Aricia where a certain ceremony once took place.  The author initially wanted only to understand the rule which regulated the succession of the priesthood of Diana, but ended up writing twelve volumes.  FTP, name this work whose title refers to a branch removed from a sacred tree by Aeneas, which was written by Sir James Frazer.
The discussion of trees in this work includes sections on the death of Kostrubonko and the Whitsuntide Mummers.  
The Golden Bough