The Golden Bough
By James George Frazer	
Audio – Book
Produced by
Klaus-Dieter Mundt
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Before it begins…	
Producers note	000-00	01	01-The Golden Bough	01	
Contents	000-01	02	01-The Golden Bough	02	
Preface by James G. Frazer	000-02	03	01-The Golden Bough	03	
	
Chapter 1.	
The King of the Wood.				
Section 1. Diana and Virbius.	001-01	04	01-The Golden Bough	04	
Section 2. Artemis and Hippolytus.	001-02	05	01-The Golden Bough	05	
Section 3. Recapitulation.	001-03	06	01-The Golden Bough	06	
	
Chapter 2.	
Priestly Kings.	002-00	07	01-The Golden Bough	07	
	
Chapter 3.	
Sympathetic Magic.					
Section 1. The Principles of Magic.	003-01	08	01-The Golden Bough	08	
Section 2. Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic.- Part 1 – split 	003-02-01	09	01-The Golden Bough	09	
Section 2-Part-2 – split 	003-02-02	10	01-The Golden Bough	10	
Section 2-Part-3 – split 	003-02-03	11	01-The Golden Bough	11	
Section 2-Part 4 –split 	003-02-04	12	01-The Golden Bough	12	
Section 2-Part 5 –split 	003-02-05	13	01-The Golden Bough	13	
Section 2-Part 6 - split	003-02-06	14	01-The Golden Bough	14	
Section 3. Contagious Magic 	003-03	15	01-The Golden Bough	15	
Section 4. The Magician's Progress.	003-04	16	01-The Golden Bough	16	
	
Chapter 4.	
Magic and Religion-Part-1 -split	004-00-01	17	01-The Golden Bough	17	
Magic and Religion-Part-2 -split	004-00-02	18	01-The Golden Bough	18	
Magic and Religion-Part-3 -split	004-00-03	19	01-The Golden Bough	19	
	
Chapter 5.	
The Magical Control of the Weather.			01-The Golden Bough		
Section 1. The Public Magician	005-01	20	01-The Golden Bough	20	
Section 2. The Magical Control of Rain. – Part 1 split	005-02-01	21	01-The Golden Bough	21	
Section-2-Part-2 split	005-02-02	22	01-The Golden Bough	22	
Section-2-Part 3- split	005-02-03	23	01-The Golden Bough	23	
Section-2-Part 4- split	005-02-04	24	01-The Golden Bough	24	
Section 3. The Magical Control of the Sun.	005-03	25	01-The Golden Bough	25	
Section 4. The Magical Control of the Wind.	005-04	26	01-The Golden Bough	26	
	
Chapter 6.	
Magicians as Kings.	006-00	27	01-The Golden Bough	27	
	
Chapter 7.	
Incarnate Human Gods. Part 1 split	007-00-01	28	01-The Golden Bough	28	
Part 2 – split	007-00-02	29	01-The Golden Bough	29	
Part 3 – split	007-00-03	30	01-The Golden Bough	30	
Part 4 - split	007-00-04	31	01-The Golden Bough	31	
	
Chapter 8.	
Departmental Kings of Nature.	008-00	32	01-The Golden Bough	32	
	
Chapter 9.	
The Worship of Trees.		
Section 1. Tree-spirits.	09-01	33	01-The Golden Bough	33	
Section 2. Beneficent Powers of Tree-Spirits.	09-02	34	01-The Golden Bough	34	
	
Chapter 10.	
Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Europe. Part-1 split	010-00-01	35	01-The Golden Bough	35	
Part-2 split	010-00-02	36	01-The Golden Bough	36	
Part-3 split	010-00-03	37	01-The Golden Bough	37	
Part-4 split	010-00-04	38	01-The Golden Bough	38	
	
Chapter 11.	
The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation.	011-00	39	01-The Golden Bough	39	
	
Chapter 12.	
The Sacred Marriage.		
Section 1. Diana as a Goddess of Fertility.	012-01	40	01-The Golden Bough	40	
Section 2. The Marriage of the Gods.	012-02	41	01-The Golden Bough	41	
	
Chapter 13.	
The Kings of Rome and Alba.		
Section 1. Numa and Egeria.	013-01	42	01-The Golden Bough	42	
Section 2. The King as Jupiter.	013-02	43	01-The Golden Bough	43	
					
Chapter 14.	
Succession to the Kingdom in Ancient Latium.	014-00	44	01-The Golden Bough	44	
	
Chapter 15.					
The Worship of the Oak.	015-00	45	01-The Golden Bough	45	
	
Chapter 16.	
Dianus and Diana.	016-00	46	01-The Golden Bough	46	
	
Chapter 17.	
The Burden of Royalty.		
Section 1. Royal and Priestly Taboos.	017-01	47	01-The Golden Bough	47	
Section 2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power.	017-02	48	01-The Golden Bough	48	
	
Chapter 18.	
The Perils of the Soul.		
Section 1. The Soul as a Mannikin.	018-01	49	01-The Golden Bough	49	
Section 2. Absence and Recall of the Soul.	018-02	50	01-The Golden Bough	50	
Section 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection.	018-03	51	01-The Golden Bough	51	
	
Chapter 19.	
Tabooed Acts.		
Section 1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers.	019-01	52	01-The Golden Bough	52	
Section 2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking.	019-02	53	01-The Golden Bough	53	
Section 3. Taboos on Showing the Face.	019-03	54	01-The Golden Bough	54	
Section 4. Taboos on Quitting the House.	019-04	55	01-The Golden Bough	55	
Section 5. Taboos on Leaving Food over.	019-05	56	01-The Golden Bough	56	
	
Chapter 20.	
Tabooed Persons.		
Section 1. Chiefs and Kings tabooed.	020-01	57	01-The Golden Bough	57	
Section 2. Mourners tabooed.	020-02	58	01-The Golden Bough	58	
Section 3. Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth.	020-03	59	01-The Golden Bough	59	
Section 4. Warriors tabooed.	020-04	60	01-The Golden Bough	60	
Section 5. Manslayers tabooed.	020-05	61	01-The Golden Bough	61	
Section 6. Hunters and Fishers tabooed.	020-06	62	01-The Golden Bough	62	
	
Chapter 21.	
Tabooed Things.		
Section 1. The Meaning of Taboo.	021-01	63	01-The Golden Bough	63	
Section 2. Iron tabooed.	021-02	64	01-The Golden Bough	64	
Section 3. Sharp Weapons tabooed.	021-03	65	01-The Golden Bough	65	
Section 4. Blood tabooed.	023-04	66	01-The Golden Bough	66	
Section 5. The Head tabooed 	023-05	67	01-The Golden Bough	67	
Section 6. Hair tabooed.	023-06	68	01-The Golden Bough	68	
Section 7. Ceremonies at Hair-cutting.	021-07	69	01-The Golden Bough	69	
Section 8. Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails.	021-08	70	01-The Golden Bough	70	
Section 9. Spittle tabooed.	021-09	71	01-The Golden Bough	71	
Section 10. Foods tabooed.	021-10	72	01-The Golden Bough	72	
Section 11. Knots and Rings tabooed.	021-11	73	01-The Golden Bough	73	
	
Chapter 22.	
Tabooed Words.		
Section 1. Personal Names tabooed.	022-01	74	01-The Golden Bough	74	
Section 2. Names of Relations tabooed.	022-02	75	01-The Golden Bough	75	
Section 3. Names of the Dead tabooed.	022-03	76	01-The Golden Bough	76	
Section 4. Names of Kings and other Sacred Persons tabooed.	022-04	77	01-The Golden Bough	77	
Section 5. Names of Gods tabooed.	022-5	78	01-The Golden Bough	78	
	
Chapter 23.	
Our Debt to the Savage.	023-00	79	01-The Golden Bough	79	
	
Chapter 24.		
The Killing of the Divine King.			01-The Golden Bough		
Section 1. The Mortality of the Gods.	024-01	80	01-The Golden Bough	80	
Section 2. Kings killed when their Strength fails.	024-02	81	01-The Golden Bough	81	
Section 3. Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term.	024-03	82	01-The Golden Bough	82	
	
Chapter 25.	
Temporary Kings.	025-00	83	01-The Golden Bough	83	
	
Chapter 26.	
Sacrifice of the King s Son.	026-00	84	01-The Golden Bough	84	
	
Chapter 27.	
Succession to the Soul	027-00	85	01-The Golden Bough	85	
	
Chapter 28.	
The Killing of the Tree-Spirit.		
Section 1. The Whitsuntide Mummers.	028-01	86	01-The Golden Bough	86	
Section 2. Burying the Carnival.	028-02	87	01-The Golden Bough	87	
Section 3. Carrying out Death.	028-03	88	01-The Golden Bough	88	
Section 4. Bringing in Summer.	028-04	89	01-The Golden Bough	89	
Section 5. Battle of Summer and Winter.	028-05	90	01-The Golden Bough	90	
Section 6. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko.	028-06	91	01-The Golden Bough	91	
Section 7. Death and Revival of Vegetation.	028-07	92	01-The Golden Bough	92	
Section 8. Analogous Rites in India.	028-08	93	01-The Golden Bough	93	
Section 9. The Magic Spring.	028-09	94	01-The Golden Bough	94	
	
Chapter 29.	
The Myth of Adonis.	029-00	95	01-The Golden Bough	95	
	
Chapter 30.	
Adonis in Syria.	030-00	96	01-The Golden Bough	96	
	
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Chapter 31.	
Adonis in Cyprus.	031-00	97	02-The Golden Bough	01	
	
Chapter 32.	
The Ritual of Adonis.	032-00	98	02-The Golden Bough	02	
	
Chapter 33.	
The Gardens of Adonis.	033-00	99	02-The Golden Bough	03	
	
Chapter 34.	
The Myth and Ritual of Attis.	034-00	100	02-The Golden Bough	04	
	
Chapter 35.	
Attis as a God of Vegetation.	035-00	101	02-The Golden Bough	05	
	
Chapter 36.	
Human Representatives of Attis.	036-00	102	02-The Golden Bough	06	
	
Chapter 37.	
Oriental Religions in the West.	037-00	103	02-The Golden Bough	07	
	
Chapter 38.	
The Myth of Osiris.	038-00	104	02-The Golden Bough	08	
	
Chapter 39.	
The Ritual of Osiris.		
Section 1. The Popular Rites.	039-01	105	02-The Golden Bough	09	
Section 2. The Official Rites.	039-09	106	02-The Golden Bough	10	
	
Chapter 40.	
The Nature of Osiris.		
Section 1. Osiris a Corn-god.	040-01	107	02-The Golden Bough	11	
Section 2. Osiris a Tree-spirit.	040-02	108	02-The Golden Bough	12	
Section 3. Osiris a God of Fertility.	040-03	109	02-The Golden Bough	13	
Section 4. Osiris a God of the Dead.	040-04	110	02-The Golden Bough	14	
	
Chapter 41.	
Isis.	041-00	111	02-The Golden Bough	15	
	
Chapter 42.	
Osiris and the Sun.	042-00	112	02-The Golden Bough	16	
	
Chapter 43.	
Dionysus.	043-00	113	02-The Golden Bough	17	
	
Chapter 44.	
Demeter and Persephone.	044-00	114	02-The Golden Bough	18	
	
Chapter 45.	
Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe. Part –1 split	045-00-01	115	02-The Golden Bough	19	
Part-2- split	045-00-02	116	02-The Golden Bough	20	
Part-3-split	045-00-03	117	02-The Golden Bough	21	
	
Chapter 46.	
Corn-Mother in Many Lands.		
Section 1. The Corn-mother in America.	046-01	118	02-The Golden Bough	22	
Section 2. The Rice-mother in the East Indies.	046-02	119	02-The Golden Bough	23	
Section 3. The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings.	046-03	120	02-The Golden Bough	24	
Section 4. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter.	046-04	121	02-The Golden Bough	25	
	
Chapter 47.	
Lityerses.		
Section 1. Songs of the Corn Reapers.	047-01	122	02-The Golden Bough	26	
Section 2. Killing the Corn-spirit.	047-02	123	02-The Golden Bough	27	
Section 3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops.	047-03	124	02-The Golden Bough	28	
Section 4. The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives.	047-04	125	02-The Golden Bough	29	
	
Chapter 48.	
The Corn-Spirit as an Animal.		
Section 1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit.	048-01	126	02-The Golden Bough	30	
Section 2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog.	048-02	127	02-The Golden Bough	31	
Section 3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock.	048-03	128	02-The Golden Bough	32	
Section 4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare.	048-04	129	02-The Golden Bough	33	
Section 5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat.	048-05	130	02-The Golden Bough	34	
Section 6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat.	048-06	131	02-The Golden Bough	35	
Section 7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox.	048-07	132	02-The Golden Bough	36	
Section 8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare.	048-08	133	02-The Golden Bough	37	
Section 9. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow).	048-09	134	02-The Golden Bough	38	
Section 10. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit.	048-10	135	02-The Golden Bough	39	
	
Chapter 49.	
Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals.		
Section 1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull.	049-01	136	02-The Golden Bough	40	
Section 2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse.	049-02	137	02-The Golden Bough	41	
Section 3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig.	049-03	138	02-The Golden Bough	42	
Section 4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull.	049-04	139	02-The Golden Bough	43	
Section 5. Virbius and the Horse.	049-05	140	02-The Golden Bough	44	
	
Chapter 50.	
Eating the God.		
Section 1. The Sacrament of First-Fruits.	050-01	141	02-The Golden Bough	45	
Section 2. Eating the God among the Aztecs.	050-02	142	02-The Golden Bough	46	
Section 3. Many Manii at Aricia.	050-03	143	02-The Golden Bough	47	
	
Chapter 51.	
Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet.	051-00	144	02-The Golden Bough	48	
	
Chapter 52.	
Killing the Divine Animal.		
Section 1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard.	052-01	145	02-The Golden Bough	49	
Section 2. Killing the Sacred Ram.	052-02	146	02-The Golden Bough	50	
Section 3. Killing the Sacred Serpent.	052-03	147	02-The Golden Bough	51	
Section 4. Killing the Sacred Turtles.	053-04	148	02-The Golden Bough	52	
Section 5. Killing the Sacred Bear 
Part-1 - split	053-04-01	149	02-The Golden Bough	53	
Part-2 – split	053-04-02	150	02-The Golden Bough	54	
Part-3 - split	053-04-03	151	02-The Golden Bough	55	
	
Chapter 53.					
The Propitiation of Wild Animals By Hunters. Part 1 - split	053-00-01	152	02-The Golden Bough	56	
Part 2 - split	053-00-02	153	02-The Golden Bough	57	
Part 3 - split	053-00-03	154	02-The Golden Bough	58	
	
Chapter 54.	
Types of Animal Sacrament.		
Section 1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament.	054-01	155	02-The Golden Bough	59	
Section 2. Processions with Sacred Animals.	054-02	156	02-The Golden Bough	60	
	
Chapter 55.	
The Transference of Evil.		
Section 1. The Transference to Inanimate Objects.	055-01	157	02-The Golden Bough	61	
Section 2. The Transference to Animals.	055-02	158	02-The Golden Bough	62	
Section 3. The Transference to Men 	055-03	159	02-The Golden Bough	63	
Section 4. The Transference of Evil in Europe.	055-04	160	02-The Golden Bough	64	
	
Chapter 56.	
The Public Expulsion of Evils.		
Section 1. The Omnipresence of Demons.	056-01	161	02-The Golden Bough	65	
Section 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils.	056-02	162	02-The Golden Bough	66	
Section 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils. Part –1- split	056-03-01	163	02-The Golden Bough	67	
Part –2- split	056-03-02	164	02-The Golden Bough	68	
	
Chapter 57.	
Public Scapegoats.		
Section 1. The Expulsion of Embodied Evils.	057-01	165	02-The Golden Bough	69	
Section 2. The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle.	057-02	166	02-The Golden Bough	70	
Section 3. The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle.	057-03	167	02-The Golden Bough	71	
Section 4. On Scapegoats in General.	057-04	168	02-The Golden Bough	72	
	
Chapter 58.	
Human Scapegoats in Classical Antiquity.		
Section 1. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome.	058-01	169	02-The Golden Bough	73	
Section 2. The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece.	058-02	170	02-The Golden Bough	74	
Section 3. The Roman Saturnalia.	048-03	171	02-The Golden Bough	75	
	
Chapter 59.	
Killing the God in Mexico.	059-00	172	02-The Golden Bough	75	
	
Chapter 60.	
Between Heaven and Earth.		
Section 1. Not to touch the Earth.	060-01	173	02-The Golden Bough	76	
Section 2. Not to see the Sun.	060-02	174	02-The Golden Bough	77	
Section 3. The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty.	060-03	175	02-The Golden Bough	78	
Section 4. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty.	060-04	176	02-The Golden Bough	79	
	
Chapter 61.	
The Myth of Balder.	061-00	177	02-The Golden Bough	80	
	
Chapter 62.	
The Fire-Festivals of Europe.		
Section 1. The Fire-festivals in general.	062-01	178	02-The Golden Bough	81	
Section 2. The Lenten Fires.	062-02	179	02-The Golden Bough	82	
Section 3. The Easter Fires.	062-03	180	02-The Golden Bough	83	
Section 4. The Beltane Fires.	062-04	181	02-The Golden Bough	84	
Section 5. The Midsummer Fires.	062-05	182	02-The Golden Bough	85	
Section 6. The Hallo we’en Fires.	062-06	183	02-The Golden Bough	86	
Section 7. The Midwinter Fires.	062-07	184	02-The Golden Bough	87	
Section 8. The Need-fire.	062-08	185	02-The Golden Bough	88	
	
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Chapter 63.	
The Interpretation of the Fire-Festivals.		
Section 1. On the Fire-festivals in general.	063-01	185	03-The Golden Bough	01	
Section 2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals.	063-02	186	03-The Golden Bough	02	
Section 3. The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals	063-03	187	03-The Golden Bough	03	
	
Chapter 64.	
The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires.		
Section 1. The Burning of Effigies in the Fires.	064-01	188	03-The Golden Bough	04	
Section 2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires.	064-02	189	03-The Golden Bough	05	
	
Chapter 65.	
Balder and the Mistletoe.	065-00	190	03-The Golden Bough	06	
	
Chapter 66.	
The External Soul in Folk-Tales.	066-00	191	03-The Golden Bough	07	
	
Chapter 67.	
The External Soul in Folk-Custom.		
Section 1. The External Soul in Inanimate Things.	067-01	192	03-The Golden Bough	08	
Section 2. The External Soul in Plants.	067-02	193	03-The Golden Bough	09	
Section 3. The External Soul in Animals.	067-03	194	03-The Golden Bough	10	
Section 4. The Ritual of Death and Resurrection.	067-04	195	03-The Golden Bough	11	
	
Chapter 68.	
The Golden Bough.	068-00	196	03-The Golden Bough	12	
	
Chapter 69.	
Farewell to Nemi.	069-00	197	03-The Golden Bough	13