by James George Frazer · Simon & Schuster · tapa dura · ISBN 9780684818504
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"The Illustrated Golden Bough" is James George Frazer's study of magic and religion, published by Simon & Schuster in hardback (224 pages, in English).
The author investigates the origins of magic and religion with a comparative anthropological approach: he analyses myths, sacrificial rites and folklore from various cultures to explain the evolution of human thought from superstition to more complex belief systems. This edition includes 200 illustrations, half in colour.
The original work, published from 1890 onwards, consisted of twelve volumes; this 1996 edition offers the abridged 1925 text, adapted by Robert K.G. Temple.
Recommended for readers interested in anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of religions.
Sir James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.
