Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: volumes, four, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 602
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1605209783
ISBN-13: 9781605209784

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume I features a reprint of Frazer’s groundbreaking 1887 work Totemism-coveri

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: four, volumes, iii, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 596
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1605209805
ISBN-13: 9781605209807

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume III continues Frazer’s ethnographic survey of totemism, here covering tot

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: volumes, four, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 652
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1605209791
ISBN-13: 9781605209791

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume II continues Frazer’s ethnographic survey of totemism, here covering tote

Author: Sir James George Frazer
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Keywords: volumes, four, vol, exogamy, totemism
Number of Pages: 414
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1605209813
ISBN-13: 9781605209814

This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike. Exploring the interconnections between myth and ritual in how and whom we may marry-as group marriage gave way to individual marriage-questions about religion and social structure became intertwined. In any case, this is a fascinating look at the social underpinnings common to all peoples around the globe. Volume IV includes the author’s summary and conclusion, errata, maps, and the in