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Il ramo d'oro
Il ramo d'oro | James G. Frazer
Studio sulla magia e sulla religioneIntroduzione di Alfonso M. di NolaEdizione integraleQuestopera, pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1890 in due volumi, si and progressivamente sviluppando nelle mani dellautore, venendo a costituire, nelledizione definitiva del 1911-15, una monumentale raccolta di studi in dodici volumi sulle culture primitive. Qui ne proponiamo il compendio, concepito dallautore stesso per una pi agevole divulgazione del suo complesso pensiero, motivato fondamentalmente da una teoria evoluzionistica della storia. Unantica leggenda italica in ricordo del famoso ramo doro che Enea colse prima di entrare nel regno dellAde voleva re del bosco colui il quale si fosse dimostrato capace di uccidere il sacerdote del santuario di Diana a Nemi e di strappare un ramo dallalbero che si trovava nel recinto. Frazer fu particolarmente incuriosito dal racconto e volle indagarne le origini, prendendo in esame miti, pratiche religiose e magiche, e riti di ogni tempo e luogo. James G. Frazernacque nel 1854 a Glasgow. Considerato tra i fondatori della moderna antropologia e al tempo stesso scrittore di riconosciuto talento, si dedic allo studio delle culture pi diverse, da quelle primitive a quelle classiche. Nel 1908 gli fu assegnata la prima cattedra mondiale di antropologia sociale. Dopo Il ramo doro scrisse Totemism and Exogamy (1910), FolkLore in the Old Testament (1918) e The Magical Origin of Kings (1920). Mor a Cambridge nel 1941.
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Golden Bough | James George Frazer
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Finally finished this! 🙌🏻 I really enjoyed all the comparative mythology, all the different and similar myths and legends and magic from around the world… though it did get repetitive. Frazer‘s conclusions about the common threads and their meanings were a lot more suspect.

ravenlee I think, like a lot of that era‘s scholarship, it‘s useful and important to know what they discovered/researched, even if it‘s just as a starting point for what came after. Have you read any Joseph Campbell? I find his work to be just as well-collected and his conclusions to be a little more reasonable. 3y
Clare-Dragonfly @ravenlee I have! It‘s been years but I remember liking his works very much. 3y
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Clare-Dragonfly
The Golden Bough | James George Frazer

Not really sure what to expect from this book but I understand it to be one of the very early, foundational pagan texts… which means I don‘t expect much truth or rigor. However, I see good Litsy posts, so maybe I‘ll be surprised!

ravenlee I thought it was very interesting, though it‘s definitely dated. There‘s a strong line of influence from Frazer to Joseph Campbell to modern mythologists, which I enjoy studying. 3y
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ReallyLovesReading
The Golden Bough | James Frazer

Fascinating read so far. So much that I didn't appreciate before about folklore and mythology.

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msford88
The Golden Bough | James George Frazer
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Hit the thrift store today, and I found some cool old copies of a few books. The Golden Bough is high on my list of intriguing books, so I can't wait to get into it. That's is, after I start running through my stack a bit.

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Ericalambbrown
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Found these old abridged editions and couldn‘t choose, so I got both with the intention of giving one to a friend and letting her choose. One is from 1925 and the other from 1929. They are in great shape to be nearing a century old. 😍

readordierachel Wow! Those are lovely. 6y
Ericalambbrown @readordierachel Thanks! I was excited to find them 💕 6y
rather_be_reading wow 😍😍 6y
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Linsy
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batsy Love the picture! 6y
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quirkyreader
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#Recommendsday pick of the week. I just have an abridged version of volume one from 1958. The other version I had years ago was an abridgment of the whole cannon put out by Gramercy. Someday I will have Frazer's complete magnum opus along with his other oldie but goodie, The White Goddess.