Sir James Frazer's monumental and endlessly influential study of myth, magic, and religion across human cultures.

Beginning with the enigmatic priest-king of the sacred grove at Nemi, Frazer ranges across the ancient and primitive world to uncover the deep patterns underlying ritual, sacrifice, taboo, and the dying-and-rising god — tracing threads that connect Osiris, Adonis, and Christ to fertility cults and folk customs worldwide. A foundational work of modern anthropology and comparative religion that shaped a generation of writers, poets, and thinkers from T.S. Eliot to Joseph Campbell. Please provide edition details for a complete listing.