Hörbuch: Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 2

Hörbuch-Genres: Other religions, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology),

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[1/18] VIII-DEPARTMENTAL KINGS OF NATURE-The King of the Wood and Nemi probably a departmental king of nature, Kings of Rain in Africa, Kings of Fire and Water in Cambodia

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The second volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. The superstition and magical purpose of kings is further discussed alongside the worship of trees, vegetation, fire, and the sacred marriages, and the mystical bond between people and trees. - Summary by Leon Harvey