05446namaa2201273uu 4500 oapen98081 oapen 20251217011846.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 250216s2025a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 9781032695631 9781032695648 9781032695655 10.4324/9781032695655 doi oapen oapen eng dc J thema JH thema JHM thema JHMC thema N thema NH thema NHC thema NHD thema Q thema QR thema QRA thema QRAX thema QRM thema QRR thema QRRT thema QRRT1 thema V thema VX thema VXW thema VXWS thema Budin, Stephanie Lynn aut A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough Shaking the Tree, Breaking the Bough Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2025 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough in modern Humanities and its wide-ranging influence across studies of ancient religions, literature, historiography, and reception studies. The book begins by exploring the life and times of Frazer himself and the writing of The Golden Bough in its cultural milieu. It then goes on to cover a wide range of topics, including: ancient Near Eastern religion and culture; Minoan religion and in particular the origins of notions of Minoan matriarchy; Frazer's influence on the study of Graeco-Roman religion and magic; Frazer's influence on modern Pagan religions; and the effects of Frazer's works in modern culture and scholarship generally. Chapters examine how modern academia and beyond continues to be influenced by the otherwise discredited theories in The Golden Bough, ideas such as Sacred Marriage and the incessant Fertility of Everything. The book demonstrates how scholarship within the Humanities as well as practitioners of alternative religions and the common public remain under the thrall of Frazer over one hundred years since the publication of the abridged edition of The Golden Bough, and what we must do to shake off that influence. A Century of James Frazer's The Golden Bough is of interest to scholars and students from a wide range of disciplines, including Ancient History, History of Religion, Comparative Religion, Classical Studies, Archaeology, Historiography, Anthropology, Folklore, and Reception Studies. Open licence https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Ancient history thema Anthropology thema Christianity thema European history thema Health, Relationships and Personal development thema History and Archaeology thema History of religion thema History thema Indigenous religions, spiritual beliefs and mythologies of the Americas thema Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs thema Mind, body, spirit thema Mysticism, magic and occult interests thema Other religions and spiritual beliefs thema Philosophy and Religion thema Religion and beliefs thema Religion: general thema Shamanism, paganism and Druidry thema Social and cultural anthropology thema Society and Social Sciences thema Sociology and anthropology thema Ancient Mesopotamia anthropology of religion Assyriology biblical studies bronze age myth Bronze-Age Aegean classical studies dying gods Early Anthropology folklore Frazerian golden bough graeco-roman religion greco-roman religion History of Religion ishtar james frazer Law of Similarity Matriarchy Mesopotamian religion minoan Minoan archaeology minoan religion minoan society near eastern myth near eastern religion neo-paganism neopaganism Pagan Reconstructionism Sir James G. Frazer sumerian myth sympathetic magic victorian Anthropology Victorian Historiography Wilhelm Mannhardt Budin, Stephanie Lynn edt Tully, Caroline J. edt OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98081 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 36828 36828