The Golden Bough A Study in Comparative Religion By James George Frazer, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge In Two Volumes. Vol. II. New York and London MacMillan and Co. 1894 CONTENTS Chapter III—(_continued_). § 10.—The corn-spirit as an animal. § 11.—Eating the god. § 12.—Killing the divine animal. § 13.—Transference of evil. § 14.—Expulsion of evils, § 15.—Scapegoats. § 16.—Killing the god in Mexico. Chapter IV—The Golden Bough. § 1.—Between heaven and earth. § 2.—Balder. § 3.—The external soul in folk-tales. § 4.—The external soul in folk-custom. § 5.—Conclusion. Note. Offerings of first-fruits. Index. Footnotes [Cover Art] [Transcriber’s Note: The above cover image was produced by the submitter at Distributed Proofreaders, and is being placed into the public domain.] CHAPTER III—(_CONTINUED_). § 10.—The corn-spirit as an animal. In some of the examples cited above to establish the meaning of the term “neck” as applied to the last sheaf, the corn-spirit appears in animal form as a gander, a goat, a hare, a cat, and a fox. This introduces us to a new aspect of the corn-spirit, which we must now examine. By doing so we shall not only have fresh examples of killing the god, but may hope also to clear up some points which remain obscure in the myths and worship of Attis, Adonis, Osiris, Dionysus, Demeter, and Virbius.