Produced by Susan Skinner, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The Golden Bough, a Study in Magic and Religion, 12 volumes, Third Edition, by Frazer, James George. Part I. The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Vol. I. THE GOLDEN BOUGH A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION _THIRD EDITION_ PART I THE MAGIC ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF KINGS VOL. I [Illustration] MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration: _The Golden Bough._ J. M. W. TURNER, Pinxit.] THE MAGIC ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF KINGS BY SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER D.C.L., LL.D., LITT.D. FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON 1917 “_Nec indigeste tamquam in acervum congessimus digna memoratu: sed variarum rerum disparilitas, auctoribus diversa confusa temporibus, ita in quoddam digesta corpus est, ut quae indistincte atque promiscue ad subsidium memoriae annotaveramus in ordinem instar membrorum cohaerentia convenirent. Nec mihi vitio vertas, si res quas ex lectione varia mutuabor ipsis saepe verbis quibus ab ipsis auctoribus enarratae sunt explicabo, quia praesens opus non eloquentiae ostentationem sed noscendorum congeriem pollicetur: et boni consulas oportet, si notitiam vetustatis modo nostris non obscure modo ipsis antiquorum fideliter verbis recognoscas, prout quaeque se vel enarranda vel transferenda suggesserint. Apes enim quodammodo debemus imitari, quae vagantur et flores carpunt, deinde quicquid attulere disponunt ac per favos dividunt et sucum varium in unum saporem mixtura quadam et proprietate spiritus sui mutant._” MACROBIUS, _Saturnalia, Praefatio_. COPYRIGHT _Third Edition March 1911_ _Reprinted July 1911, 1913, 1917_ TO MY FRIEND WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH IN GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION {vii} PREFACE