The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
Bulgarians, their customs as to the last sheaf at harvest, vii. 146;
the Carnival among the, viii. 331 _sqq._;
their way of keeping off ghosts, ix. 153 _n._ 1
Bull sacrificed to Poseidon, i. 46;
blood of, drunk by priestess to procure inspiration, i. 381 _sq._;
as emblem of a thunder-god, ii. 368, v. 134 _sqq._, 136;
sacrificed to the dead, iii. 227;
Pasiphae and the, iv. 71;
as symbol of the sun, iv. 71 _sq._;
as type of reproductive energy, iv. 72;
the brazen, of Phalaris, iv. 75;
perhaps the king’s crest at Cnossus, iv. 111 _sq._;
said to have guided the Samnites, iv. 186 _n._ 4;
as emblem of generative force, v. 123;
worshipped by the Hittites, v. 123, 132;
Hittite god standing on a, v. 135;
as symbol of thunder and fertility, v. 163 _sq._;
the emblem of the Father God, v. 164;
worshipped at Euyuk, v. 164;
testicles of, used in rites of Cybele and Attis, v. 276;
in relation to Dionysus, vii. 16 _sq._, 31;
corn-spirit as, vii. 288 _sqq._, viii. 8;
sacrificed at Zulu festival of first-fruits, viii. 68 _n._ 3;
sacrificed to the dead, viii. 113.
_See also_ Bulls
Bull, black, sacrificed to the dead at Plataea, iv. 95
—— and cow, represented by masked actors, iv. 71
——, live, torn to pieces in rites of Dionysus, vii. 15, 17, viii. 16
——, sacrifice of, at Egyptian funeral, vi. 15;
to prolong the life of a king, vi. 222;
to Zeus, the Saviour of the City, vi. 238;
at the foundation of a town, vi. 249;
at Magnesia, viii. 7 _sq._;
in Mithraic religion, viii. 10;
at festival of new fruits, viii. 68 _n._ 3;
at tomb of dead chief, viii. 113.
_See also_ Bulls
——, white, sacrificed, ii. 188 _sq._;
soul of dead king incarnate in a, vi. 164
Bull-fights and athletic games at festival of new fruits, viii. 66
—— -headed image of the sun, iv. 75, 76, 78
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