The Golden Bough

A Study in Magic and Religion

By

James George Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D.

Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Liverpool

Third Edition.

Vol. III.

Part II

Taboo and the Perils of the Soul

New York and London

MacMillan and Co.

1911

Contents

• Preface.
• Chapter I. The Burden Of Royalty.
• § 1. Royal and Priestly Taboos.
• § 2. Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power.
• Chapter II. The Perils Of The Soul.
• § 1. The Soul as a Mannikin.
• § 2. Absence and Recall of the Soul.
• § 3. The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection.
• Chapter III. Tabooed Acts.
• § 1. Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers.
• § 2. Taboos on Eating and Drinking.
• § 3. Taboos on shewing the Face.
• § 4. Taboos on quitting the House.
• § 5. Taboos on leaving Food over....