Ⅰ．THE KING OF THE WOOD 1
1．Diana and Virbius 1
2．Artemis and Hippolytus 6
3．Recapitulation 7
Ⅱ．PRIESTLY KINGS 9
Ⅲ．SYMPATHETIC MAGIC 11
1．The Principlcs of Magic 11
2．Homoeopathic or Imitative Magic 12
3．Contagious Magic 37
4．The Magician'S Progress 45
Ⅳ．MAGIC AND RELIGION 48
Ⅴ．THE MAGICAL CONTROL OF THE WEATHER 60
1．The Public Magician 60
2．The Magical Control of Rain 62
3．The Magical Control of the Sun 78
4．The Magical Control of the Wind 80
Ⅵ．MAGICIANS AS KINGS 83
Ⅶ．INCARNATE HUMAN GODS 91
Ⅷ．DEPARTMENTAL KINGS OF NATURE 106
Ⅸ．THE WORSHIP OF TREES 109
1．Tree-spirits 109
2．Beneficent Powers of Tree-spirits 117
Ⅹ．RELICS OF TREE-WORSHIP IN MODERN EUROPE 120
Ⅺ．THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEXES ON VEGETATION 135
Ⅻ．THE SACRED MARRIAGE 139
1．Diana as a Goddess of Fertility 139
2．The Marriage of the Gods 142
ⅩⅢ．THE KINGS OF ROME AND ALBA 146
1．Numa and Egeria 146
2．The King as Jupiter 148
ⅩⅣ．THE SUCCESSION TO THE KINGDOM IN ANCIENT LATIUM 152
ⅩⅤ．THE WORSHIP OF THE OAK 159
ⅩⅥ．DIANUS AND DIANA 161
ⅩⅦ．THE BURDEN OF ROYALTY 168
1．Royal and Priestly TabooS 168
2．Divorce of the Spiritual from the Temporal Power 175
ⅩⅧ．THE PERILS OF THE SOUL 178
1．The Soul as a Mannikin 178
2．Absence and Recall of the Soul 180
3．The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection 189
ⅩⅨ．TABOOED ACTS 194
1．Taboos on Intercourse with Strangers 194
2．Taboos on Eating and Drinking 198
3．Taboos on showing the Face 199
4．Taboos on quitting the House 200
5．Taboos on leaving Food over 200
ⅩⅩ．TABOOED PERSONS 202
1．Chiefs and Kings tabooed 202
2．Mourners tabooed 205
3．Women tabooed at Menstruation and Childbirth 207
4．Warriors tabooed 210
5．Manslayers tabooed 212
6．Hunters and Fishers tabooed 216
ⅩⅪ．TABOOED THINGS 223
1．The Meaning of Taboo 223
2．Iron tabooed 224
3．Sharp Weapons tabooed 226
4．Blood tabooed 227
5．The Head tabooed 230
6．Hair tabooed 231
7．Ceremonies at Hair-cutting 233
8．Disposal of Cut Hair and Nails 233
9．Spittle tabooed 237
10．Foods tabooed 238
11．Knots and Rings tabooed 238
ⅩⅫ．TABOOED WORDS 244
1．Personal Names tabooed 244
2．Names of Relations tabooed 249
3．Names of the Dead tabooed 251
4．Names of Kings and other Sacred Persons tabooed 257
5．Names of Gods tabooed 260
ⅩⅩⅢ．OUR DEBT TO THE SAVAGE 262
ⅩⅩⅣ．THE KILLING OF THE DIVINE KING 264
1．The Mortality of the Gods 264
2．Kings killed when their Strength fails 265
3．Kings killed at the End of a Fixed Term 274
ⅩⅩⅤ．TEMPORARY KINGS 283
ⅩⅩⅥ．SACRIFICE OF THE KING'S SON 289
ⅩⅩⅦ．SUCCESSION TO THE SOUL 293
ⅩⅩⅧ．THE KILLING OF THE TREE-SPIRIT 296
1．The Whitsuntide Mummers 296
2．Burying the Carnival 301
3．Carrying out Death 307
4．Bringing in Summer 311
5．Battle of Summer and Winter 316
6．Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko 317
7．Death and Revival of Vegetation 318
8．Analogous Rites in India 319
9．The Magic Spring 320
ⅩⅩⅨ．THE MYTH OF ADONIS 324
ⅩⅩⅩ．ADONIS IN SYRIA 327
ⅩⅩⅪ．ADONIS IN CYPRUS 329
ⅩⅩⅫ．THE RITUAL OF ADONIS 335
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．THE GARDENS OF ADONIS 341
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．THE MYTH AND RITUAL OF ATTIS 347
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．ATTIS AS A GOD OF VEGETATION 352
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ．HUMAN REPRESENTATIVES OF ATTIS 353
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ．ORIENTAL RELIGIONS IN THE WEST 356
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ．THE MYTH OF OSIRIS 362
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ．THE RITUAL OF OSIRIS 368
1．The Popular Rites 368
2．The Official Rites 373
ⅩL．THE NATURE OF OSIRIS 377
1．Osiris a Corn-god 377
2．Osiris a Tree-spirit 380
3．Osiris a God of Fertility 381
4．Osiris a God of the Dead 381
ⅩLL．IsIs 382
ⅩLⅡ．OSIRIS AND THE SUN 384
ⅩLⅢ．DIONYSUS 385
ⅩLⅣ．DEMETER AND PERSEPHONE 393
ⅩLⅤ．THE CORN-MOTHER AND THE CORN-MAIDEN IN NORTHERN EUROPE 399
ⅩLⅥ．THE CORN-MOTHER IN MANY LANDS 412
1．The Corn-mother in America 412
2．The Rice-mother in the East Indies 413
3．The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings 419
4．The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter 420
ⅩLⅦ．LITYERSES 424
1．Songs of the Corn Reapers 424
2．Killing the Corn-spirit 425
3．Human Sacrifices for the Crops 431
4．The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives 438
ⅩLⅧ．THE CORN-SPIRIT AS AN ANIMAL 447
1．Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit 447
2．The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog 448
3．The Corn-spirit as a Cock 450
4．The Corn-spirit as a Hare 452
5．The Corn-spirit as a Cat 453
6．The Corn-spirit as a Goat 454
7．The Corn-spirit as a Bull,Cow,or Ox 457
8．The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare 459
9．The Corn-spirit as a Pig(Boar or Sow) 460
10．On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit 462
ⅩLⅨ．ANCIENT DEITIES OF VEGETATION AS ANIMALS 464
1．Dionysus,the Goat and the Bull 464
2．Demeter,the Pig and the Horse 469
3．Attis,Adonis,and the Pig 471
4．Osiris,the Pig and the Bull 472
5．Virbius and the Horse 476
L．EATING THE GOD 479
1．The Sacrament of First-Fruits 479
2．Eating the God among the Aztecs 488
3．Many Manii at Aricia 491
LⅠ．HOMOEOPATHIC MAGIC OF A FLESH DIET 494
LⅡ．KILLING THE DIVINE ANIMAL 499
1．Killing the Sacred Buzzard 499
2．Killing the Sacred Ram 500
3．Killing the Sacred Serpent 501
4．Killing the Sacred Turtles 502
5．Killing the Sacred Bear 505
LⅢ．THE PROPITIATION OF WILD ANIMALS BY HUNTERS 518
LⅣ．TYPES OF ANIMAL SACRAMENT 532
1．The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament 532
2．Processions with Sacred Animals 535
LⅤ．THE TRANsFERENCE OF EVIL 538
1．The Transference to Inanimate Objects 538
2．The Transference to Animals 540
3．The Transference to Men 542
4．The Transference of Evil in Europe 543
LⅥ．THE PUBLIC EXPULSION OF EVILS 546
1．The Omnipresence of Demons 546
2．The Occasional Expulsion of Evils 547
3．The Periodic Expulsion of Evils 551
LⅦ．PUBLIC SCAPEGOATS 562
1．The Expulsion of Embodied Evils 562
2．The Occasional Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehiclc 563
3．The Periodic Expulsion of Evils in a Material Vehicle 566
4．On Scapegoats in General 574
LⅧ．HUMAN SCAPEGOATS IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY 577
1．The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Rome 577
2．The Human Scapegoat in Ancient Greece 578
3．The Roman Saturnalia 583
LⅨ．KILLING THE GoD IN MEXICO 587
LⅩ．BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH 592
1．Not to touch the Earth 592
2．Not to see the Sun 595
3．The Seclusion of Girls at Puberty 595
4．Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty 603
LⅪ．THE MYTH OF BALDER 607
LⅫ．THE FIRE FESTIVALS OF EUROPE 609
1．The Fire-festivals in general 609
2．The Lenten Fires 609
3．The Easter Fires 614
4．The Beltane Fires 617
5．The Midsummer Fires 622
6．The Hallowe'en Fires 632
7．The Midwinter Fires 636
8．The Need-fire 638
LⅩⅢ．THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRE-FESTIVALS 641
1．On the Fire-festivals in general 641
2．The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals 643
3．The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals 647
LⅩⅣ．THE BURNING OF HUMAN BEINGS IN THE FIRES 650
1．The Burning of Effigies in the Fires 650
2．The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires 652
LⅩⅤ．BALDER AND THE MISTLETOE 658
LⅩⅥ．THE EXTERNAL SOUL IN FOLK-TALES 667
LⅩⅦ．THE EXTERNAL SOUL IN FOLK-CUSTOM 679
1．The External Soul in Inanimate Things 679
2．The External Soul in Plants 681
3．The External Soul in Animals 683
4．The Ritual of Death and Resurrection 691
LⅩⅧ．THE GOLDEN BOUGH 701
LⅩⅨ．FAREWELL TO NEMI 711
INDEX 715