Chapter I: Part V: Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild

Vol. 1 of 2.

New York and London

MacMillan and Co.

1912

CONTENTS

Preface.
Chapter I. Dionysus.
Chapter II. Demeter And Persephone.
Chapter III. Magical Significance of Games in Primitive Agriculture.
Chapter IV. Woman’s Part in Primitive Agriculture.
Chapter V. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe.
Chapter VI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands.
§ 1. The Corn-mother in America.
§ 2. The Mother-cotton in the Punjaub.
§ 3. The Barley Bride among the Berbers.
§ 4. The Rice-mother in the East Indies.
§ 5. The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings.
§ 6. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter.
Chapter VII. Lityerses.
§ 1. Songs of the Corn Reapers.
§ 2. Killing the Corn-spirit.
§ 3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops.
§ 4. The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives.
Chapter VIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal.
§ 1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit.
§ 2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog.
§ 3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock.
§ 4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare.
§ 5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat.
§ 6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat.
§ 7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox.
§ 8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare.
§ 9. The Corn-spirit as a Bird.
§ 10. The Corn-spirit as a Fox.
§ 11. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow).
§ 12. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit.
Note. The Pleiades in Primitive Calendars.
Footnotes

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