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

Vol. 2 of 2.

New York and London

MacMillan and Co.

1912

CONTENTS

Chapter IX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals.
§ 1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull.
§ 2. Demeter, the Pig and the Horse.
§ 3. Attis, Adonis, and the Pig.
§ 4. Osiris, the Pig and the Bull.
§ 5. Virbius and the Horse.
Chapter X. Eating The God.
§ 1. The Sacrament of First-Fruits.
§ 2. Eating the God among the Aztecs.
§ 3. Many Manii at Aricia.
Chapter XI. The Sacrifice of First-Fruits.
Chapter XII. Homoeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet.
Chapter XIII. Killing The Divine Animal.
§ 1. Killing the Sacred Buzzard.
§ 2. Killing the Sacred Ram.
§ 3. Killing the Sacred Serpent.
§ 4. Killing the Sacred Turtles.
§ 5. Killing the Sacred Bear.
Chapter XIV. The Propitiation of Wild Animals by Hunters.
Chapter XV. The Propitiation of Vermin by Farmers.
§ 1. The Enemies of the Crops.
§ 2. Mouse Apollo and Wolf Apollo.
Chapter XVI. The Transmigration of Human Souls Into Animals.
Chapter XVII. Types of Animal Sacrament.
§ 1. The Egyptian and the Aino Types of Sacrament.
§ 2. Processions with Sacred Animals.
§ 3. The Rites of Plough Monday.
Note: The Ceremony of the Horse at Rice-Harvest Among The Garos.
Index.
Footnotes

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