Magic and religion / by Andrew Lang.

By: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University Microfilms, [1969]Description: x, 316 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): ReligionGenre/Form: Mythology.Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Science and superstition.--The theory of loan-gods, or borrowed religion.--Magic and religion.--The origin of the Christian faith.--The approaches to Mr. Frazer's theory.--Attemps to prove the Sacaean criminal divine.--Zakmuk, Sacaea, and Purim.--Mordecai, Esther, Vashti, and Haman.--Why was the mock-king of the Sacaea whipped and hanged?--Calvary.--The ghastly priest.--South African religion.--"Cup and ring:" An old problem solved.--First-fruits and taboos.--Walking through fire.--Appendices. Mr. Tylor's theory of borrowing. The martyrdom of Dasius. The ride of the beardless one.

Photoreprint of the 1901 edition pub. by Longmans, Green, and Co.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Science and superstition.--The theory of loan-gods, or borrowed religion.--Magic and religion.--The origin of the Christian faith.--The approaches to Mr. Frazer's theory.--Attemps to prove the Sacaean criminal divine.--Zakmuk, Sacaea, and Purim.--Mordecai, Esther, Vashti, and Haman.--Why was the mock-king of the Sacaea whipped and hanged?--Calvary.--The ghastly priest.--South African religion.--"Cup and ring:" An old problem solved.--First-fruits and taboos.--Walking through fire.--Appendices. Mr. Tylor's theory of borrowing. The martyrdom of Dasius. The ride of the beardless one.

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