The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition modestly priced anthology presents over

modestly priced anthology presents over 170 poems by the major poets of the period

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The Golden Bough: Abridged Edition modestly priced anthology presents overAccording to legend, runaway slaves could attain a sort of freedom by breaking off a branch the Golden Bough from a sacred tree. If the runaway could kill the tree's attendant priest, he would become King of the Wood until his defeat by a new challenger. This 1890 work by Sir James George Frazer, an expert in myth and religion, was inspired by the legend. An extensive study of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity, The Golden Bough explores ancient