The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12)

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.

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