Cults, Myths and Religions - Paperback

by Salomon Reinach (Author), Elizabeth Frost (Author)

1912. Contents: general phenomena of animal toteism; theory of sacrifice; origin and essence of taboos; tarpeia; domestication of animals; the king sacrificed; origin of prayers for the dead; art and magic; the Apostles among the Anthropophagi; Babylonian myths and the first chapters of Genesis; Hebraic Sabbath; sentiment of modesty; morality of Mithraism; progress of humanity.