It may be suspected that the custom of employing a divine m… - James George Frazer

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It may be suspected that the custom of employing a divine man or animal as a public scapegoat is much more widely diffused than appears from the examples cited.

James George Frazer

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Sir James George Frazer (January 1, 1854 – May 7, 1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. He is often considered one of the founding fathers of modern anthropology.

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Native Name: Sir James George Frazer

Alternative Names: J. G. Frazer • James Frazer • J.G. Frazer

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We seem to move on a thin crust which may at any moment be rent by the subterranean forces slumbering below.

The custom of burning a beneficent god is too foreign to later modes of thought to escape misinterpretation.

In primitive society, where uniformity of occupation is the rule, and the distribution of the community into various classes of workers has hardly begun, every man is more or less his own magician; he practices charms and incantations for his own good and the injury of his enemies.

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