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Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning

T. W. Doane

The work is a scholarly comparative study that sets out to trace the titles, motifs and iconography of…

Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

Crawford Howell Toy

This volume, the fourth in Crawford Howell Toy’s “Handbooks on the History of Religions,” offers a scholarly…

Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 3 Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities

F. Max Müller

The third volume of Chips from a German Workshop collects Friedrich Max Müller’s essays on literature,…

Primitive culture, vol. 1 (of 2): Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

Edward B. Tylor

Edward Burnett Tylor’s *Primitive Culture* is a scholarly survey that expands the scope of his earlier…

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 2 (of 6)

Jacob Bryant

Jacob Bryant’s *A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology* is a scholarly treatise that seeks to…

A Book of Myths

Jean Lang

The volume is a curated anthology of mythic tales, assembled by Jean Lang for readers who encounter ancient…

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 03 of 12)

James George Frazer

The work is a scholarly treatise that expands the “taboo” chapter of Frazer’s original *Golden Bough*,…

The Evolution of the Dragon

Grafton Elliot Smith

The work is a scholarly compilation of three Rylands Lectures delivered between 1915 and 1918, each…

Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2): Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

Edward B. Tylor

This volume is the second part of Edward Burnett Tylor’s extensive comparative study of primitive culture, in…

Demonology and Devil-lore

Moncure Daniel Conway

The work is a scholarly survey of demonology that begins with a vivid legend of three friars attempting to…

Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 5 Miscellaneous Later Essays

F. Max Müller

The work is a scholarly essay collection by Friedrich Max Müller, a German thinker whose interests span…

Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul

James George Frazer

This volume is the concluding section of James George Frazer’s monumental comparative study of myth, magic…

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

James George Frazer

James George Frazer’s third‑edition volume of *The Golden Bough* is a scholarly survey of myth, magic and…

The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 09 of 12)

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12)

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion

James George Frazer

The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems

Zelia Nuttall