18 books like The Golden Bough

What to read after The Golden Bough — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Aftermath James George Frazer · 1936 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Shows how and why our financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets. What goes up must come down. The dizzying heights of the stock market can't continue indefinitely. In turbulent times, the elites are prepared, but what should the average investor do? Shares: Superstition, Religion, Mythology, Magic

Golden Bough James Frazer · 1890 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging A landmark study of mythology, magic and religion that examines how civilization’s beliefs move from primitive customs to organised religion and scientific rationalism. It helped define anthropology, and had a substantial impact on twentieth-century literature. Shares: Superstition, Religion, Mythology, Magic

Magic and religion Andrew Lang · 1901 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging 'The sin of witchcraft is as the sin of rebellion.' The idea which inspires this text probably is that a person who seeks to obtain his ends by witchcraft is rebelling against the deity or deities through whom alone these ends should be sought. Witchcraft is also an insult and injury to the official priests, who regard the witch as the surgeon regards the bone-setter, or as the geologist regards… Shares: Primitive Religion, Religion, Mythology

Custom and myth Andrew Lang · 1884 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of "Psychical Research," and his… Shares: Primitive Religion, Folklore, Religion, Mythology

The masks of God Joseph Campbell · 1959 · ★ 4.3 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology Shares: Primitive Religion, Mythologie, Religion, Mythology

Tracks in the snow Ruthven Campbell Todd · 1946 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares: Mythology in literature, Folklore, Religion, Mythology

Introduction to mythology Lewis Spence · 1921 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Challenging What mythology is and how it has been explained - the solar theory, the ghost theory, the ritual theory - set out by a working folklorist for readers who wanted the arguments before the stories. Shares: Mythologie, Folklore, Mythology

Deutsche mythologie Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1835 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Jacob Grimms "Deutsche Mythologie" von 1835 ist eine umfassende Rekonstruktion vorchristlicher Glaubensvorstellungen der germanischen und deutschsprachigen Völker. Ausgehend von mittelalterlichen Chroniken, Heldenepen, Rechtsquellen, Ortsnamen, sprachlichen Zeugnissen und lebendigen Bräuchen untersucht Grimm Götter, Kultformen, Schicksalsvorstellungen, Dämonen, Feste und volkstümliche… Shares: Superstition, Religion, Mythology, Magic

Le sacré et le profane Mircea Eliade · 1959 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man… Shares: Mythologie, Religion, Philosophy, Mythology

Deutsche Mythologie Jacob Grimm · 1844 · 710p · ≈ 23h · Demanding In "Deutsche Mythologie" entblättert Jacob Grimm die reichen und vielfältigen Mythen, Sagen und Legenden des deutschen Kulturraums. Anhand einer bemerkenswerten Analyse und sorgfältigen Interpretation bietet Grimm einen tiefen Einblick in die ursprünglichen Überlieferungen, die sprachliche Struktur und die tiefgehenden Symbole, die die deutsche Folklore prägen. Sein literarischer Stil, geprägt… Shares: Superstition, Religion

The classic myths in English literature and in art Charles Mills Gayley · 1893 · 682p · ≈ 22h · Demanding An illustrated anthology of classical myths, based on Bulfinch's nineteenth-century "Age of Fable," examining myths of divinities and heroes, and including commentary. Shares: Mythology in literature, Mythology

The golden age of myth & legend Thomas Bulfinch · 1900 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Challenging The Age of Fable is a Mythological type of book. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and “eastern” myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. Shares: Folklore, Mythology

Traditions of the Tinguian Fay-Cooper Cole · 1915 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Abstracts: p. 202-226. Shares: Folklore, Mythology

The white goddess Robert Graves · 1920 · ★ 4.0 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion, and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European… Shares: Mythology in literature, Religion, Philosophy, Mythology

A Short History of Myth Karen Armstrong · 2005 · ★ 3.7 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The history of myth is the history of humanity; our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. Myths help us make sense of the universe. Armstrong takes us from the Palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'Great Western Transformation' of the last 500 years and the discrediting of myth by science.… Shares: Mythologie, Mythology, History

Myths and myth-makers John Fiske · 1873 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The book features 34 fascinating stories of both famous and not-so-well-known mythical entities – Pygmalion, Adonis, Lorelei, Beowulf, Echo Johann Wolfgang. Shares: Mythologie, Folklore, Mythology

Myths & legends of the Middle Ages H. A. Guerber · 1896 · 404p · ≈ 13h · Challenging A fascinating study of many traditional myths from the Middle Ages, including tales of Beowulf, Merlin and King Arthur, and the quest for the Holy Grail. Shares: Mythology in literature, Mythology

Deutsche Mythologie Kauffmann, Friedrich · 1890 · 119p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Deutsche Mythologie (, Teutonic Mythology) is a treatise on Germanic mythology by Jacob Grimm. First published in Germany in 1835, the work is an exhaustive treatment of the subject, tracing the mythology and beliefs of the ancient Germanic peoples from their earliest attestations to their survivals in modern traditions, folktales and popular expressions. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

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