1913 1St 3 Vols The Belief In Immortality And The Worship Of The Dead, Frazer
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Express Shipping Australia Wide is Free The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead With all three volumes in the original Publisher's cloth All First Edition, First Impression By Sir James George Frazer Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1913, 1922, and 1924 Volume I (1913): The Belief among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Volume II (1922): The Belief among the Polynesians Volume III (1924): The Belief among the Micronesians Frazer attempted to answer several broad questions: Why do almost all human societies believe in some form of survival after death?How did ancestor worship originate?Why do people bury goods with the dead?Why are ghosts feared in some cultures and revered in others?How did beliefs about spirits influence law, kingship, warfare and morality? Rather than arguing whether immortality is true, Frazer examined how belief in immortality developed historically and anthropologically. Contents of the three volumes Volume I (1913) – Australia, Torres Strait, New Guinea and MelanesiaThis is especially significant for Australian collectors because it contains extensive descriptions of: Aboriginal Australian beliefs about the soulburial customsmourning ritualsreincarnation traditionsinitiation ceremoniessacred sitesancestor spiritsMelanesian concepts of ghosts and the afterlife Frazer relied heavily on the work of anthropologists such as A. W. Howitt, Baldwin Spencer, F. J. Gillen, and A. C. Had
- Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Year: 1913
- Condition: Very Good
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