Contents

[Preface.]
[Chapter I. Dionysus.]
[Chapter II. Demeter And Persephone.]
[Chapter III. Magical Significance of Games in Primitive Agriculture.]
[Chapter IV. Woman's Part in Primitive Agriculture.]
[Chapter V. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe.]
[Chapter VI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands.]
[§ 1. The Corn-mother in America.]
[§ 2. The Mother-cotton in the Punjaub.]
[§ 3. The Barley Bride among the Berbers.]
[§ 4. The Rice-mother in the East Indies.]
[§ 5. The Spirit of the Corn embodied in Human Beings.]
[§ 6. The Double Personification of the Corn as Mother and Daughter.]
[Chapter VII. Lityerses.]
[§ 1. Songs of the Corn Reapers.]
[§ 2. Killing the Corn-spirit.]
[§ 3. Human Sacrifices for the Crops.]
[§ 4. The Corn-spirit slain in his Human Representatives.]
[Chapter VIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal.]
[§ 1. Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit.]
[§ 2. The Corn-spirit as a Wolf or a Dog.]
[§ 3. The Corn-spirit as a Cock.]
[§ 4. The Corn-spirit as a Hare.]
[§ 5. The Corn-spirit as a Cat.]
[§ 6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat.]
[§ 7. The Corn-spirit as a Bull, Cow, or Ox.]
[§ 8. The Corn-spirit as a Horse or Mare.]
[§ 9. The Corn-spirit as a Bird.]
[§ 10. The Corn-spirit as a Fox.]
[§ 11. The Corn-spirit as a Pig (Boar or Sow).]
[§ 12. On the Animal Embodiments of the Corn-spirit.]
[Note. The Pleiades in Primitive Calendars.]
[Footnotes]

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