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

by James George Frazer

with a dragon or serpent crest, iv. 105;

legends of the custom of slaying, iv. 120 sqq.;

the supply of, iv. 134 sqq.;

abdicate annually, iv. 148;

as lovers of a goddess, v. 49 sq.;

held responsible for the weather and the crops, v. 183;

marry their sisters, v. 316;

slaughter human victims with their own hands, vi. 97 n. 7;

torn in pieces, traditions of, vi. 97 sq.;

human sacrifices to prolong the life of, vi. 220 sq., 223 sqq.;