The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged)

Comparative anthropology, published 1922 · Sir James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, one-volume abridgment (Macmillan, 1922) · Public domain (US; published 1922)

69 episodes. Open one to read it.

Chapter I · I. The King of the Wood
Chapter II · II. Priestly Kings
Chapter III · III. Sympathetic Magic
Chapter IV · IV. Magic and Religion
Chapter V · V. The Magical Control of the Weather
Chapter VI · VI. Magicians as Kings
Chapter VII · VII. Incarnate Human Gods
Chapter VIII · VIII. Departmental Kings of Nature
Chapter IX · IX. The Worship of Trees
Chapter X · X. Relics of Tree Worship in Modern Euro
Chapter XI · XI. The Influence of the Sexes on Vegeta
Chapter XII · XII. The Sacred Marriage
Chapter XIII · XIII. The Kings of Rome and Alba
Chapter XIV · XIV. The Succession to the Kingdom in An
Chapter XV · XV. The Worship of the Oak
Chapter XVI · XVI. Dianus and Diana
Chapter XVII · XVII. The Burden of Royalty
Chapter XVIII · XVIII. The Perils of the Soul
Chapter XIX · XIX. Tabooed Acts
Chapter XX · XX. Tabooed Persons
Chapter XXI · XXI. Tabooed Things
Chapter XXII · XXII. Tabooed Words
Chapter XXIII · XXIII. Our Debt to the Savage
Chapter XXIV · XXIV. The Killing of the Divine King
Chapter XXV · XXV. Temporary Kings
Chapter XXVI · XXVI. Sacrifice of the King's Son
Chapter XXVII · XXVII. Succession to the Soul
Chapter XXVIII · XXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit
Chapter XXIX · XXIX. The Myth of Adonis
Chapter XXX · XXX. Adonis in Syria
Chapter XXXI · XXXI. Adonis in Cyprus
Chapter XXXII · XXXII. The Ritual of Adonis
Chapter XXXIII · XXXIII. The Gardens of Adonis
Chapter XXXIV · XXXIV. The Myth and Ritual of Attis
Chapter XXXV · XXXV. Attis as a God of Vegetation
Chapter XXXVI · XXXVI. Human Representatives of Attis
Chapter XXXVII · XXXVII. Oriental Religions in the West
Chapter XXXVIII · XXXVIII. The Myth of Osiris
Chapter XXXIX · XXXIX. The Ritual of Osiris
Chapter XL · XL. The Nature of Osiris
Chapter XLI · XLI. Isis
Chapter XLII · XLII. Osiris and the Sun
Chapter XLIII · XLIII. Dionysus
Chapter XLIV · XLIV. Demeter and Persephone
Chapter XLV · XLV. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden
Chapter XLVI · XLVI. The Corn-Mother in Many Lands
Chapter XLVII · XLVII. Lityerses
Chapter XLVIII · XLVIII. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal
Chapter XLIX · XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as A
Chapter L · L. Eating the God
Chapter LI · LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
Chapter LII · LII. Killing the Divine Animal
Chapter LIII · LIII. The Propitiation of Wild Animals B
Chapter LIV · LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
Chapter LV · LV. The Transference of Evil
Chapter LVI · LVI. The Public Expulsion of Evils
Chapter LVII · LVII. Public Scapegoats
Chapter LVIII · LVIII. Human Scapegoats in Classical Ant
Chapter LIX · LIX. Killing the God in Mexico
Chapter LX · LX. Between Heaven and Earth
Chapter LXI · LXI. The Myth of Balder
Chapter LXII · LXII. The Fire-Festivals of Europe
Chapter LXIII · LXIII. The Interpretation of the Fire-Fe
Chapter LXIV · LXIV. The Burning of Human Beings in the
Chapter LXV · LXV. Balder and the Mistletoe
Chapter LXVI · LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
Chapter LXVII · LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Chapter LXVIII · LXVIII. The Golden Bough
Chapter LXIX · LXIX. Farewell to Nemi