Golden Bough
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In these dramas, The Golden Bough turns gothic.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2017
Inspired by the vegetation ceremonies described in Sir James Frazer's Golden Bough, Eliot paints a sweeping portrait of the European zeitgeist, and that of London in particular after the first world war.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012
Ms. Stuart acted at the Golden Bough Theater and wrote for a weekly newspaper.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2010
Barth's trick is to bend the old Golden Bough into fairy tales about the ordinary daily reality of archetypes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other important lines of folklore research in the Golden Bough are those dealing with spring ceremonies, with the primitive view of the soul, with animal cults, and with sun and rain charms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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