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LEADER: 01426cam a2200241 a 4500
001 02005201
003 DLC
005 20080905093828.0
008 740823s1901 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 02005201
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBL310$b.L34
051 $aBL310$b.L34 Copy 3$cNewspaper clipping mounted on p. [2] of cover. Autograph of Houdini, with his note: "Bot in Glasgow, Scotland 1920."
082 $a291/.13
100 1 $aLang, Andrew,$d1844-1912.
245 10 $aMagic and religion /$cby Andrew Lang.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York ;$aBombay :$bLongmans, Green and Co.,$c1901.
300 $ax, 316 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aScience and superstition -- The theory of loan-gods, or borrowed religion -- Magic and religion -- The origin of the Christian faith -- The approaches to Mr. Frazer's theory -- Attempts to prove the Sacæan criminal divine -- Zakmuk, Sacæa, and Purim -- Mordecai, Esther, Vashti, and Haman -- Why was the mock-king of the Sacæa whipped and hanged? -- Calvary -- The ghastly priest -- South African religion -- "Cup and ring:" an old problem solved -- First-fruits and taboos -- Walking through fire -- Appendices. Mr. Tylor's theory of borrowing. The martyrdom of Dasius. The ride of the beardless one.
650 0 $aMythology.
650 0 $aReligion.
710 2 $aHarry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC