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CHAPTER I Introductory

Jessie L. Weston

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Preface vii
Contents xi
Foreword (1993) xix
CHAPTER I Introductory 1
CHAPTER II The Task of the Hero 12
CHAPTER in The Freeing of the Waters 25
CHAPTER IV Tammuz and Adonis 34
CHAPTER V Medieval and Modern Forms of Nature Ritual 52
CHAPTER VI The Symbols 65
CHAPTER VII The Sword Dance 81
CHAPTER VIII The Medicine Man 101
CHAPTER IX The Fisher King 113
CHAPTER x The Secret of the Grail (1) The Mysteries 137
CHAPTER XI The Secret of the Grail (2) The Naassene Document 149
CHAPTER XII Mithra and Attis 164
CHAPTER XIII The Perilous Chapel 175
CHAPTER XIV The Author 189
Index 211

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691217741-003

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Preface vii
Contents xi
Foreword (1993) xix
CHAPTER I Introductory 1
CHAPTER II The Task of the Hero 12
CHAPTER in The Freeing of the Waters 25
CHAPTER IV Tammuz and Adonis 34
CHAPTER V Medieval and Modern Forms of Nature Ritual 52
CHAPTER VI The Symbols 65
CHAPTER VII The Sword Dance 81
CHAPTER VIII The Medicine Man 101
CHAPTER IX The Fisher King 113
CHAPTER x The Secret of the Grail (1) The Mysteries 137
CHAPTER XI The Secret of the Grail (2) The Naassene Document 149
CHAPTER XII Mithra and Attis 164
CHAPTER XIII The Perilous Chapel 175
CHAPTER XIV The Author 189
Index 211

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