000			01488nam a22002297a 4500
008			220113b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a8176901474
037			_cGifted _nG.Sasikumar (B23869), 9446501960
041			_aMalayalam
082			_bKER/MA _aX
100			_aKeralavarma, C R
245			_aMANTHRAVADAVUM MATHAVUM _bമന്ത്രവാദവും മതവും _c/ കേരളവർമ്മ സി ആർ
250			_a3
260			_aThrissur _bKerala Sahithya Academy _c2008
300			_g149
500			_a Manthravadavum Mathavum written by C R Keralavarma is a Malayalam adaptation of the famous book, 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion'. It is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder.
650			_aStudy
650			_aHindumatham
942			_cLEN
942			_2ddc
942			_2ddc
999			_c185922 _d185922