'The King'
The Slain God #1: Impressions of The Golden Bough by James G. Frazer
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion, Trinity College, 1894
“The hitherto unexplained rule of the Arician priesthood” had perplexed Frazer and he thence sought to “bring a variety of scattered facts into” a cohesive narrative. His interest is the “primitive religion of the Aryans,” and Frazer begins by stating that the “Primitive Aryan” was ye…