The Golden Bough共40.8万字在线免费阅读_第一时间更新_Sir James George Frazer

the time

had come

to clear

their

fields for

sowing and

to

sacrifice

a slave.

The

sacrifice

was

presented

to certain

powerful

spirits as

payment

for the

good year

which the

people had

enjoyed,

and to

ensure the

favour of

the

spirits

for the

coming

season.

The victim

was led to

a great

tree in

the

forest;

there he

was tied

with his

back to

the tree

and his

arms

stretched

high above

his head,

in the

attitude

in which

ancient