About the book: year / “The Golden Bough” by the famous English religious scholar and ethnologist James Frazer (1854–1941) is one of those fundamental studies that are of lasting value to many generations of scientists. Having devoted his life to the study of folkloristics and the history of religion, J. Frazer collected a huge amount of factual material, which allowed him, using the comparative historical method, to show the connection between modern religions and primitive beliefs, to identify the earthly sources of the religious worldview.