Chapter 28

. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit

1. The Whitsuntide Mummers 2. Burying the Carnival 3. Carrying out Death 4. Bringing in Summer 5. Battle of Summer and Winter 6. Death and Resurrection of Kostrubonko 7. Death and Revival of Vegetation 8. Analogous Rites in India 9. The Magic Spring

## Chapter 29 . The Myth of Adonis

## Chapter 30 . Adonis in Syria

## Chapter 31 . Adonis in Cyprus

## Chapter 32 . The Ritual of Adonis

## Chapter 33 . The Gardens of Adonis

## Chapter 34 . The Myth and Ritual of Attis

## Chapter 35 . Attis as a God of Vegetation

## Chapter 36 . Human Representatives of Attis

## Chapter 37 . Oriental Religions in the West

## Chapter 38 . The Myth of Osiris

## Chapter 39 . The Ritual of Osiris

1. The Popular Rites 2. The Official Rites

## Chapter 40 . The Nature of Osiris

1. Osiris a Corn-god 2. Osiris a Tree-spirit 3. Osiris a God of Fertility 4. Osiris a God of the Dead

## Chapter 41 . Isis

## Chapter 42 . Osiris and the Sun

## Chapter 43 . Dionysus

## Chapter 44 . Demeter and Persephone

## Chapter 45 . Corn-Mother and Corn-Maiden in N. Europe

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