James Frazer

Sir James George Frazer (1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941), was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion. He is often considered one of the founding fathers of modern anthropology.
His most famous work, The Golden Bough (1890), documents and details the similarities among magical and religious beliefs around the globe. Frazer posited that human belief progressed through three stages: primitive magic, replaced by religion, in turn replaced by science.
== Tossup Questions ==
# This thinker developed the categories of the "two messengers," "waxing and waning moon," "serpent and skin," and "banana" in classifying stories about the origin of death. One book by this thinker begins with a discussion of Diana and Virbius in the chapter "The King of the Wood." This thinker was inspired by a ritual at the cult center of Nemi to write a work in which he posited that societies move through stages characterized by magic, religion, and science. This author titled his "study in comparative religion" after an object that allows Aeneas to enter the underworld. For 10 points, name this Scottish anthropologist who wrote The Golden Bough.
# This man argued that secular institutions such as government, private property, and marriage been partly gained respect due to superstition in one work. Another work by this author of Psyche's Task examined the Aruntas people and proposed the conceptional, industrial, and "external soul" theories of the titular concept contrasted with "exogamy". This man examined the corn god trope and the "king of the wood" ritual in a work that traces the evolution of religion and magic and takes its title from the object Aeneas used to enter the Underworld. For 10 points, identify this author of Totemism and Exogamy, a Scottish anthropologist who wrote The Golden Bough.
# This author of Folklore in the Old Testament described how Nicaraguans abstained from eating chocolate during the harvest in "The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation," a section of his greatest work, which also has chapters on "Our Debt to the Savage" and "The Corn-Spirit as an Animal." That work examines the relationship between (*) customs, magic, and religion. For 10 points, name this Scottish anthropologist who wrote about shared folklore in his 1935 work The Golden Bough.