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V. THE HANGED GOD. Death of Marsyas on the tree, Marsyas apparently a double of Addit, The hanging of Odin on the gallows-tree, The hanging of human victims among the Bogabos, The hanging of Artemis, The hanging of animal victims, Skins of human victims used to effect the resurrection, Skins of men and horses set up at graves, Skulls employed in Borneo to ensure the fertility of the ground and of women, Skin of the human representative of the god in Phrygia perhaps used for like purposes.
16 September 2026

V. THE HANGED GOD. Death of Marsyas on the tree, Marsyas apparently a double of Addit, The hanging of Odin on the gallows-tree, The hanging of human victims among the Bogabos, The hanging of Artemis, The hanging of animal victims, Skins of human victims used to effect the resurrection, Skins of men and horses set up at graves, Skulls employed in Borneo to ensure the fertility of the ground and of women, Skin of the human representative of the god in Phrygia perhaps used for like purposes.

Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. Volume 1, The by James Frazer (1854 - 1941)