James G. Frazer Quotes:
Ocupation: Mythological Figure
Life: January 1, 1854 - May 7, 1941
Birthday: January 1
Death: May 7
The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not indeed to a visible master, but to the past, to the spirits of his dead forefathers, who haunt his steps from birth to death, and rule him with a rod of iron.
source: "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
