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divine kingship: a standalone construct

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Religious studies

the idea that a king embodies divine power and that the well-being of the realm depends on his body and its ritual renewal, as Frazer described.

In religious studies, divine kingship refers to the idea that a king embodies divine power and that the well-being of the realm depends on his body and its ritual renewal, as Frazer described. This meaning comes from Frazer (1890) in The Golden Bough.[1]

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body2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs power6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs renewal3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Frazer, J. G. (1890). The Golden Bough. Touchstone. ISBN 9781447445302

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