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Quotation from The Golden Bough (abridged edition) by James George Frazer
“He was a priest and a murderer; and the man for whom he looked was sooner or later to murder him and hold the priesthood in his stead.”
The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter I, "The King of the Wood", section 1 (Project Gutenberg text)
Frazer introduces the armed priest prowling around the sacred tree at Nemi.
Citation: "He was a priest and a murderer; and the man for whom he looked was sooner or later to murder him and hold the priesthood in his stead." — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter I, "The King of the Wood", section 1 (Project Gutenberg text). (id frazer-the-golden-bough-q1)
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