Frazer claimed that humans started out with a belief in magical rituals; later, they began to lose faith in magic and invented myths about gods, reinterpreting their rituals as religious rituals intended to appease the gods.
Humans started out with a belief in magical rituals. This was what Frazer claimed. They began to lose faith in magic. This was later. They invented myths about gods. This was later. They was reinterpreting their rituals as religious rituals. This was later. These religious rituals were intended to appease the gods.