Abstract
The article tries to present Wittgenstein''s view on "The Golden Bough". Analysing the text the author is claiming several parallels between Wittgenstein and Lévi-Strauss: the search for "depth" on the one hand and universal operations of human mind on the other.
It ius to conclude that Wittgenstein''s "Notizen" present today rathert an instance of "curio" written by a man of genius.