The Golden Bough. Part VII. Balder The Beautiful. Volume II


Read by Leon Harvey

The eleventh volume of The Golden Bough series. Fire festivals in exotic nations, magical properties of flowers, the concept of the external soul, and a proposal to solve the mystery of ritual of the golden bough. Frazer's extensive researches into the origin, the evolution, and the meaning of killing of the king of the wood, is summarised with the help of analogies from the myths of other cultures, and finally explained as a symbolic cycle of death, rebirth, and the recharging of the sacred powers of the natural world thought to come from gods to man. (Summary by Leon Harvey) (10 hr 26 min)

Chapters

VI. Fire Festivals in other Lands 39:52 Read by Leon Harvey
VII. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fire 46:37 Read by Leon Harvey
VIII. The Magic Flowers of Midsummer Eve 56:28 Read by Leon Harvey
IX. Balder and the Mistletoe 34:26 Read by Leon Harvey
X. The External Soul in Folk-tales. Part 1. 1:08:35 Read by Leon Harvey
X. The External Soul in Folk-tales. Part 2 59:24 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 1. 12:29 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 2 1:08:14 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 3 45:25 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 4 12:04 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 5 57:49 Read by Leon Harvey
XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 6 45:42 Read by Leon Harvey
XII. The Golden Bough 44:27 Read by Leon Harvey
XIII. Farewell to Nemi 11:28 Read by Leon Harvey
NOTES. I. Snake Stones. II. The Transformation of Witches into Cats. III. Afric… 23:10 Read by Leon Harvey