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


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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)

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