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

Gelesen von 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

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VII. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fire

46:37

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VIII. The Magic Flowers of Midsummer Eve

56:28

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IX. Balder and the Mistletoe

34:26

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X. The External Soul in Folk-tales. Part 1.

1:08:35

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X. The External Soul in Folk-tales. Part 2

59:24

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XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 1.

12:29

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XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 2

1:08:14

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XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 3

45:25

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XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 4

12:04

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XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 5

57:49

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XI. The External Soul in Folk-custom. Part 6

45:42

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XII. The Golden Bough

44:27

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XIII. Farewell to Nemi

11:28

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NOTES. I. Snake Stones. II. The Transformation of Witches into Cats. III. Afric…

23:10

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