Balder the Beautiful
by James George Frazer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Frazer, James George, 1854-1941
- Title
- Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul
- Credits
- Produced by Million Book Project, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
- Subject
- Mythology
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 12261
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12261
- Release Date
- May 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A STUDY IN MAGIC AND RELIGION
- 2.J.G. FRAZER, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D. — FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL. — IN TWO VOLUMES — VOL. I — PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I — BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH — § 1. Not to touch the Earth — § 2. Not to see the Sun
- 5.CHAPTER II — THE SECLUSION OF GIRLS AT PUBERTY — § 1. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in Africa — § 2. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in New Ireland, New Guinea, and Indonesia — § 3. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in the Torres Straits Islands and Northern Australia — § 4. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty among the Indians of North America — § 5. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty among the Indians of South America — § 6. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in India and Cambodia — § 7. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in Folk-tales — § 8. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty
- 6.CHAPTER III — THE MYTH OF BALDER
- 7.CHAPTER IV — THE FIRE-FESTIVALS OF EUROPE — § 1. The Lenten Fires — § 2. The Easter Fires — § 3. The Beltane Fires — § 4. The Midsummer Fires — § 5. The Autumn Fires — § 6. The Hallowe'en Fires — § 7. The Midwinter Fires — § 8. The Need-fire — § 9. The Sacrifice of an Animal to stay a Cattle-Plague
- 8.CHAPTER V — THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRE-FESTIVALS — § 1. On the Fire-festivals in general — § 2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals — § 3. The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals
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