




                             The Golden Bough

                      A Study in Magic and Religion

                                    By

               James George Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D.

                   Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

     Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Liverpool

                             Vol. XI. of XII.

                     Part VII: Balder the Beautiful.

   The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul.

                               Vol. 2 of 2.

                           New York and London

                            MacMillan and Co.

                                   1913





CONTENTS


Chapter VI. Fire-Festivals in Other Lands.
   § 1. The Fire-walk.
   § 2. The Meaning of the Fire-walk.
Chapter VII. The Burning of Human Beings in the Fires.
   § 1. The Burning of Effigies in the Fires.
   § 2. The Burning of Men and Animals in the Fires.
Chapter VIII. The Magic Flowers of Midsummer Eve.
Chapter IX. Balder and the Mistletoe.
Chapter X. The Eternal Soul in Folk-Tales.
Chapter XI. The External Soul in Folk-Custom.
   § 1. The External Soul in Inanimate Things.
   § 2. The External Soul in Plants.
   § 3. The External Soul in Animals.
   § 4. A Suggested Theory of Totemism.
   § 5. The Ritual of Death and Resurrection.
Chapter XII. The Golden Bough.
Chapter XIII. Farewell to Nemi.
Notes.
   I. Snake Stones.
   II. The Transformation of Witches Into Cats.
   III. African Balders.
   IV. The Mistletoe and the Golden Bough.
Index.
Footnotes






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