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This work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 10 and 11 (1913) continue to examine taboo behaviour, and consider the role of sunlight and firelight in ritual.

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6. Fire-festivals in other lands; 7. The burning of human beings in the fires; 8. The magic flowers of Midsummer Eve; 9. Balder and the mistletoe; 10. The external soul in folk-tales; 11. The external soul in folk-custom; 12. The Golden Bough; 13. Farewell to Nemi; Notes; Index.

The Golden Bough The Third Edition Volume 11 Balder the Beautiful The FireFestivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul 2 Cambridge Library Collection Classics

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108047418, 978-1108047418
      ISBN10: 1108047416
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work by Sir James Frazer (1854â1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. At the same time, by applying modern methods of comparative ethnography to the classical world, and revealing the superstition and irrationality beneath the surface of the classical culture which had for so long been a model for Western civilisation, it was extremely controversial. Frazer was greatly influenced by E. B. Tylor's Primitive Culture (also reissued in this series), and by the work of the biblical scholar William Robertson Smith, to whom the first edition is dedicated. The twelve-volume third edition, reissued here, was greatly revised and enlarged, and published between 1911 and 1915; the two-volume first edition (1890) is also available in this series. Volumes 10 and 11 (1913) continue to examine taboo behaviour, and consider the role of sunlight and firelight in ritual.

      Table of Contents
      6. Fire-festivals in other lands; 7. The burning of human beings in the fires; 8. The magic flowers of Midsummer Eve; 9. Balder and the mistletoe; 10. The external soul in folk-tales; 11. The external soul in folk-custom; 12. The Golden Bough; 13. Farewell to Nemi; Notes; Index.

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