The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 10 of 12)

by James George Frazer

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Contents

1. Preface
2. § 1. Not to touch the Earth
3. § 2. Not to see the Sun
4. § 1. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in Africa
5. § 2. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in New Ireland, New Guinea, and Indonesia
6. § 3. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in the Torres Straits Islands and Northern Australia
7. § 4. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty among the Indians of North America
8. § 5. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty among the Indians of South America
9. § 6. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in India and Cambodia
10. § 7. Seclusion of Girls at Puberty in Folk-tales
11. § 8. Reasons for the Seclusion of Girls at Puberty
12. Chapter III. The Myth of Balder
13. § 1. The Lenten Fires
14. § 2. The Easter Fires
15. § 3. The Beltane Fires
16. § 4. The Midsummer Fires
17. § 5. The Autumn Fires
18. § 6. The Hallowe'en Fires
19. § 7. The Midwinter Fires
20. § 8. The Need-fire
21. § 9. The Sacrifice of an Animal to stay a Cattle-Plague
22. § 1. On the Fire-festivals in general
23. § 2. The Solar Theory of the Fire-festivals
24. § 3. The Purificatory Theory of the Fire-festivals

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