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. X. of XII.

Part VII: Balder the Beautiful.

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

Vol. 1 of 2.

New York and London

MacMillan and Co.

1919

Contents

• Preface.
• Chapter I. Between Heaven And Earth.
• § 1. Not to touch the Earth.
• § 2. Not to see the Sun.
• 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.
• ...