by James George Frazer · Alpha Edition · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789366389622
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«Balder the Beautiful, (Volume I)» is the anthropology essay by James George Frazer, published by Alpha Edition in paperback (358 pages, in English).
James George Frazer examines the fire festivals of Europe and places them in the evolution of magic and religion. He also analyzes the doctrine of the external soul, the belief that a person's life can be kept outside the body, and traces it in myths, tales, and rituals of different cultures to show its connections with symbolic and social thought.
Part of the series The Golden Bough: it is part VII, volume I, dedicated to the fire festivals of Europe and the doctrine of the external soul.
For readers interested in anthropology, history of religions, and comparative mythology.
Sir James George Frazer was a Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.
