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

William W Churchill · J. G. Frazer

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A comparative study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, offering the thesis that man progresses from magical through religious to scientific thought. It includes a discussion of fertility rites, the sacrificial killing of kings, the dying god and the scapegoat.

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