INDEXES. (continued 2)

Treading on threshold forbidden:

in Persia, Russia, Finland, United States, and among Teutons, 11 f.;

in Europe and America, 13;

tabooed by Tatars, 13.

Tree:

human sacrifices at foot of, 8 f.;

pipal, in Upper India, 156;

a boundary landmark in primitive times, 173 f.;

symbol of feminine in nature, 214, 230, 238;

and pillar, symbolism of, 232;

references to, 237, 259.

“Tree of Knowledge,” reference to, 156.

Trees, sacred:

near doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, and India, 104, 156;

grove of, in religious symbolisms, 230.

Tricha, bridge of, story of sacrifice in building of, 52.

Tristram, H.B.: cited, 260.

Trumbull, H. Clay: cited, 3-5, 57, 123, 180, 226, 244.

Tseereem, Hebrew word for hinges, 253.

Tunis:

bloody hand on walls in, 78 f.;

symbol of open hand on graves near, 79;

Jewish custom in, on receiving praise, 79.

Turkestan, threshold stone at tomb of national saint of, 125.

Turkey, sacrifice of, in Ireland, 21.

Turkey:

blood on threshold in marriage in, 26;

marriage custom among Greeks in, 30;

high court of, at palace door, 65;

banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in, 78.

Turkish building at Columbian Exposition, sacrifices at foundation of, 57.

Turner, Dr. George: cited, 13, 20, 101, 174, 251 f.

Tuscany:

threshold in folk customs in, 17 f.;

exorcism with incense in, 18;

burning incense on threshold in, 42.

Tutelary deity, every building in Egypt placed under protection of, 96 f.

Tylor, Dr. E.B.: cited, 46, 49, 51 f., 231.

Uganda, charms on threshold and door in, 15.

Unchastity atoned for by sprinkling blood on threshold among Dyaks, 20.

Ungere, Latin for “to anoint,29 #$2#.

United States:

“Christening” a ship in, 8;

high thresholds in houses of, 12;

stepping over cracks in pavements in, 13;

Bible and salt carried over threshold in, 21;

lifting bride over threshold in, 44;

situation of front door in, 55;

foundation sacrifice in, 57;

horseshoes on door-posts in, 73 f.;

survivals of primal sacredness of threshold in, 147 f.;

boundary marks in, 182;

sacredness of threshold among Scandinavians of, 259.

Unleavened bread, feast of, 216.

Unxor, meaning of Latin word, 29.

Uplifted hand:

in Carthage, 78;

in Tunis, 78 f.;

represented among deities of Babylonia, Assyria, Phenicia, and Egypt, 79 f.;

in seal of Ur-Gur, earliest ruler of “Ur of the Chaldees,” 80;

gods Sin, Shamash, and Asshur, with, 80;

Babylonian king recognized by, 80;

Amenophis IV. before Aten-ra with, 81;

Abraham with, 82;

Psalmist’s reference to, 82;

Isaiah’s reference to God’s, 82;

Assyrian and Hebrew words for swearing by, 83;

in judicial oath, 83;

found on stepped pyramid temples of Polynesia, 83;

power imparted to Egyptian king by touch of, 85;

in South Sea Islands, 148.

Uplifted threshold, 144.

Upsal, wedding customs in old temple of, 140.

“Ur of the Chaldees:”

uplifted hand in seal of earliest ruler of, 80;

temple at, 153;

Abraham at, 160.

Ur-Gur, with uplifted hands before moon-god Sin, 80.

Usurtasen III., King: cited, 179.

Uxor, meaning of Latin word, 29.

Vairorongo, sacred stream of under-world, in Islands of Sea, 152.

Vambéry, Arminius: cited, 125.

Vari, or “The-very-beginning,” in Islands of Sea, 151.

Vātea, part man and part fish, in Islands of Sea, 152.

Vatican, bronze pine cone in gardens of, 257.

Vāttu, god of threshold in India, 75.

Vāttuma, god of threshold in India, 95.

Vāttuma Santhe, tribute to, god of threshold in India, 95.

Vaux, J. Edward: cited, 140.

Vedas, references to, 99, 197.

Vedi, feminine in Sanskrit, 197.

Vedic:

law of door-sill, 15;

Sutras on stepping over threshold, 36 f.;

teachings concerning temples, 155 f.

Vermilion paint for sign of red hand among Omahas, 85.

Verrall, Margaret de G. See Harrison and Verrall.

Victor in Olympian games avoiding city gates, 7.

Virgil:

cited, 29 f.;

his description of arrival of Æneas at court of Queen Dido, 130.

“Virgin Mary’s Hand” among Christians in Syria, 77.

“Virgin of Israel,” 213, 218.

Virginity:

tokens of, 243 f.;

Bible testimony of tokens of, 251.

Vishnoo, god:

reference to, 95;

pagoda of, reference to, 121;

foot of, 156;

seated on serpent, 235.

Vishnooism, concerning temples, 156.

“Vishnu-pad,” reference to, 156.

Vitruvius: his description of temple, 36.

Vlachs, indication of foundation sacrifice in ballad of, 52.

Vlam, name for “friend of the bridegroom” among Albanians, 37 f.

“Vodyaoni,” sacrifice to, in Russia, 19.

Volck. See Mülhau and Volck.

Volga, altar as threshold among people on, 32.

Voltaire: cited, 202.

Von Löher and Joyner: reference to, 231.

Vulgate: reference to, 207.

Wake, C. Staniland. See Westropp and Wake.

Wallace, Donald M.: reference to, 176.

Wallachia, story of foundation sacrifice in, 52.

Wallachians, marriage rite among, 29.

Washburn, President, of Robert College: cited, 66 f.

Water:

and corn offered on threshold, 16 f.;

and honey for bride at threshold, 30;

poured out in pathway of bridegroom among Greeks of Turkey, 30;

of life underneath threshold, in legend of Ishtar, 114;

in temple at Jerusalem, 114;

holy, at doorway of Roman Catholic churches, 147.

Water-spirit, appeasing, in Russia, 19.

Weber’s Die Lehren d. Talmud, reference to, 239.

Wedding ceremonies:

among ʾAnazeh Bed´ween, and Armenians in Turkey, 26;

in Syria, 26, 28 f., 38, 196;

in Egypt, 26, 38, 196;

in Cyprus, 27;

among Somalis in Central Africa, 27 f.;

in South Africa, 28;

among fellaheen of Palestine, and Wallachians, 29;

among Greeks of Turkey, and in Morea, 30;

in Rhodes, 30 f.;

in island of Skarpanto and among Morlacchi, in Dalmatia, 31;

in portions of Russia, 31 f.;

among Mordvins of Russia, 32 f., 41-44;

in Holland, 33;

in Germany, 33 f., 138 f.;

among Sea Dyaks of Borneo, 34;

in Central America, 34 f., 45;

in Scotland, 34, 44;

among Towkas, 35;

among Hindoos, 36-38, 40 f.;

among Albanians, 37 f.;

in India, 38, 40 f.;

in Madagascar, 38;

in Abyssinia, 38 f., 131;

among tribes of West Africa, in ancient Assyria, among Khonds of Orissa, among Tatars, and among Eskimos, 39;

in ancient Rome, 39-41;

in China, 39-41, 196;

in ancient Greece, 39, 41;

in England, 44, 139-142;

in Ireland, 44, 142;

in United States, 44, 147 f.;

in France, 139;

in Sweden, 140 f.;

in Dahomey, Liberia, in various parts of Europe, and in Samoa, 196;

among Muhammadans, 247;

among Christians at Haleb, 248;

in Darfour, 249;

in Samoa, 251.

Wedding:

sacrifice in Cyprus, 27;

threshold custom in Skarpanto, 31;

in Russia, 31 f.;

threshold or hearthstone covenant at, 226.

Weeping worship of Tammuz, 115.

Wely, a saint’s tomb, as place of worship in Egypt, 129.

Westropp and Wake: cited, 230.

White hand among American Indians, 90.

Wife:

word for, among Latins, 29;

and threshold in Arabic, 200, 256;

brush-topped pole, symbol of, 214.

Wilkins, W.J.G.: cited, 198, 235 f.

Wilkinson, Sir J.G.:

quotation from, 68 f.;

cited, 81, 96 f., 100, 106, 127 f., 201, 234 f.

Williams, S. Wells: cited, 40, 71, 96, 108, 158.

Williams, Talcott, quotation from, 62 f.

Window:

coffin passed out of, to avoid threshold, in Europe and America, 25;

opened and door closed at death in Europe and America, 25.

Winged sun disk:

over doors of temples in Egypt, 127;

and serpent in Egypt, 234.

Winnebagoes, prominence of hand among, 84.

Winter, feast at close of, among Slavonic peoples, 19.

Wisconsin, sacredness of threshold among Scandinavians in, 259.

Witham in Essex, marriage custom at, 140.

“Witness Heap” of covenant between Jacob and Laban, 171.

Woman:

buried in foundation of bridge of Arta, 52;

four ages of, symbolized among American Indians, 89 f.;

recognized as primitive altar, 197;

form of, pattern of altar form, 197;

and door in Hebrew Scriptures, 253;

in Arabic and German, 256.

Wood, Edward J.:

cited, 31, 44, 131, 138, 140-142;

quotation from, 139.

Wood-apple as witness of marriage, 259.

Woolwas, betrothal custom at threshold among, 34.

Worms, door of synagogue in, 144.

Worship:

at door in Egypt, 127 f.;

covenant, spirit of all true, 221;

origin of rites of, 226;

phallic, perversion of purer idea, 230;

Hindoo, mode of, 236;

of serpent in Bangalore, 258 f.

Wright, Julia McNair: cited, 24.

Ximenez, Francisco, missionary: cited, 73, 98.

Yama as first man and first priest in India, 99.

Yarriba, survival of foundation-laying in blood in, 51 f.

Yawning on threshold unpropitious, 11.

Yeha, monoliths in front of temple at, 131.

Yemen, marriage ceremonies in, 248.

Yezidis:

kissing doorway of temple among, 116;

reference to, 190.

Yoni, doorway of physical life, 198.

Yü, Chinese for threshold, 256.

Yucatan, doorways inscribed with red hand in, 81 f.

Yuhlui, tutelar god of threshold in China, 95 f.

Zabû, King, reference to, 154.

Zamzam, sacred spring at Meccah, 163.

Zariru, Babylonian gate plated with metal called, 111.

Zedekiah, king of Judah, sitting in gate of Benjamin, 64.

Zephaniah:

his curse on Assyria, and his reference to “drought in thresholds,” 115;

foretelling punishment on those that leap over threshold, 117.

Zeus:

House of, on Olympus, 132;

reference to, concerning boundary lines, 171;

image of, as boundary landmark, 172.

Ziggurat, early form of temple, 229.

Zindero, bloody threshold offering in, 8 f.

Zinga, boundaries in, 174.

Zion, laying foundation stone in, 162.

Zuñi Indians, red hand among, 91.

SCRIPTURAL INDEX.

GENESIS.

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2 : 8–10 115

2 : 25 239

3 : 1–13, 16 238

3 : 14, 15, 22–24 239

4 : 1, 17, 25 238

11 : 1–9 103

11 : 28 153

11 : 31 80

12 : 1–8 160

13 : 1–3 160

14 : 22 82

15 : 1–6 187, 211, 266

15 : 8–16, 20, 21 187, 211, 266

15 : 7 80, 187, 211, 266

15 : 17–19 187, 211, 244, 266

18 : 1–9 101

19 : 1–25 211

21 : 22–24 170, 244

21 : 25–33 170

22 : 1–13 161

22 : 17 65

25 : 17–19 244

28 : 10–22 112, 160

28 : 36 238

30 : 2 238

30 : 22 253

31 : 43–53 171

49 : 8–17 85

EXODUS.

2 : 23–25 205

3 : 1–6, 11, 12 161

3 : 7–10 161, 205

3 : 19 83

4 : 25, 26 244

5 : 1, 2 205

6 : 1–7 205

6 : 8 82

10 : 21, 29 205

11 : 4–7 206

12 : 1, 2 204, 212

12 : 3–21, 27 204

12 : 22 205, 214

12 : 23 206

13 : 3, 14, 16 83

21 : 2–4 210

21 : 5, 6 65, 210

22 : 2 260

23 : 8–10 119

26 : 1–14 101

29 : 4, 10–12 119

32 : 11 83

32 : 26 63

34 : 12–15 213, 214, 233

34 : 16 213, 214

39 : 32 101

40 : 6, 29 119

LEVITICUS.

1 : 3, 5 119

3 : 2 119

4 : 4, 7 119

8 : 1–36 119

9 : 1, 2 212

12 : 6 119

14 : 11, 23 119

15 : 14, 29 119

16 : 7 119

17 : 2–6, 8, 9 119

17 : 7 119, 213

19 : 21 119

20 : 5–8 213

23 : 5 212

NUMBERS.

6 : 10–18 119

12 : 5 119

14 : 30 82

15 : 39, 40 213

20 : 6 119

21 : 4–9 239

27 : 22, 23 85

35 : 6, 32 151

DEUTERONOMY.

3 : 24 83

4 : 34 83

4 : 41–43 151

5 : 15 83

6 : 4–9 69

6 : 9 69

6 : 21 83

7 : 5 214, 233

7 : 8, 19 83

7 : 13 238

9 : 26 83

11 : 2 83

11 : 13–21 96

12 : 3 214

12 : 31 267

14 : 17 65

16 : 21, 22 233

19 : 1–13 151

19 : 14 170

20 : 5 69

20 : 10–13 262

22 : 13–21 252

25 : 1–9 229

27 : 17 170

28 : 4, 18, 53 238

29 : 12 266

30 : 9 238

31 : 15 119

31 : 16 213

JOSHUA.

2 : 1–20 206, 211

2 : 21 206

5 : 10–12 211

6 : 12–15 211

6 : 16, 17 206, 211

6 : 18–25 206

6 : 26 47

10 : 3–35 58

12 : 11 58

15 : 39 58

20 : 1–9 151

JUDGES.

2 : 17 213

3 : 7 214

7 : 1–25 211

8 : 27, 33 213

11 : 39 238

16 : 3 255

19 : 25 64, 238

19 : 26, 28–30 64

19 : 27 64, 207

RUTH.

4 : 1–10 64

1 SAMUEL.

1 : 19 238

4 : 19 253

5 : 1–5 117

29 : 6 109

2 SAMUEL.

3 : 25 109

6 : 1–19 161

15 : 2–4 64

19 : 8 64

24 : 15–25 161

1 KINGS.

1 : 4 238

2 : 28 58

4 : 24 210

7 : 50 253

14 : 17 207

16 : 34 47

2 KINGS.

5 : 17 161

9 : 22, 23 213

12 : 9 121, 207

12 : 13 207

14 : 19 58

16 : 3 267

17 : 17, 31 267

18 : 4 239

18 : 14–19 58

19 : 20–26, 28–36 211

19 : 27 109, 211

21 : 6 267

22 : 4 121, 207

23 : 10 267

23 : 4 121, 207, 214

25 : 18 121, 207

1 CHRONICLES.

5 : 25 213

9 : 19, 22 207

15 : 23, 24 120

2 CHRONICLES.

3 : 7 207

6 : 32 83

21 : 11 213

23 : 4 120, 207

23 : 5 120

32 : 1–22 211

33 : 3 214

33 : 6 267

33 : 8 120

34 : 9 120, 207

NEHEMIAH.

9 : 7 153

9 : 15 82

ESTHER.

2 : 21 207

6 : 2 207

9 : 12–19 211

JOB.

1 : 21 114

3 : 1–10 252

24 : 2 170

PSALMS.

24 : 2 181

63 : 4 82

73 : 27 213

84 : 10 120

121 : 7 109

121 : 8 70, 109

127 : 3 238

128 : 3 238

132 : 11 238

136 : 38, 39 213

PROVERBS.

3 : 18 238

8 : 34 64

11 : 30 238

22 : 28 170

23 : 10 170

26 : 14 253

ECCLESIASTES.

5 : 15 144

SONG OF SONGS.

4 : 16 238

8 : 8, 9 252

ISAIAH.

3 : 17 253

6 : 4 207

13 : 18 238

24 : 12 66

28 : 16 162

29 : 21 64

37 : 28 109

49 : 22 82

57 : 3 213

57 : 14 112

58 : 12 162

62 : 10 112

JEREMIAH.

3 : 1–15, 20 213

7 : 31 267

13 : 27 213

19 : 5 267

31 : 31, 32 213

34 : 18 266

35 : 4 120, 207

38 : 7–9 64

50 : 26 112

52 : 19 207

52 : 24 120, 207

EZEKIEL.

6 : 9 213

9 : 3 118

10 : 4 118

12 : 2–7 260

16 : 1–7, 9–20, 22–63 213

16 : 8 268

16 : 21 213, 267

19 : 10 238

20 : 26, 31 267

20 : 30 213

20 : 34 83

23 : 1–36, 38–49 213

23 : 37 213, 267

40 : 6, 7 207

41 : 16 207

43 : 8 118, 207

43 : 11 109

46 : 2 118

47 : 1–9 115

DANIEL.

2 : 49 64

5 : 1–30 211

9 : 15 83

HOSEA.

1 : 2 213

2 : 2 213

3 : 1 213

4 : 12–19 213

5 : 3, 4 213

6 : 6, 7, 10 213

AMOS.

5 : 15 64

7 : 8 267

9 : 1 107

MICAH.

6 : 7 238

ZEPHANIAH.

1 : 9 117

2 : 13 115

2 : 14 115, 207

ZECHARIAH.

8 : 16 64

12 : 1, 3 208

12 : 2 207, 208

MATTHEW.

1 : 25 238

6 : 19, 20 260

9 : 14, 15 219

16 : 18 65

16 : 21 215

24 : 43 260

26 : 1–5, 17–30 215

MARK.

2 : 19, 20 219

14 : 12–28 215

LUKE.

5 : 34, 35 219

12 : 39 260

17 : 19, 20 64

22 : 7–20 215

JOHN.

2 : 13 215

3 : 14, 15 239

3 : 16 217

3 : 28–30 218

7 : 1–9 215

10 : 1, 10 6, 261

10 : 2 6

10 : 9 6, 104

13 : 1 215

ACTS.

2 : 30 238

3 : 3, 10 55

4 : 4 85

6 : 6 85

8 : 18 85

13 : 3 85

14 : 8–14 135

19 : 6 85

1 CORINTHIANS.

3 : 10, 11 162

5 : 7, 8 216

11 : 3 219

2 CORINTHIANS.

2 : 16 228

EPHESIANS.

2 : 20, 21 162

3 : 14, 15 217

5 : 23–33 219

1 TIMOTHY.

4 : 14 85

6 : 7 114

HEBREWS.

6 : 2 85

8 : 8, 9 213

10 : 20 186

10 : 28, 29 218

1 PETER.

2 : 5, 6 162

REVELATION.

6 : 9, 10 25

19 : 6–9 220

20 : 1, 2 240

21 : 1–9, 12, 22–27 221, 240

21 : 10, 11, 13–21 240

22 : 1, 2 115, 240

22 : 14, 15 240

22 : 17, 20 221

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