Cairo:Arab sitting in judgment at gate of,60;protecting genius of different quarters of,96f.Calling on name of God at threshold,29.Calpë and Abyla as boundary marks,181.Cam, Diego, discoverer of Congo River,182.Campbell, John: cited,39.Canaan:gateway between Egypt and,105;Israelites entering into,211;people of, treatment of,232.Candle on threshold in Russia,41-44.Candlestick, five branched, similar to sign of hand,77.Cão, Diego, reference to,182.Cardea, Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.Carlyle, Thomas: cited,183.Carpathos. SeeSkarpanto.Carthage:uplifted hand above door in,78;prominence of door in,107;prominence of temple threshold in,130.Cassotis spring, reference to,135.Catholic Church, Roman:holy water in,147;on marriage,222.Catlin, George: quotation from, and reference to,86.Cave, fire at entrance of,23.Central America:threshold custom in,34;blood smeared on doorways in,72;red hand stamped on doorways and walls in,81f.;“the god of houses” in,98;sacrifice of boys in,145.Ceremony:wedding threshold in North Germany,18;of laying threshold in India,95.Ceylon, Adam settling in,164.Chahalka, “the god of houses,” in Central America,98.Chamberlain, Basil Hall: cited,101,104.Chambers’s Journal, reference to,175.Charans, appeal at threshold for justice among,61.Chardin, Sir John: cited,124.Charms:on threshold and door in Uganda,15;under door-step in Russia,19;fastened above door in China,71;on doors and door-posts in China,71,95;worn in Jerusalem,75f.Chase, W.G., quotation from,51.Chateaubraud, Viscount de: cited,147.Chaucer, Geoffrey, quotation from,139.Cheetham, Samuel. SeeSmith and Cheetham.Chelly canyon, red-hand symbol in,87.Cheyennes, red hand among,87.Chicago, Columbian Exposition at, reference to,57.Chief rabbi, in Jerusalem, sacrifice at threshold in installing,67.Child:held over threshold after baptism,18f.;buried in ramparts of Copenhagen,49;buried under citadel of Dyetinets,50;adopted into family by clasping hands in Babylonia,80;striking, on birthday,176.Children:custom of, relative to boundary lines,13;buried under threshold in Russia,18;buried in foundations,49f.;sacrifice of, in Central America,145.China:body to be removed over wall,23;fire on threshold in marriage in,39;bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;human sacrifice to make sure foundations in,48;coins and charms under door-sill in,71;sacred inscriptions on side-posts and lintel in,71;tutelar gods of threshold in,95f.;temple and house in architecture,101;doorways apart from temples in,104;sacredness of temple in,158;nuptial customs of,196;phallic emblems in,230;marriage customs in,245.Chinese:custom of avoiding threshold,23f.;native clergyman, testimony of,48;year, festival of fifth month of,71;junk, sacrifice on bow of,71f.;honorary portals and ancestral tablets,108;classics, most ancient of,185;emperor passing boundary line of empire,185;characters for threshold, door, border, and woman,256.“Chinese gods of the threshold,”96.Chipiez, Charles. SeePerrot and Chipiez.“Christ, spouse of,”222.“Christening” ship, custom of,8.Christian:lands, niches for heroes in, survival primitive doorway in tomb in,108;passover, reference to,216.Christian churches:of Europe, burials under altar of,25;tradition of burial of lamb under altar of,56;symbol of horseshoe at threshold of,74.Christian Fathers, reference to,97.Christians:inscribed gates of, in East,70;in Syria, sign of hand among,76f.;warned not to dishonor their gates with laurel crowns,97;admonished not to make their gates heathen temples,98;kissing threshold of church in Persia,124.Church House in Philadelphia, reference to,55.Church of England bishops replying to Presbyterians on position of baptismal font,137.Churches always on hill or in grove in Abyssinia,130f.Cicero, hearth-fire and Penates in time of,41.Cimon, gate of, in Propylæa,159.Circumcision as practiced in Madagascar,149.Cities of refuge:Hebrew law as to,151;in Hawaii,151.Clapping of hands at threshold in Japan,126.Classic writers: their explanation of threshold custom,39.“Cleansing the threshold” at wedding in Russia,32.Clement of Alexandria, reference to,239.Clothing stamped with red hand,87.Coal under threshold among Magyars,19f.Cock sacrificed:in Ireland,21;at foundation in Russia,54f.Cockle, Montague, reference to,233.Coffee as Muhammadan substitute for blood,5.Columbian Exposition, reference to,57.Com, tomb of kings of Persia at,124.Comanches:prominence of red hand among,87;reference to,88.Communion feasts, origin of,226.Concord, beating bounds in,176.Conder, Maj. C.R.:quotation from,10,28f.:cited,123.Confucius, reference to,256f.Confucian temple, doorways apart from,104.Congo River, boundary pillar erected in mouth of,182.Constantinople, red hand stamp in,77.Contemporary Review, reference to,229.Convent, trace of foundation sacrifice in rebuilding,56.Cook, Capt. James:cited,202;quotation from,250f.Coote, H.C.: cited,50,55f.Copenhagen, immuring of child in ramparts of,49.Copts, sacrifice of sheep at threshold among,26,45.Coral hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.Cord stretched across door to prevent bridal couple entering,33f.Corn:and water used in threshold ceremony,16f.;mixed with milk and sugar as offering,17;thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.Corner-stone:laying as survival of primitive sacredness,22;recognized as beginning or limit of threshold of Babylonian buildings,22;ceremonies in civilized lands,55;laying of, in America,55,147.Cornhill Magazine, reference to,48-50,56.Corinthian Christians, Paul to,216.Corpse:not to cross threshold in India, China, and Italy,23f.,in Alaska,24;passed out under threshold in Russia,24.Correspondences of legends of Babylonia, Syria, Egypt and Greece as to door and threshold,115.Cossacks, disputes over boundary lines among,175.Cotton seeds thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.Coulanges, Numa D.F. de: cited,41,99,156.Covenant:through blood in Egypt,3;Syria,3-5;symbolized by uplifted hand,81;sacrifice at threshold with God of life,94;worship place of,165.Covenanting:by crossing threshold,5-10;by stepping over blood on door-sill,9.Cow:gift from sacred, in India,16;driven over iron bar on threshold,17;sacrifice of, in Ireland,21.Cowdung cake at seed-time in India,16.Cranch, C.P., quotation from,130.Croix, de la, J.F., reference to,124.Cross:sign of, in curing disorder,18;drawn on threshold to keep off hags,18;under threshold of new house in Lithuania,18.Crowbar at threshold,17.Crux ansataorankh,201.Cunningham, Alexander: reference to,156f.Curse:for removing threshold altar,169f.;for removal of neighbor’s landmark,170.Curtea de Argest, superstition regarding sacrifice at building of,52.Curtin, Jeremiah: cited,142f.Cushing, Frank H., communication from,86-93.Cyprus:fowl sacrificed at door in,27;prominence of door in,107.Cyrus, reference to,154.Dacotahs, symbol of hand among,84.Dagon, his overthrow,116f.Dahabiyeh, threshold custom on purchasing,8.Dahomey, nuptial customs of,245.Dalmatia, kissing threshold in,31.Damascus, Hajj procession approaching,186.Dances of American Indians, prominence of hand in,83f.Dancing custom in Central America,247.Danes:immuring of girl in city walls among,49;lamb buried under every altar of,56.Daniel in gate of king,64.Darfour, marriage ceremonies in,249.Darmesteter, James:cited,58;reference to,99.David:sitting in gate,64;erecting altar to Lord,161.De Amicis, Edmondo: cited,77.De Coulanges, Numa D.F. de:cited,41,156;reference to,99.De Hesse-Wartegg, Chevalier: cited,79.Dead:not to cross threshold in India, China,23f.,Korea, Russia, Italy, Alaska,24;taken over wall in China,23f.;taken under threshold in Russia,24;prayers for, inscribed on false door of tombs of Egypt,106.“Dead, Book of the,” references to,128f.,257.“Dead, Gate of the,” in Korea,24.Death following building of new house,54.“Death Week” among Slavonic peoples,19.Dedications on doorways by primitive peoples,69.Deer carried over threshold in betrothal in Central America,34.Deity:appeal to, in East,3f.;of ancient Egypt with uplifted hands,81;of threshold, reference to,109;of gates of Hades,113.Delhi and serpent,236.Delitzsch, Franz, reference to,254.Delitzsch, Friedrich, reference to,100.Delphi:treasures of, described,133;Neoptolemus attacking Orestes in,134;temple of Apollo at,134f.;Apollo at, represented by female oracle,236.Deluge:reference to,103;destruction of Holy House in,163.Detinetz, burial in foundations in,50.Development and origin of man,223.D’Herbelot, quotation from,10f.Diabateria, meaning of,208.Dido, Queen, Æneas at court of,130.Dieulafoy, M.: cited,60.“Digging through” in New Testament,260.Dillmann, Christian F.A., reference to,254.Ditya, reference to,50.Dives, Lazarus at gate of,64.Divination and exorcism in Italy,17.Documents signed in blood or ink,94.Domestic divinities, protection from, in Lithuania,18f.“Domovoi:”household deity of Russia, sacrifice for,19;invoked at threshold,23.Donaldson, T., reference to,86.Donaldson, T.L., references to,121,134,231.Donatus: cited,29f.Doolittle, Rev. Justus: cited,71.Door:animal sacrifices at house-door in Egypt,3,7,8,9,14,15,among Pythagoreans,12f.,among Slavonic peoples,19,among Dyaks of Borneo,20,in Ireland,21,among Arabs,22f.,in Syria,26,45,in Turkey, Cyprus, and Central Africa,27,in Egypt,45,all over world,46,in Greece,53,in Russia,54,in Arabia,58-60,in Morocco,63,67,in Turkey,66f.,in Jerusalem,67,in China,72,in Palestine,76,in tabernacle in Wilderness,118f.,in South Sea Islands,148;blood welcome at, in Syria and Egypt,3-10,Central Africa,8f.,West Africa,9,Egypt,7,205;charms placed at, in Uganda,15,in Russia,19,in China,71,in Jerusalem,75f.;dead not to pass out of,23-25;human sacrifice at, in Central Africa,8f.,references to,46-48,51f.,144f.,in China and Algiers,48,in Denmark and Thuringia,49,on Danube and in Alaska,49f.,in Bremen, Scotland, and Ireland,50,in Arta, Tricha, and Wallachia,52,in Turkey,52f.,in India,61,122f.,in Tibet,125,in Central America,145f.;kissing right hand at,69f.,144,serpent at, in Yezidis temple,116,of holy places,116,at mosk in Persia,123f.,at tomb of Alee,124;sacredness of,10-25,102,174,260,in Persia,12,123f.,references to,25-36,among Nestorians,124,among Scandinavians in America,259f.,in Bible times,261;stepping over blood at, in Syria and Egypt,4f.,7f.,26,45f.,in West Africa,9,in marriage in Cyprus,27,among Armenians,27,in Central Africa,28;reference to,254,256.Door-key, finger-shaped, symbolic use of,244.Dörpfeld, Dr., reference to,159.Dough:on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;under threshold among Moksha,42.Douglas, Robert K.:cited,40;reference to,105.Dozy, Reinhart, reference to,200.Dragon representing unholy desire,240.Du Bois, Abbé J.A.: cited,23.Dumuzi and Ishtar, legend of,113,115.Dwelling-place, man’s first,165.Dyaks of Borneo:blood sprinkled at door among,20;marriage custom among,34.Dyetina, reference to,50.Dyetinets, burial in foundations in,50.Dying person passed through hole in wall in Alaska,24.
Cairo:Arab sitting in judgment at gate of,60;protecting genius of different quarters of,96f.Calling on name of God at threshold,29.Calpë and Abyla as boundary marks,181.Cam, Diego, discoverer of Congo River,182.Campbell, John: cited,39.Canaan:gateway between Egypt and,105;Israelites entering into,211;people of, treatment of,232.Candle on threshold in Russia,41-44.Candlestick, five branched, similar to sign of hand,77.Cão, Diego, reference to,182.Cardea, Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.Carlyle, Thomas: cited,183.Carpathos. SeeSkarpanto.Carthage:uplifted hand above door in,78;prominence of door in,107;prominence of temple threshold in,130.Cassotis spring, reference to,135.Catholic Church, Roman:holy water in,147;on marriage,222.Catlin, George: quotation from, and reference to,86.Cave, fire at entrance of,23.Central America:threshold custom in,34;blood smeared on doorways in,72;red hand stamped on doorways and walls in,81f.;“the god of houses” in,98;sacrifice of boys in,145.Ceremony:wedding threshold in North Germany,18;of laying threshold in India,95.Ceylon, Adam settling in,164.Chahalka, “the god of houses,” in Central America,98.Chamberlain, Basil Hall: cited,101,104.Chambers’s Journal, reference to,175.Charans, appeal at threshold for justice among,61.Chardin, Sir John: cited,124.Charms:on threshold and door in Uganda,15;under door-step in Russia,19;fastened above door in China,71;on doors and door-posts in China,71,95;worn in Jerusalem,75f.Chase, W.G., quotation from,51.Chateaubraud, Viscount de: cited,147.Chaucer, Geoffrey, quotation from,139.Cheetham, Samuel. SeeSmith and Cheetham.Chelly canyon, red-hand symbol in,87.Cheyennes, red hand among,87.Chicago, Columbian Exposition at, reference to,57.Chief rabbi, in Jerusalem, sacrifice at threshold in installing,67.Child:held over threshold after baptism,18f.;buried in ramparts of Copenhagen,49;buried under citadel of Dyetinets,50;adopted into family by clasping hands in Babylonia,80;striking, on birthday,176.Children:custom of, relative to boundary lines,13;buried under threshold in Russia,18;buried in foundations,49f.;sacrifice of, in Central America,145.China:body to be removed over wall,23;fire on threshold in marriage in,39;bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;human sacrifice to make sure foundations in,48;coins and charms under door-sill in,71;sacred inscriptions on side-posts and lintel in,71;tutelar gods of threshold in,95f.;temple and house in architecture,101;doorways apart from temples in,104;sacredness of temple in,158;nuptial customs of,196;phallic emblems in,230;marriage customs in,245.Chinese:custom of avoiding threshold,23f.;native clergyman, testimony of,48;year, festival of fifth month of,71;junk, sacrifice on bow of,71f.;honorary portals and ancestral tablets,108;classics, most ancient of,185;emperor passing boundary line of empire,185;characters for threshold, door, border, and woman,256.“Chinese gods of the threshold,”96.Chipiez, Charles. SeePerrot and Chipiez.“Christ, spouse of,”222.“Christening” ship, custom of,8.Christian:lands, niches for heroes in, survival primitive doorway in tomb in,108;passover, reference to,216.Christian churches:of Europe, burials under altar of,25;tradition of burial of lamb under altar of,56;symbol of horseshoe at threshold of,74.Christian Fathers, reference to,97.Christians:inscribed gates of, in East,70;in Syria, sign of hand among,76f.;warned not to dishonor their gates with laurel crowns,97;admonished not to make their gates heathen temples,98;kissing threshold of church in Persia,124.Church House in Philadelphia, reference to,55.Church of England bishops replying to Presbyterians on position of baptismal font,137.Churches always on hill or in grove in Abyssinia,130f.Cicero, hearth-fire and Penates in time of,41.Cimon, gate of, in Propylæa,159.Circumcision as practiced in Madagascar,149.Cities of refuge:Hebrew law as to,151;in Hawaii,151.Clapping of hands at threshold in Japan,126.Classic writers: their explanation of threshold custom,39.“Cleansing the threshold” at wedding in Russia,32.Clement of Alexandria, reference to,239.Clothing stamped with red hand,87.Coal under threshold among Magyars,19f.Cock sacrificed:in Ireland,21;at foundation in Russia,54f.Cockle, Montague, reference to,233.Coffee as Muhammadan substitute for blood,5.Columbian Exposition, reference to,57.Com, tomb of kings of Persia at,124.Comanches:prominence of red hand among,87;reference to,88.Communion feasts, origin of,226.Concord, beating bounds in,176.Conder, Maj. C.R.:quotation from,10,28f.:cited,123.Confucius, reference to,256f.Confucian temple, doorways apart from,104.Congo River, boundary pillar erected in mouth of,182.Constantinople, red hand stamp in,77.Contemporary Review, reference to,229.Convent, trace of foundation sacrifice in rebuilding,56.Cook, Capt. James:cited,202;quotation from,250f.Coote, H.C.: cited,50,55f.Copenhagen, immuring of child in ramparts of,49.Copts, sacrifice of sheep at threshold among,26,45.Coral hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.Cord stretched across door to prevent bridal couple entering,33f.Corn:and water used in threshold ceremony,16f.;mixed with milk and sugar as offering,17;thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.Corner-stone:laying as survival of primitive sacredness,22;recognized as beginning or limit of threshold of Babylonian buildings,22;ceremonies in civilized lands,55;laying of, in America,55,147.Cornhill Magazine, reference to,48-50,56.Corinthian Christians, Paul to,216.Corpse:not to cross threshold in India, China, and Italy,23f.,in Alaska,24;passed out under threshold in Russia,24.Correspondences of legends of Babylonia, Syria, Egypt and Greece as to door and threshold,115.Cossacks, disputes over boundary lines among,175.Cotton seeds thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.Coulanges, Numa D.F. de: cited,41,99,156.Covenant:through blood in Egypt,3;Syria,3-5;symbolized by uplifted hand,81;sacrifice at threshold with God of life,94;worship place of,165.Covenanting:by crossing threshold,5-10;by stepping over blood on door-sill,9.Cow:gift from sacred, in India,16;driven over iron bar on threshold,17;sacrifice of, in Ireland,21.Cowdung cake at seed-time in India,16.Cranch, C.P., quotation from,130.Croix, de la, J.F., reference to,124.Cross:sign of, in curing disorder,18;drawn on threshold to keep off hags,18;under threshold of new house in Lithuania,18.Crowbar at threshold,17.Crux ansataorankh,201.Cunningham, Alexander: reference to,156f.Curse:for removing threshold altar,169f.;for removal of neighbor’s landmark,170.Curtea de Argest, superstition regarding sacrifice at building of,52.Curtin, Jeremiah: cited,142f.Cushing, Frank H., communication from,86-93.Cyprus:fowl sacrificed at door in,27;prominence of door in,107.Cyrus, reference to,154.Dacotahs, symbol of hand among,84.Dagon, his overthrow,116f.Dahabiyeh, threshold custom on purchasing,8.Dahomey, nuptial customs of,245.Dalmatia, kissing threshold in,31.Damascus, Hajj procession approaching,186.Dances of American Indians, prominence of hand in,83f.Dancing custom in Central America,247.Danes:immuring of girl in city walls among,49;lamb buried under every altar of,56.Daniel in gate of king,64.Darfour, marriage ceremonies in,249.Darmesteter, James:cited,58;reference to,99.David:sitting in gate,64;erecting altar to Lord,161.De Amicis, Edmondo: cited,77.De Coulanges, Numa D.F. de:cited,41,156;reference to,99.De Hesse-Wartegg, Chevalier: cited,79.Dead:not to cross threshold in India, China,23f.,Korea, Russia, Italy, Alaska,24;taken over wall in China,23f.;taken under threshold in Russia,24;prayers for, inscribed on false door of tombs of Egypt,106.“Dead, Book of the,” references to,128f.,257.“Dead, Gate of the,” in Korea,24.Death following building of new house,54.“Death Week” among Slavonic peoples,19.Dedications on doorways by primitive peoples,69.Deer carried over threshold in betrothal in Central America,34.Deity:appeal to, in East,3f.;of ancient Egypt with uplifted hands,81;of threshold, reference to,109;of gates of Hades,113.Delhi and serpent,236.Delitzsch, Franz, reference to,254.Delitzsch, Friedrich, reference to,100.Delphi:treasures of, described,133;Neoptolemus attacking Orestes in,134;temple of Apollo at,134f.;Apollo at, represented by female oracle,236.Deluge:reference to,103;destruction of Holy House in,163.Detinetz, burial in foundations in,50.Development and origin of man,223.D’Herbelot, quotation from,10f.Diabateria, meaning of,208.Dido, Queen, Æneas at court of,130.Dieulafoy, M.: cited,60.“Digging through” in New Testament,260.Dillmann, Christian F.A., reference to,254.Ditya, reference to,50.Dives, Lazarus at gate of,64.Divination and exorcism in Italy,17.Documents signed in blood or ink,94.Domestic divinities, protection from, in Lithuania,18f.“Domovoi:”household deity of Russia, sacrifice for,19;invoked at threshold,23.Donaldson, T., reference to,86.Donaldson, T.L., references to,121,134,231.Donatus: cited,29f.Doolittle, Rev. Justus: cited,71.Door:animal sacrifices at house-door in Egypt,3,7,8,9,14,15,among Pythagoreans,12f.,among Slavonic peoples,19,among Dyaks of Borneo,20,in Ireland,21,among Arabs,22f.,in Syria,26,45,in Turkey, Cyprus, and Central Africa,27,in Egypt,45,all over world,46,in Greece,53,in Russia,54,in Arabia,58-60,in Morocco,63,67,in Turkey,66f.,in Jerusalem,67,in China,72,in Palestine,76,in tabernacle in Wilderness,118f.,in South Sea Islands,148;blood welcome at, in Syria and Egypt,3-10,Central Africa,8f.,West Africa,9,Egypt,7,205;charms placed at, in Uganda,15,in Russia,19,in China,71,in Jerusalem,75f.;dead not to pass out of,23-25;human sacrifice at, in Central Africa,8f.,references to,46-48,51f.,144f.,in China and Algiers,48,in Denmark and Thuringia,49,on Danube and in Alaska,49f.,in Bremen, Scotland, and Ireland,50,in Arta, Tricha, and Wallachia,52,in Turkey,52f.,in India,61,122f.,in Tibet,125,in Central America,145f.;kissing right hand at,69f.,144,serpent at, in Yezidis temple,116,of holy places,116,at mosk in Persia,123f.,at tomb of Alee,124;sacredness of,10-25,102,174,260,in Persia,12,123f.,references to,25-36,among Nestorians,124,among Scandinavians in America,259f.,in Bible times,261;stepping over blood at, in Syria and Egypt,4f.,7f.,26,45f.,in West Africa,9,in marriage in Cyprus,27,among Armenians,27,in Central Africa,28;reference to,254,256.Door-key, finger-shaped, symbolic use of,244.Dörpfeld, Dr., reference to,159.Dough:on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;under threshold among Moksha,42.Douglas, Robert K.:cited,40;reference to,105.Dozy, Reinhart, reference to,200.Dragon representing unholy desire,240.Du Bois, Abbé J.A.: cited,23.Dumuzi and Ishtar, legend of,113,115.Dwelling-place, man’s first,165.Dyaks of Borneo:blood sprinkled at door among,20;marriage custom among,34.Dyetina, reference to,50.Dyetinets, burial in foundations in,50.Dying person passed through hole in wall in Alaska,24.
Cairo:Arab sitting in judgment at gate of,60;protecting genius of different quarters of,96f.Calling on name of God at threshold,29.Calpë and Abyla as boundary marks,181.Cam, Diego, discoverer of Congo River,182.Campbell, John: cited,39.Canaan:gateway between Egypt and,105;Israelites entering into,211;people of, treatment of,232.Candle on threshold in Russia,41-44.Candlestick, five branched, similar to sign of hand,77.Cão, Diego, reference to,182.Cardea, Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.Carlyle, Thomas: cited,183.Carpathos. SeeSkarpanto.Carthage:uplifted hand above door in,78;prominence of door in,107;prominence of temple threshold in,130.Cassotis spring, reference to,135.Catholic Church, Roman:holy water in,147;on marriage,222.Catlin, George: quotation from, and reference to,86.Cave, fire at entrance of,23.Central America:threshold custom in,34;blood smeared on doorways in,72;red hand stamped on doorways and walls in,81f.;“the god of houses” in,98;sacrifice of boys in,145.Ceremony:wedding threshold in North Germany,18;of laying threshold in India,95.Ceylon, Adam settling in,164.Chahalka, “the god of houses,” in Central America,98.Chamberlain, Basil Hall: cited,101,104.Chambers’s Journal, reference to,175.Charans, appeal at threshold for justice among,61.Chardin, Sir John: cited,124.Charms:on threshold and door in Uganda,15;under door-step in Russia,19;fastened above door in China,71;on doors and door-posts in China,71,95;worn in Jerusalem,75f.Chase, W.G., quotation from,51.Chateaubraud, Viscount de: cited,147.Chaucer, Geoffrey, quotation from,139.Cheetham, Samuel. SeeSmith and Cheetham.Chelly canyon, red-hand symbol in,87.Cheyennes, red hand among,87.Chicago, Columbian Exposition at, reference to,57.Chief rabbi, in Jerusalem, sacrifice at threshold in installing,67.Child:held over threshold after baptism,18f.;buried in ramparts of Copenhagen,49;buried under citadel of Dyetinets,50;adopted into family by clasping hands in Babylonia,80;striking, on birthday,176.Children:custom of, relative to boundary lines,13;buried under threshold in Russia,18;buried in foundations,49f.;sacrifice of, in Central America,145.China:body to be removed over wall,23;fire on threshold in marriage in,39;bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;human sacrifice to make sure foundations in,48;coins and charms under door-sill in,71;sacred inscriptions on side-posts and lintel in,71;tutelar gods of threshold in,95f.;temple and house in architecture,101;doorways apart from temples in,104;sacredness of temple in,158;nuptial customs of,196;phallic emblems in,230;marriage customs in,245.Chinese:custom of avoiding threshold,23f.;native clergyman, testimony of,48;year, festival of fifth month of,71;junk, sacrifice on bow of,71f.;honorary portals and ancestral tablets,108;classics, most ancient of,185;emperor passing boundary line of empire,185;characters for threshold, door, border, and woman,256.“Chinese gods of the threshold,”96.Chipiez, Charles. SeePerrot and Chipiez.“Christ, spouse of,”222.“Christening” ship, custom of,8.Christian:lands, niches for heroes in, survival primitive doorway in tomb in,108;passover, reference to,216.Christian churches:of Europe, burials under altar of,25;tradition of burial of lamb under altar of,56;symbol of horseshoe at threshold of,74.Christian Fathers, reference to,97.Christians:inscribed gates of, in East,70;in Syria, sign of hand among,76f.;warned not to dishonor their gates with laurel crowns,97;admonished not to make their gates heathen temples,98;kissing threshold of church in Persia,124.Church House in Philadelphia, reference to,55.Church of England bishops replying to Presbyterians on position of baptismal font,137.Churches always on hill or in grove in Abyssinia,130f.Cicero, hearth-fire and Penates in time of,41.Cimon, gate of, in Propylæa,159.Circumcision as practiced in Madagascar,149.Cities of refuge:Hebrew law as to,151;in Hawaii,151.Clapping of hands at threshold in Japan,126.Classic writers: their explanation of threshold custom,39.“Cleansing the threshold” at wedding in Russia,32.Clement of Alexandria, reference to,239.Clothing stamped with red hand,87.Coal under threshold among Magyars,19f.Cock sacrificed:in Ireland,21;at foundation in Russia,54f.Cockle, Montague, reference to,233.Coffee as Muhammadan substitute for blood,5.Columbian Exposition, reference to,57.Com, tomb of kings of Persia at,124.Comanches:prominence of red hand among,87;reference to,88.Communion feasts, origin of,226.Concord, beating bounds in,176.Conder, Maj. C.R.:quotation from,10,28f.:cited,123.Confucius, reference to,256f.Confucian temple, doorways apart from,104.Congo River, boundary pillar erected in mouth of,182.Constantinople, red hand stamp in,77.Contemporary Review, reference to,229.Convent, trace of foundation sacrifice in rebuilding,56.Cook, Capt. James:cited,202;quotation from,250f.Coote, H.C.: cited,50,55f.Copenhagen, immuring of child in ramparts of,49.Copts, sacrifice of sheep at threshold among,26,45.Coral hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.Cord stretched across door to prevent bridal couple entering,33f.Corn:and water used in threshold ceremony,16f.;mixed with milk and sugar as offering,17;thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.Corner-stone:laying as survival of primitive sacredness,22;recognized as beginning or limit of threshold of Babylonian buildings,22;ceremonies in civilized lands,55;laying of, in America,55,147.Cornhill Magazine, reference to,48-50,56.Corinthian Christians, Paul to,216.Corpse:not to cross threshold in India, China, and Italy,23f.,in Alaska,24;passed out under threshold in Russia,24.Correspondences of legends of Babylonia, Syria, Egypt and Greece as to door and threshold,115.Cossacks, disputes over boundary lines among,175.Cotton seeds thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.Coulanges, Numa D.F. de: cited,41,99,156.Covenant:through blood in Egypt,3;Syria,3-5;symbolized by uplifted hand,81;sacrifice at threshold with God of life,94;worship place of,165.Covenanting:by crossing threshold,5-10;by stepping over blood on door-sill,9.Cow:gift from sacred, in India,16;driven over iron bar on threshold,17;sacrifice of, in Ireland,21.Cowdung cake at seed-time in India,16.Cranch, C.P., quotation from,130.Croix, de la, J.F., reference to,124.Cross:sign of, in curing disorder,18;drawn on threshold to keep off hags,18;under threshold of new house in Lithuania,18.Crowbar at threshold,17.Crux ansataorankh,201.Cunningham, Alexander: reference to,156f.Curse:for removing threshold altar,169f.;for removal of neighbor’s landmark,170.Curtea de Argest, superstition regarding sacrifice at building of,52.Curtin, Jeremiah: cited,142f.Cushing, Frank H., communication from,86-93.Cyprus:fowl sacrificed at door in,27;prominence of door in,107.Cyrus, reference to,154.
Cairo:
Arab sitting in judgment at gate of,60;
protecting genius of different quarters of,96f.
Calling on name of God at threshold,29.
Calpë and Abyla as boundary marks,181.
Cam, Diego, discoverer of Congo River,182.
Campbell, John: cited,39.
Canaan:
gateway between Egypt and,105;
Israelites entering into,211;
people of, treatment of,232.
Candle on threshold in Russia,41-44.
Candlestick, five branched, similar to sign of hand,77.
Cão, Diego, reference to,182.
Cardea, Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.
Carlyle, Thomas: cited,183.
Carpathos. SeeSkarpanto.
Carthage:
uplifted hand above door in,78;
prominence of door in,107;
prominence of temple threshold in,130.
Cassotis spring, reference to,135.
Catholic Church, Roman:
holy water in,147;
on marriage,222.
Catlin, George: quotation from, and reference to,86.
Cave, fire at entrance of,23.
Central America:
threshold custom in,34;
blood smeared on doorways in,72;
red hand stamped on doorways and walls in,81f.;
“the god of houses” in,98;
sacrifice of boys in,145.
Ceremony:
wedding threshold in North Germany,18;
of laying threshold in India,95.
Ceylon, Adam settling in,164.
Chahalka, “the god of houses,” in Central America,98.
Chamberlain, Basil Hall: cited,101,104.
Chambers’s Journal, reference to,175.
Charans, appeal at threshold for justice among,61.
Chardin, Sir John: cited,124.
Charms:
on threshold and door in Uganda,15;
under door-step in Russia,19;
fastened above door in China,71;
on doors and door-posts in China,71,95;
worn in Jerusalem,75f.
Chase, W.G., quotation from,51.
Chateaubraud, Viscount de: cited,147.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, quotation from,139.
Cheetham, Samuel. SeeSmith and Cheetham.
Chelly canyon, red-hand symbol in,87.
Cheyennes, red hand among,87.
Chicago, Columbian Exposition at, reference to,57.
Chief rabbi, in Jerusalem, sacrifice at threshold in installing,67.
Child:
held over threshold after baptism,18f.;
buried in ramparts of Copenhagen,49;
buried under citadel of Dyetinets,50;
adopted into family by clasping hands in Babylonia,80;
striking, on birthday,176.
Children:
custom of, relative to boundary lines,13;
buried under threshold in Russia,18;
buried in foundations,49f.;
sacrifice of, in Central America,145.
China:
body to be removed over wall,23;
fire on threshold in marriage in,39;
bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;
human sacrifice to make sure foundations in,48;
coins and charms under door-sill in,71;
sacred inscriptions on side-posts and lintel in,71;
tutelar gods of threshold in,95f.;
temple and house in architecture,101;
doorways apart from temples in,104;
sacredness of temple in,158;
nuptial customs of,196;
phallic emblems in,230;
marriage customs in,245.
Chinese:
custom of avoiding threshold,23f.;
native clergyman, testimony of,48;
year, festival of fifth month of,71;
junk, sacrifice on bow of,71f.;
honorary portals and ancestral tablets,108;
classics, most ancient of,185;
emperor passing boundary line of empire,185;
characters for threshold, door, border, and woman,256.
“Chinese gods of the threshold,”96.
Chipiez, Charles. SeePerrot and Chipiez.
“Christ, spouse of,”222.
“Christening” ship, custom of,8.
Christian:
lands, niches for heroes in, survival primitive doorway in tomb in,108;
passover, reference to,216.
Christian churches:
of Europe, burials under altar of,25;
tradition of burial of lamb under altar of,56;
symbol of horseshoe at threshold of,74.
Christian Fathers, reference to,97.
Christians:
inscribed gates of, in East,70;
in Syria, sign of hand among,76f.;
warned not to dishonor their gates with laurel crowns,97;
admonished not to make their gates heathen temples,98;
kissing threshold of church in Persia,124.
Church House in Philadelphia, reference to,55.
Church of England bishops replying to Presbyterians on position of baptismal font,137.
Churches always on hill or in grove in Abyssinia,130f.
Cicero, hearth-fire and Penates in time of,41.
Cimon, gate of, in Propylæa,159.
Circumcision as practiced in Madagascar,149.
Cities of refuge:
Hebrew law as to,151;
in Hawaii,151.
Clapping of hands at threshold in Japan,126.
Classic writers: their explanation of threshold custom,39.
“Cleansing the threshold” at wedding in Russia,32.
Clement of Alexandria, reference to,239.
Clothing stamped with red hand,87.
Coal under threshold among Magyars,19f.
Cock sacrificed:
in Ireland,21;
at foundation in Russia,54f.
Cockle, Montague, reference to,233.
Coffee as Muhammadan substitute for blood,5.
Columbian Exposition, reference to,57.
Com, tomb of kings of Persia at,124.
Comanches:
prominence of red hand among,87;
reference to,88.
Communion feasts, origin of,226.
Concord, beating bounds in,176.
Conder, Maj. C.R.:
quotation from,10,28f.:
cited,123.
Confucius, reference to,256f.
Confucian temple, doorways apart from,104.
Congo River, boundary pillar erected in mouth of,182.
Constantinople, red hand stamp in,77.
Contemporary Review, reference to,229.
Convent, trace of foundation sacrifice in rebuilding,56.
Cook, Capt. James:
cited,202;
quotation from,250f.
Coote, H.C.: cited,50,55f.
Copenhagen, immuring of child in ramparts of,49.
Copts, sacrifice of sheep at threshold among,26,45.
Coral hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.
Cord stretched across door to prevent bridal couple entering,33f.
Corn:
and water used in threshold ceremony,16f.;
mixed with milk and sugar as offering,17;
thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.
Corner-stone:
laying as survival of primitive sacredness,22;
recognized as beginning or limit of threshold of Babylonian buildings,22;
ceremonies in civilized lands,55;
laying of, in America,55,147.
Cornhill Magazine, reference to,48-50,56.
Corinthian Christians, Paul to,216.
Corpse:
not to cross threshold in India, China, and Italy,23f.,
in Alaska,24;
passed out under threshold in Russia,24.
Correspondences of legends of Babylonia, Syria, Egypt and Greece as to door and threshold,115.
Cossacks, disputes over boundary lines among,175.
Cotton seeds thrown on bride at threshold in Rhodes,31.
Coulanges, Numa D.F. de: cited,41,99,156.
Covenant:
through blood in Egypt,3;
Syria,3-5;
symbolized by uplifted hand,81;
sacrifice at threshold with God of life,94;
worship place of,165.
Covenanting:
by crossing threshold,5-10;
by stepping over blood on door-sill,9.
Cow:
gift from sacred, in India,16;
driven over iron bar on threshold,17;
sacrifice of, in Ireland,21.
Cowdung cake at seed-time in India,16.
Cranch, C.P., quotation from,130.
Croix, de la, J.F., reference to,124.
Cross:
sign of, in curing disorder,18;
drawn on threshold to keep off hags,18;
under threshold of new house in Lithuania,18.
Crowbar at threshold,17.
Crux ansataorankh,201.
Cunningham, Alexander: reference to,156f.
Curse:
for removing threshold altar,169f.;
for removal of neighbor’s landmark,170.
Curtea de Argest, superstition regarding sacrifice at building of,52.
Curtin, Jeremiah: cited,142f.
Cushing, Frank H., communication from,86-93.
Cyprus:
fowl sacrificed at door in,27;
prominence of door in,107.
Cyrus, reference to,154.
Dacotahs, symbol of hand among,84.Dagon, his overthrow,116f.Dahabiyeh, threshold custom on purchasing,8.Dahomey, nuptial customs of,245.Dalmatia, kissing threshold in,31.Damascus, Hajj procession approaching,186.Dances of American Indians, prominence of hand in,83f.Dancing custom in Central America,247.Danes:immuring of girl in city walls among,49;lamb buried under every altar of,56.Daniel in gate of king,64.Darfour, marriage ceremonies in,249.Darmesteter, James:cited,58;reference to,99.David:sitting in gate,64;erecting altar to Lord,161.De Amicis, Edmondo: cited,77.De Coulanges, Numa D.F. de:cited,41,156;reference to,99.De Hesse-Wartegg, Chevalier: cited,79.Dead:not to cross threshold in India, China,23f.,Korea, Russia, Italy, Alaska,24;taken over wall in China,23f.;taken under threshold in Russia,24;prayers for, inscribed on false door of tombs of Egypt,106.“Dead, Book of the,” references to,128f.,257.“Dead, Gate of the,” in Korea,24.Death following building of new house,54.“Death Week” among Slavonic peoples,19.Dedications on doorways by primitive peoples,69.Deer carried over threshold in betrothal in Central America,34.Deity:appeal to, in East,3f.;of ancient Egypt with uplifted hands,81;of threshold, reference to,109;of gates of Hades,113.Delhi and serpent,236.Delitzsch, Franz, reference to,254.Delitzsch, Friedrich, reference to,100.Delphi:treasures of, described,133;Neoptolemus attacking Orestes in,134;temple of Apollo at,134f.;Apollo at, represented by female oracle,236.Deluge:reference to,103;destruction of Holy House in,163.Detinetz, burial in foundations in,50.Development and origin of man,223.D’Herbelot, quotation from,10f.Diabateria, meaning of,208.Dido, Queen, Æneas at court of,130.Dieulafoy, M.: cited,60.“Digging through” in New Testament,260.Dillmann, Christian F.A., reference to,254.Ditya, reference to,50.Dives, Lazarus at gate of,64.Divination and exorcism in Italy,17.Documents signed in blood or ink,94.Domestic divinities, protection from, in Lithuania,18f.“Domovoi:”household deity of Russia, sacrifice for,19;invoked at threshold,23.Donaldson, T., reference to,86.Donaldson, T.L., references to,121,134,231.Donatus: cited,29f.Doolittle, Rev. Justus: cited,71.Door:animal sacrifices at house-door in Egypt,3,7,8,9,14,15,among Pythagoreans,12f.,among Slavonic peoples,19,among Dyaks of Borneo,20,in Ireland,21,among Arabs,22f.,in Syria,26,45,in Turkey, Cyprus, and Central Africa,27,in Egypt,45,all over world,46,in Greece,53,in Russia,54,in Arabia,58-60,in Morocco,63,67,in Turkey,66f.,in Jerusalem,67,in China,72,in Palestine,76,in tabernacle in Wilderness,118f.,in South Sea Islands,148;blood welcome at, in Syria and Egypt,3-10,Central Africa,8f.,West Africa,9,Egypt,7,205;charms placed at, in Uganda,15,in Russia,19,in China,71,in Jerusalem,75f.;dead not to pass out of,23-25;human sacrifice at, in Central Africa,8f.,references to,46-48,51f.,144f.,in China and Algiers,48,in Denmark and Thuringia,49,on Danube and in Alaska,49f.,in Bremen, Scotland, and Ireland,50,in Arta, Tricha, and Wallachia,52,in Turkey,52f.,in India,61,122f.,in Tibet,125,in Central America,145f.;kissing right hand at,69f.,144,serpent at, in Yezidis temple,116,of holy places,116,at mosk in Persia,123f.,at tomb of Alee,124;sacredness of,10-25,102,174,260,in Persia,12,123f.,references to,25-36,among Nestorians,124,among Scandinavians in America,259f.,in Bible times,261;stepping over blood at, in Syria and Egypt,4f.,7f.,26,45f.,in West Africa,9,in marriage in Cyprus,27,among Armenians,27,in Central Africa,28;reference to,254,256.Door-key, finger-shaped, symbolic use of,244.Dörpfeld, Dr., reference to,159.Dough:on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;under threshold among Moksha,42.Douglas, Robert K.:cited,40;reference to,105.Dozy, Reinhart, reference to,200.Dragon representing unholy desire,240.Du Bois, Abbé J.A.: cited,23.Dumuzi and Ishtar, legend of,113,115.Dwelling-place, man’s first,165.Dyaks of Borneo:blood sprinkled at door among,20;marriage custom among,34.Dyetina, reference to,50.Dyetinets, burial in foundations in,50.Dying person passed through hole in wall in Alaska,24.
Dacotahs, symbol of hand among,84.
Dagon, his overthrow,116f.
Dahabiyeh, threshold custom on purchasing,8.
Dahomey, nuptial customs of,245.
Dalmatia, kissing threshold in,31.
Damascus, Hajj procession approaching,186.
Dances of American Indians, prominence of hand in,83f.
Dancing custom in Central America,247.
Danes:
immuring of girl in city walls among,49;
lamb buried under every altar of,56.
Daniel in gate of king,64.
Darfour, marriage ceremonies in,249.
Darmesteter, James:
cited,58;
reference to,99.
David:
sitting in gate,64;
erecting altar to Lord,161.
De Amicis, Edmondo: cited,77.
De Coulanges, Numa D.F. de:
cited,41,156;
reference to,99.
De Hesse-Wartegg, Chevalier: cited,79.
Dead:
not to cross threshold in India, China,23f.,
Korea, Russia, Italy, Alaska,24;
taken over wall in China,23f.;
taken under threshold in Russia,24;
prayers for, inscribed on false door of tombs of Egypt,106.
“Dead, Book of the,” references to,128f.,257.
“Dead, Gate of the,” in Korea,24.
Death following building of new house,54.
“Death Week” among Slavonic peoples,19.
Dedications on doorways by primitive peoples,69.
Deer carried over threshold in betrothal in Central America,34.
Deity:
appeal to, in East,3f.;
of ancient Egypt with uplifted hands,81;
of threshold, reference to,109;
of gates of Hades,113.
Delhi and serpent,236.
Delitzsch, Franz, reference to,254.
Delitzsch, Friedrich, reference to,100.
Delphi:
treasures of, described,133;
Neoptolemus attacking Orestes in,134;
temple of Apollo at,134f.;
Apollo at, represented by female oracle,236.
Deluge:
reference to,103;
destruction of Holy House in,163.
Detinetz, burial in foundations in,50.
Development and origin of man,223.
D’Herbelot, quotation from,10f.
Diabateria, meaning of,208.
Dido, Queen, Æneas at court of,130.
Dieulafoy, M.: cited,60.
“Digging through” in New Testament,260.
Dillmann, Christian F.A., reference to,254.
Ditya, reference to,50.
Dives, Lazarus at gate of,64.
Divination and exorcism in Italy,17.
Documents signed in blood or ink,94.
Domestic divinities, protection from, in Lithuania,18f.
“Domovoi:”
household deity of Russia, sacrifice for,19;
invoked at threshold,23.
Donaldson, T., reference to,86.
Donaldson, T.L., references to,121,134,231.
Donatus: cited,29f.
Doolittle, Rev. Justus: cited,71.
Door:
animal sacrifices at house-door in Egypt,3,7,8,9,14,15,
among Pythagoreans,12f.,
among Slavonic peoples,19,
among Dyaks of Borneo,20,
in Ireland,21,
among Arabs,22f.,
in Syria,26,45,
in Turkey, Cyprus, and Central Africa,27,
in Egypt,45,
all over world,46,
in Greece,53,
in Russia,54,
in Arabia,58-60,
in Morocco,63,67,
in Turkey,66f.,
in Jerusalem,67,
in China,72,
in Palestine,76,
in tabernacle in Wilderness,118f.,
in South Sea Islands,148;
blood welcome at, in Syria and Egypt,3-10,
Central Africa,8f.,
West Africa,9,
Egypt,7,205;
charms placed at, in Uganda,15,
in Russia,19,
in China,71,
in Jerusalem,75f.;
dead not to pass out of,23-25;
human sacrifice at, in Central Africa,8f.,
references to,46-48,51f.,144f.,
in China and Algiers,48,
in Denmark and Thuringia,49,
on Danube and in Alaska,49f.,
in Bremen, Scotland, and Ireland,50,
in Arta, Tricha, and Wallachia,52,
in Turkey,52f.,
in India,61,122f.,
in Tibet,125,
in Central America,145f.;
kissing right hand at,69f.,144,
serpent at, in Yezidis temple,116,
of holy places,116,
at mosk in Persia,123f.,
at tomb of Alee,124;
sacredness of,10-25,102,174,260,
in Persia,12,123f.,
references to,25-36,
among Nestorians,124,
among Scandinavians in America,259f.,
in Bible times,261;
stepping over blood at, in Syria and Egypt,4f.,7f.,26,45f.,
in West Africa,9,
in marriage in Cyprus,27,
among Armenians,27,
in Central Africa,28;
reference to,254,256.
Door-key, finger-shaped, symbolic use of,244.
Dörpfeld, Dr., reference to,159.
Dough:
on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;
under threshold among Moksha,42.
Douglas, Robert K.:
cited,40;
reference to,105.
Dozy, Reinhart, reference to,200.
Dragon representing unholy desire,240.
Du Bois, Abbé J.A.: cited,23.
Dumuzi and Ishtar, legend of,113,115.
Dwelling-place, man’s first,165.
Dyaks of Borneo:
blood sprinkled at door among,20;
marriage custom among,34.
Dyetina, reference to,50.
Dyetinets, burial in foundations in,50.
Dying person passed through hole in wall in Alaska,24.