Ea, god of right side of gate,95.Early churches, position of altar in,136.Easter:continuance of Passover,221;festivities in Jerusalem,221;threshold of new Ecclesiastical Year,221.Ebed-melech: his appeal in behalf of Jeremiah,64.Edersheim, Dr. Alfred, references to,120,211f.Edward I., marriage of, at door,140.Eggs under threshold in Russia,19.Egypt:blood welcome at door in,3;sacrifice of buffaloes in,7;threshold sacrifice of sheep in,7f.;sacrifice at threshold in,26;bride met at gate of husband’s residence in,38;door at one side of dwelling in,55;its influence shown in architecture of doorways,60;inscribed doors in,68,96;uplifted hand in representing deities of,79,81,85;God bringing out of, with strong hand,83;and Canaan, gateway between,105;prominence of doorway shrine in,106;false door as gift in,107;literature of,109;oldest temple in,126;sacredness of doorway in,126;saints’ tomb as place of worship in,129;temples of,145;concerning temple foundations of,155;boundary customs among,178;ancient stone thresholds in,179;Lower, boundary of,180;southern boundary of,184;nuptial customs of,196;ancient deities of,201;presence of deity in,201;Virgin of Israel in,218;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;kings of, and serpent,234;and serpent as symbol,235;bloody cloth in marriage in Upper,243;marriage customs in,243,245.Egyptian:sacrifice before door,14;king, power imparted to, by touch,85;hieroglyph for house or temple identical,100;temple, oldest form of,100,monumental temple gateway,127,history of,155;priest, prostrations of, at threshold of shrine,127f.;idea of future life,128;“Book of the Dead,”128f.,257;empire and Heh, boundary marks between,179;sacrifices at boundaries of empire,184;twofold sex symbols,200;attitude towards Jehovah,205;passover rite,212,214,216.Eki as boundary mark,178.El Gisror threshold,180.Eleusis, temple of Artemis Propylæa at,134.Eliezer, Rabbi, references to,200,253.Elisha and Naaman, Syrian,161.Elliot, Sir Henry M.: cited,16f.Ellis, Rev. William: cited,83,111,148,150f.,202.Embatikon, gift of in-going,31.Embleton, wedding custom at,142.Emerson, Ralph Waldo: cited,176.Enemy, appeal of, for protection among Arabs,59.Entering “not by door,”6.Entrance-way, importance of,3.Episcopal, Protestant, churches, location of baptismal font in,147.Epithalamium of Hebrew Scriptures,214.Erman, Adolf:cited,55,100,103,106,127,234;quotation from,106f.,155;reference to,128.Erzas:marriage custom of,41;earth from under threshold for bride,43.Esarhaddon, his search for boundary lines,154,177.Eskimos, importance of threshold among,39.Eulmash, ancient Babylonian temple,153.Eulbar, ancient Babylonian temple,153.Euphrates, boundary marks at,178.Euripides: cited,134f.Europe:treading on threshold in,13;burials under altar in Christian churches in,25;coffin passed out window of house in,25;window opened and door closed at death in,25;horseshoes on side-posts in,73f.;symbols of open hand found in museums and Jewish cemeteries of,79;hand-print in marriage in,93;traces of primitive sacredness of doorway found in,122;ancient shrines in,150;boundary lines in,174;great divisions of landmarks along borders of,182;nuptial customs of,196;Jews of, observing passover,212.Evil eye:references to,19,67;averted by bloody hand,67f.;by five fingers held up to,76;image of hand as talisman against,79.Evil spirits in Pennsylvania, guard against,21.Ewing, Rev. William:testimony of,45,261;cited,77.“Exalted Gateway,” high court of Turkey called,65,103.Exalted House, Gate, or Door, meaning of Pharaoh,103.Exorcism and divination in Italy,17f.Eye, evil. SeeEvil eye.Ezekiel:his reference to waters from under threshold of temple,114;his prophecy that Prince of Israel should worship at threshold of gate,118;his vision of glory of Lord over threshold,118;Jehovah speaking through,213.Ezida (Nebo) shrine of,110.“Fahazza” in Madagascar,149.False door:of tombs in ancient Egypt,106f.;as gift from sovereign to subject in Egypt,107.Family:altar and sacrifices for, in primitive times,3;offering itself for sacrifice in Central Africa,8f.;life, beginning of, in threshold rite,194.Fathers, Christian, reference to,93.Feast after sacrifice:4,7;at beginning of spring among Slavonic peoples,19;of “hand-striking” at betrothal,32f.Fecundity, lotus flower symbol of,257.Fellaheen threshold custom in Palestine,29.Fellows, Sir Charles: cited,121.Feminine in nature, symbol of,214,230,258.Fergusson, Dr. James: references to,103-105,107,231,235-237.“Festival, Harvest,” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.“Festival of New Fire,”147.Ficus religiosa, reference to,259.Fielde, Adele M.: cited,40,71.Fig:in religious symbolisms,230;tree representing female,258.Figures of speech, Oriental, obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.Finger-shaped door-key used in wedding ceremony,244.Finland:shaking hands across threshold in,12;high thresholds in,12;threshold as altar in,32;clergyman to step over threshold in,143.Finmac-Coole, print of hand of,81.Finn, James: cited,67.Fire:and salt on threshold,21;at entrance to cave or tent, in primitive times,22f.;on threshold altar in China,39;and blood, significance of,40;reference to,41f.;references to,54-56,158;masculine symbol,198;production of sacred,198;doorway, origin of,226;as gift of God,227.Fire-altar:center of public worship,99;in Persia,100,in India,102;of family developed into that of community,101;origin of,226.First-fruits of grain-field offered at threshold,16f.Five:fingers held before evil eye,76,extended on receiving praise,79;pronouncing word, in response to praise,79.Flaming torch in Roman marriage ceremonies,41.Flesh:of sacrificed animal distributed,4;and blood symbolized by bread and salt,9.“Floor of the door” held sacred in Abyssinia,131.Folk-Lore, London, references to,8,40,42-44.Folk-Lore Journal, reference to,221.Folk-Lore Journal, London, references to,21,27f.,34,50,56,196.Folk-Lore Record, London, reference to,38.Foot:against threshold, “unlucky” to strike,12f.;importance placed on use of right,36-38.Forculus, door-god of Romans,97.Forlong, Gen. J.G.R.: references to,230,237.“Fornication,” idolatry called,213.“Foundation:”and “threshold” interchangeable terms,21f.;references to,47,50,53,158;laying in blood in Galam,51f.;sacrifice in Algiers,48,among Vlachs in Turkey,52f.;in Archangel,54;in inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar II.,109f.;or Papa,152.Foundation-stone as threshold of building,46.Fountain of life sought for,148.Fowl:sacrificed at door,4,9,21,27,45,54f.;sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53,in Bulgaria,54;sacrificed on Chinese junk starting on long voyage,71f.Foxes, tribe of, red hand among,87.France:marriages in ancient times in,139;Marguerite of, married to Edward I. at door in,140;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Frazer, J.G.:references to,5,93,209,230;cited,147,221.Freytag, G.W., reference to,244.Friend of bridegroom:gifts made at threshold by, in Russia,32;among Albanians,37f.Frog under threshold among Magyars,19f.Frothingham, Prof. A.L., Jr., testimony of,24.Fruit:presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31;in Bible narrative,238.Fuerst, Julius: cited,244.Funeral:salt on threshold in Japan after,20;coffin passed out window at, in Europe and America,25.Gabriel kissing threshold of gate,124.Galam, survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.“Galeed,” memorial of covenant between Jacob and Laban,171.Galilee, Sea of, reference to,11.Gardner, Dr. Percy:cited,7;reference to,263.Garlic placed under threshold among Magyars,19f.Garnett, L.M.J.:cited,27,30;quotation from,53.Gate:justice at palace, in Persepolis,60;of camp of Israel, Moses at,63;inscribed, among Muhammadans,70;dishonoring, among Greeks,97;image as gate in New Zealand,107f.;gods of,95,110,113,127-129;of Beltis,95,at Medina, at Ghuznee, of mosk at Meccah, images trodden upon at,123;keys of captured cities preserved in Germany,262.“Gate of the Dead” in Korea,24.Gate-god of Romans,97.“Gate of heaven” in Jacob’s dream at Bethel,112.Gateway:sacredness of, among Greeks,7;of city, images buried under,14.Gauri feast, worship of serpent at,259.Gaza, gates of, carried off by Samson,255.Genesis, the temptation in narrative of:as understood by Philo Judæus,238;teaching of Gnostic sects on,239.Genii, winged, and winged bulls at entrance,95.Gentleman’s Magazine, reference to,74.Germany:threshold cure in North,18;pottery broken on threshold on marriage eve in North,33;South, Scripture inscriptions above entrance of houses in,73;marriage rites of,138;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;term for women in,256;emperors of, preserving keys of captured cities,262.Geronimo sacrificed in building walls of Algiers,48.Gesenius, Wilhelm:cited,83;references to,103,210,255.Ghuzzeh, ancient site of Gaza,255.“Gift of in-going” for bridegroom in Skarpanto,31.Gifts at threshold:at wedding in Russia,32;at marriage among Towkas,35.Gilead, Jacob and Laban in,171.Gill, Rev. W.W.: cited,152.Gingiro, bloody threshold offering in,8f.Ginsburg, Dr. Christian D.:cited, #69.f190# f.;references to,120,212.Gnostic sects, teaching of, on narrative in Genesis,239.Goat sacrificed:at threshold for guest,4;in Central Africa,27f.;among Copts in Egypt,45;on Arab joining new tribe,59.Gobineau, Count de: reference to,104.God:of household party to marriage covenant,32;of life and fertility,79;of threshold in China,71,95f.,in India,95,in Japan,96,in Egypt,96f.,in Greece and Rome,97,in Guatemala,98;of doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, India,104;Asshur and his worshipers with uplifted hands,89;doorway shrine as standing-place for,105;of under-world, false door of tomb for,106;of gates in Babylonia,113;Ea in legend of Ishtar and Dumuzi,114;Isis, guardian of gateway,127;Nephthys, guardian of gateway,127;Osiris–judge of living and dead, at door of gateway,127-129.“Goddess of the homestead,” prayer to, in betrothal in Russia,32.“Goddess of the dwelling-house,” reference to,32.Goddess Ishtar, descent of, into Allat’s realm,113f.Godopreserved from wedding night in Dahomey,245.“Gods of entrances” among Romans,97.“Gods’ portion:”salted bread under threshold in betrothal in Russia,32;of brandy spilt under threshold in Russia,33.Godwyn, Thomas: cited,39.“Going out and coming in,” reference to threshold and deities,109.Gold:under threshold in Roumania,20;threshold plated with,110.Goldsmith struck dead at threshold,122.Gomme, George L.,50.“Good Abode, The,” inscribed on door-posts of dwelling,68.“Good luck” from horseshoes on side-posts of doorway,73f.Goodwin, William W.: cited,39,41.Goose sacrificed in Ireland,21.“Graf,” meaning of,183.Grain, nuts, and fruit presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.Grant, General:threshold sacrifice in honor of,7f.;at border line of Assioot,186.Grant-Bey, Dr. J.A.S., reference to,124.“Grape, blood of the,” among Muhammadans,5.Grass dipped in blood representing dignity and power,15.Graves, symbol of open hand above,79.Gray, Archdeacon:cited,40,72;references to,104,108,245.Great Britain, reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Greece:lifting bride over threshold in,39;bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;flaming torch to accompany foundation sacrifice in,53;reference to religion of,97;palace and temple often identical in,100;position of altar in temples of,134;ancient ruins on sacred foundations of,158;trees marking border lines in,176;boundaries in ancient,180;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;prominence of pine-cone in ancient,257.Greek Church, marriage sacrament in,222.Greeks:sacredness of city gates among,7;in Turkey, wedding custom among,30;altars before houses among,72;doorway ornamented for bride among,72f.;appealing to guardian deity at gateway among,73;smearing side-posts of gateway with magic herbs among,73;deities of doors and gates among,97;temple of, developed from dwelling-house,100;earliest literature of, in reference to threshold,132;modern Easter observance among,221.Gregor, Walter, quotation from,34.Griffis, William Elliot:cited,20;references to,101,104,230.Grove of trees:sacred landmark of boundary in primitive times,173f.;in religious symbolisms,230.Guardian deity’s protection secured by stepping over threshold,12.“Guardian of the dwellings of Israel, the,”69.Guardian of threshold as post of honor,119f.Guarding dwelling by placing sacrifices on threshold,14.Guatemala:blood smeared on doorway in,73;“the god of houses” in,98.Guest:adopted by bloody sacrifice at door in Syria and Egypt,3;welcomed by stepping over blood at door of host,4;by blood among Arabs of Central Africa,9;by sacrifice of fowl in Liberia,9;refusal of welcome to,217.Guhl and Koner: cited,40f.,72,100.Guzelder, reference to,190.Gwilt, Joseph: cited,36.
Ea, god of right side of gate,95.Early churches, position of altar in,136.Easter:continuance of Passover,221;festivities in Jerusalem,221;threshold of new Ecclesiastical Year,221.Ebed-melech: his appeal in behalf of Jeremiah,64.Edersheim, Dr. Alfred, references to,120,211f.Edward I., marriage of, at door,140.Eggs under threshold in Russia,19.Egypt:blood welcome at door in,3;sacrifice of buffaloes in,7;threshold sacrifice of sheep in,7f.;sacrifice at threshold in,26;bride met at gate of husband’s residence in,38;door at one side of dwelling in,55;its influence shown in architecture of doorways,60;inscribed doors in,68,96;uplifted hand in representing deities of,79,81,85;God bringing out of, with strong hand,83;and Canaan, gateway between,105;prominence of doorway shrine in,106;false door as gift in,107;literature of,109;oldest temple in,126;sacredness of doorway in,126;saints’ tomb as place of worship in,129;temples of,145;concerning temple foundations of,155;boundary customs among,178;ancient stone thresholds in,179;Lower, boundary of,180;southern boundary of,184;nuptial customs of,196;ancient deities of,201;presence of deity in,201;Virgin of Israel in,218;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;kings of, and serpent,234;and serpent as symbol,235;bloody cloth in marriage in Upper,243;marriage customs in,243,245.Egyptian:sacrifice before door,14;king, power imparted to, by touch,85;hieroglyph for house or temple identical,100;temple, oldest form of,100,monumental temple gateway,127,history of,155;priest, prostrations of, at threshold of shrine,127f.;idea of future life,128;“Book of the Dead,”128f.,257;empire and Heh, boundary marks between,179;sacrifices at boundaries of empire,184;twofold sex symbols,200;attitude towards Jehovah,205;passover rite,212,214,216.Eki as boundary mark,178.El Gisror threshold,180.Eleusis, temple of Artemis Propylæa at,134.Eliezer, Rabbi, references to,200,253.Elisha and Naaman, Syrian,161.Elliot, Sir Henry M.: cited,16f.Ellis, Rev. William: cited,83,111,148,150f.,202.Embatikon, gift of in-going,31.Embleton, wedding custom at,142.Emerson, Ralph Waldo: cited,176.Enemy, appeal of, for protection among Arabs,59.Entering “not by door,”6.Entrance-way, importance of,3.Episcopal, Protestant, churches, location of baptismal font in,147.Epithalamium of Hebrew Scriptures,214.Erman, Adolf:cited,55,100,103,106,127,234;quotation from,106f.,155;reference to,128.Erzas:marriage custom of,41;earth from under threshold for bride,43.Esarhaddon, his search for boundary lines,154,177.Eskimos, importance of threshold among,39.Eulmash, ancient Babylonian temple,153.Eulbar, ancient Babylonian temple,153.Euphrates, boundary marks at,178.Euripides: cited,134f.Europe:treading on threshold in,13;burials under altar in Christian churches in,25;coffin passed out window of house in,25;window opened and door closed at death in,25;horseshoes on side-posts in,73f.;symbols of open hand found in museums and Jewish cemeteries of,79;hand-print in marriage in,93;traces of primitive sacredness of doorway found in,122;ancient shrines in,150;boundary lines in,174;great divisions of landmarks along borders of,182;nuptial customs of,196;Jews of, observing passover,212.Evil eye:references to,19,67;averted by bloody hand,67f.;by five fingers held up to,76;image of hand as talisman against,79.Evil spirits in Pennsylvania, guard against,21.Ewing, Rev. William:testimony of,45,261;cited,77.“Exalted Gateway,” high court of Turkey called,65,103.Exalted House, Gate, or Door, meaning of Pharaoh,103.Exorcism and divination in Italy,17f.Eye, evil. SeeEvil eye.Ezekiel:his reference to waters from under threshold of temple,114;his prophecy that Prince of Israel should worship at threshold of gate,118;his vision of glory of Lord over threshold,118;Jehovah speaking through,213.Ezida (Nebo) shrine of,110.“Fahazza” in Madagascar,149.False door:of tombs in ancient Egypt,106f.;as gift from sovereign to subject in Egypt,107.Family:altar and sacrifices for, in primitive times,3;offering itself for sacrifice in Central Africa,8f.;life, beginning of, in threshold rite,194.Fathers, Christian, reference to,93.Feast after sacrifice:4,7;at beginning of spring among Slavonic peoples,19;of “hand-striking” at betrothal,32f.Fecundity, lotus flower symbol of,257.Fellaheen threshold custom in Palestine,29.Fellows, Sir Charles: cited,121.Feminine in nature, symbol of,214,230,258.Fergusson, Dr. James: references to,103-105,107,231,235-237.“Festival, Harvest,” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.“Festival of New Fire,”147.Ficus religiosa, reference to,259.Fielde, Adele M.: cited,40,71.Fig:in religious symbolisms,230;tree representing female,258.Figures of speech, Oriental, obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.Finger-shaped door-key used in wedding ceremony,244.Finland:shaking hands across threshold in,12;high thresholds in,12;threshold as altar in,32;clergyman to step over threshold in,143.Finmac-Coole, print of hand of,81.Finn, James: cited,67.Fire:and salt on threshold,21;at entrance to cave or tent, in primitive times,22f.;on threshold altar in China,39;and blood, significance of,40;reference to,41f.;references to,54-56,158;masculine symbol,198;production of sacred,198;doorway, origin of,226;as gift of God,227.Fire-altar:center of public worship,99;in Persia,100,in India,102;of family developed into that of community,101;origin of,226.First-fruits of grain-field offered at threshold,16f.Five:fingers held before evil eye,76,extended on receiving praise,79;pronouncing word, in response to praise,79.Flaming torch in Roman marriage ceremonies,41.Flesh:of sacrificed animal distributed,4;and blood symbolized by bread and salt,9.“Floor of the door” held sacred in Abyssinia,131.Folk-Lore, London, references to,8,40,42-44.Folk-Lore Journal, reference to,221.Folk-Lore Journal, London, references to,21,27f.,34,50,56,196.Folk-Lore Record, London, reference to,38.Foot:against threshold, “unlucky” to strike,12f.;importance placed on use of right,36-38.Forculus, door-god of Romans,97.Forlong, Gen. J.G.R.: references to,230,237.“Fornication,” idolatry called,213.“Foundation:”and “threshold” interchangeable terms,21f.;references to,47,50,53,158;laying in blood in Galam,51f.;sacrifice in Algiers,48,among Vlachs in Turkey,52f.;in Archangel,54;in inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar II.,109f.;or Papa,152.Foundation-stone as threshold of building,46.Fountain of life sought for,148.Fowl:sacrificed at door,4,9,21,27,45,54f.;sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53,in Bulgaria,54;sacrificed on Chinese junk starting on long voyage,71f.Foxes, tribe of, red hand among,87.France:marriages in ancient times in,139;Marguerite of, married to Edward I. at door in,140;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Frazer, J.G.:references to,5,93,209,230;cited,147,221.Freytag, G.W., reference to,244.Friend of bridegroom:gifts made at threshold by, in Russia,32;among Albanians,37f.Frog under threshold among Magyars,19f.Frothingham, Prof. A.L., Jr., testimony of,24.Fruit:presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31;in Bible narrative,238.Fuerst, Julius: cited,244.Funeral:salt on threshold in Japan after,20;coffin passed out window at, in Europe and America,25.Gabriel kissing threshold of gate,124.Galam, survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.“Galeed,” memorial of covenant between Jacob and Laban,171.Galilee, Sea of, reference to,11.Gardner, Dr. Percy:cited,7;reference to,263.Garlic placed under threshold among Magyars,19f.Garnett, L.M.J.:cited,27,30;quotation from,53.Gate:justice at palace, in Persepolis,60;of camp of Israel, Moses at,63;inscribed, among Muhammadans,70;dishonoring, among Greeks,97;image as gate in New Zealand,107f.;gods of,95,110,113,127-129;of Beltis,95,at Medina, at Ghuznee, of mosk at Meccah, images trodden upon at,123;keys of captured cities preserved in Germany,262.“Gate of the Dead” in Korea,24.Gate-god of Romans,97.“Gate of heaven” in Jacob’s dream at Bethel,112.Gateway:sacredness of, among Greeks,7;of city, images buried under,14.Gauri feast, worship of serpent at,259.Gaza, gates of, carried off by Samson,255.Genesis, the temptation in narrative of:as understood by Philo Judæus,238;teaching of Gnostic sects on,239.Genii, winged, and winged bulls at entrance,95.Gentleman’s Magazine, reference to,74.Germany:threshold cure in North,18;pottery broken on threshold on marriage eve in North,33;South, Scripture inscriptions above entrance of houses in,73;marriage rites of,138;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;term for women in,256;emperors of, preserving keys of captured cities,262.Geronimo sacrificed in building walls of Algiers,48.Gesenius, Wilhelm:cited,83;references to,103,210,255.Ghuzzeh, ancient site of Gaza,255.“Gift of in-going” for bridegroom in Skarpanto,31.Gifts at threshold:at wedding in Russia,32;at marriage among Towkas,35.Gilead, Jacob and Laban in,171.Gill, Rev. W.W.: cited,152.Gingiro, bloody threshold offering in,8f.Ginsburg, Dr. Christian D.:cited, #69.f190# f.;references to,120,212.Gnostic sects, teaching of, on narrative in Genesis,239.Goat sacrificed:at threshold for guest,4;in Central Africa,27f.;among Copts in Egypt,45;on Arab joining new tribe,59.Gobineau, Count de: reference to,104.God:of household party to marriage covenant,32;of life and fertility,79;of threshold in China,71,95f.,in India,95,in Japan,96,in Egypt,96f.,in Greece and Rome,97,in Guatemala,98;of doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, India,104;Asshur and his worshipers with uplifted hands,89;doorway shrine as standing-place for,105;of under-world, false door of tomb for,106;of gates in Babylonia,113;Ea in legend of Ishtar and Dumuzi,114;Isis, guardian of gateway,127;Nephthys, guardian of gateway,127;Osiris–judge of living and dead, at door of gateway,127-129.“Goddess of the homestead,” prayer to, in betrothal in Russia,32.“Goddess of the dwelling-house,” reference to,32.Goddess Ishtar, descent of, into Allat’s realm,113f.Godopreserved from wedding night in Dahomey,245.“Gods of entrances” among Romans,97.“Gods’ portion:”salted bread under threshold in betrothal in Russia,32;of brandy spilt under threshold in Russia,33.Godwyn, Thomas: cited,39.“Going out and coming in,” reference to threshold and deities,109.Gold:under threshold in Roumania,20;threshold plated with,110.Goldsmith struck dead at threshold,122.Gomme, George L.,50.“Good Abode, The,” inscribed on door-posts of dwelling,68.“Good luck” from horseshoes on side-posts of doorway,73f.Goodwin, William W.: cited,39,41.Goose sacrificed in Ireland,21.“Graf,” meaning of,183.Grain, nuts, and fruit presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.Grant, General:threshold sacrifice in honor of,7f.;at border line of Assioot,186.Grant-Bey, Dr. J.A.S., reference to,124.“Grape, blood of the,” among Muhammadans,5.Grass dipped in blood representing dignity and power,15.Graves, symbol of open hand above,79.Gray, Archdeacon:cited,40,72;references to,104,108,245.Great Britain, reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Greece:lifting bride over threshold in,39;bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;flaming torch to accompany foundation sacrifice in,53;reference to religion of,97;palace and temple often identical in,100;position of altar in temples of,134;ancient ruins on sacred foundations of,158;trees marking border lines in,176;boundaries in ancient,180;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;prominence of pine-cone in ancient,257.Greek Church, marriage sacrament in,222.Greeks:sacredness of city gates among,7;in Turkey, wedding custom among,30;altars before houses among,72;doorway ornamented for bride among,72f.;appealing to guardian deity at gateway among,73;smearing side-posts of gateway with magic herbs among,73;deities of doors and gates among,97;temple of, developed from dwelling-house,100;earliest literature of, in reference to threshold,132;modern Easter observance among,221.Gregor, Walter, quotation from,34.Griffis, William Elliot:cited,20;references to,101,104,230.Grove of trees:sacred landmark of boundary in primitive times,173f.;in religious symbolisms,230.Guardian deity’s protection secured by stepping over threshold,12.“Guardian of the dwellings of Israel, the,”69.Guardian of threshold as post of honor,119f.Guarding dwelling by placing sacrifices on threshold,14.Guatemala:blood smeared on doorway in,73;“the god of houses” in,98.Guest:adopted by bloody sacrifice at door in Syria and Egypt,3;welcomed by stepping over blood at door of host,4;by blood among Arabs of Central Africa,9;by sacrifice of fowl in Liberia,9;refusal of welcome to,217.Guhl and Koner: cited,40f.,72,100.Guzelder, reference to,190.Gwilt, Joseph: cited,36.
Ea, god of right side of gate,95.Early churches, position of altar in,136.Easter:continuance of Passover,221;festivities in Jerusalem,221;threshold of new Ecclesiastical Year,221.Ebed-melech: his appeal in behalf of Jeremiah,64.Edersheim, Dr. Alfred, references to,120,211f.Edward I., marriage of, at door,140.Eggs under threshold in Russia,19.Egypt:blood welcome at door in,3;sacrifice of buffaloes in,7;threshold sacrifice of sheep in,7f.;sacrifice at threshold in,26;bride met at gate of husband’s residence in,38;door at one side of dwelling in,55;its influence shown in architecture of doorways,60;inscribed doors in,68,96;uplifted hand in representing deities of,79,81,85;God bringing out of, with strong hand,83;and Canaan, gateway between,105;prominence of doorway shrine in,106;false door as gift in,107;literature of,109;oldest temple in,126;sacredness of doorway in,126;saints’ tomb as place of worship in,129;temples of,145;concerning temple foundations of,155;boundary customs among,178;ancient stone thresholds in,179;Lower, boundary of,180;southern boundary of,184;nuptial customs of,196;ancient deities of,201;presence of deity in,201;Virgin of Israel in,218;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;kings of, and serpent,234;and serpent as symbol,235;bloody cloth in marriage in Upper,243;marriage customs in,243,245.Egyptian:sacrifice before door,14;king, power imparted to, by touch,85;hieroglyph for house or temple identical,100;temple, oldest form of,100,monumental temple gateway,127,history of,155;priest, prostrations of, at threshold of shrine,127f.;idea of future life,128;“Book of the Dead,”128f.,257;empire and Heh, boundary marks between,179;sacrifices at boundaries of empire,184;twofold sex symbols,200;attitude towards Jehovah,205;passover rite,212,214,216.Eki as boundary mark,178.El Gisror threshold,180.Eleusis, temple of Artemis Propylæa at,134.Eliezer, Rabbi, references to,200,253.Elisha and Naaman, Syrian,161.Elliot, Sir Henry M.: cited,16f.Ellis, Rev. William: cited,83,111,148,150f.,202.Embatikon, gift of in-going,31.Embleton, wedding custom at,142.Emerson, Ralph Waldo: cited,176.Enemy, appeal of, for protection among Arabs,59.Entering “not by door,”6.Entrance-way, importance of,3.Episcopal, Protestant, churches, location of baptismal font in,147.Epithalamium of Hebrew Scriptures,214.Erman, Adolf:cited,55,100,103,106,127,234;quotation from,106f.,155;reference to,128.Erzas:marriage custom of,41;earth from under threshold for bride,43.Esarhaddon, his search for boundary lines,154,177.Eskimos, importance of threshold among,39.Eulmash, ancient Babylonian temple,153.Eulbar, ancient Babylonian temple,153.Euphrates, boundary marks at,178.Euripides: cited,134f.Europe:treading on threshold in,13;burials under altar in Christian churches in,25;coffin passed out window of house in,25;window opened and door closed at death in,25;horseshoes on side-posts in,73f.;symbols of open hand found in museums and Jewish cemeteries of,79;hand-print in marriage in,93;traces of primitive sacredness of doorway found in,122;ancient shrines in,150;boundary lines in,174;great divisions of landmarks along borders of,182;nuptial customs of,196;Jews of, observing passover,212.Evil eye:references to,19,67;averted by bloody hand,67f.;by five fingers held up to,76;image of hand as talisman against,79.Evil spirits in Pennsylvania, guard against,21.Ewing, Rev. William:testimony of,45,261;cited,77.“Exalted Gateway,” high court of Turkey called,65,103.Exalted House, Gate, or Door, meaning of Pharaoh,103.Exorcism and divination in Italy,17f.Eye, evil. SeeEvil eye.Ezekiel:his reference to waters from under threshold of temple,114;his prophecy that Prince of Israel should worship at threshold of gate,118;his vision of glory of Lord over threshold,118;Jehovah speaking through,213.Ezida (Nebo) shrine of,110.
Ea, god of right side of gate,95.
Early churches, position of altar in,136.
Easter:
continuance of Passover,221;
festivities in Jerusalem,221;
threshold of new Ecclesiastical Year,221.
Ebed-melech: his appeal in behalf of Jeremiah,64.
Edersheim, Dr. Alfred, references to,120,211f.
Edward I., marriage of, at door,140.
Eggs under threshold in Russia,19.
Egypt:
blood welcome at door in,3;
sacrifice of buffaloes in,7;
threshold sacrifice of sheep in,7f.;
sacrifice at threshold in,26;
bride met at gate of husband’s residence in,38;
door at one side of dwelling in,55;
its influence shown in architecture of doorways,60;
inscribed doors in,68,96;
uplifted hand in representing deities of,79,81,85;
God bringing out of, with strong hand,83;
and Canaan, gateway between,105;
prominence of doorway shrine in,106;
false door as gift in,107;
literature of,109;
oldest temple in,126;
sacredness of doorway in,126;
saints’ tomb as place of worship in,129;
temples of,145;
concerning temple foundations of,155;
boundary customs among,178;
ancient stone thresholds in,179;
Lower, boundary of,180;
southern boundary of,184;
nuptial customs of,196;
ancient deities of,201;
presence of deity in,201;
Virgin of Israel in,218;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230;
kings of, and serpent,234;
and serpent as symbol,235;
bloody cloth in marriage in Upper,243;
marriage customs in,243,245.
Egyptian:
sacrifice before door,14;
king, power imparted to, by touch,85;
hieroglyph for house or temple identical,100;
temple, oldest form of,100,
monumental temple gateway,127,
history of,155;
priest, prostrations of, at threshold of shrine,127f.;
idea of future life,128;
“Book of the Dead,”128f.,257;
empire and Heh, boundary marks between,179;
sacrifices at boundaries of empire,184;
twofold sex symbols,200;
attitude towards Jehovah,205;
passover rite,212,214,216.
Eki as boundary mark,178.
El Gisror threshold,180.
Eleusis, temple of Artemis Propylæa at,134.
Eliezer, Rabbi, references to,200,253.
Elisha and Naaman, Syrian,161.
Elliot, Sir Henry M.: cited,16f.
Ellis, Rev. William: cited,83,111,148,150f.,202.
Embatikon, gift of in-going,31.
Embleton, wedding custom at,142.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: cited,176.
Enemy, appeal of, for protection among Arabs,59.
Entering “not by door,”6.
Entrance-way, importance of,3.
Episcopal, Protestant, churches, location of baptismal font in,147.
Epithalamium of Hebrew Scriptures,214.
Erman, Adolf:
cited,55,100,103,106,127,234;
quotation from,106f.,155;
reference to,128.
Erzas:
marriage custom of,41;
earth from under threshold for bride,43.
Esarhaddon, his search for boundary lines,154,177.
Eskimos, importance of threshold among,39.
Eulmash, ancient Babylonian temple,153.
Eulbar, ancient Babylonian temple,153.
Euphrates, boundary marks at,178.
Euripides: cited,134f.
Europe:
treading on threshold in,13;
burials under altar in Christian churches in,25;
coffin passed out window of house in,25;
window opened and door closed at death in,25;
horseshoes on side-posts in,73f.;
symbols of open hand found in museums and Jewish cemeteries of,79;
hand-print in marriage in,93;
traces of primitive sacredness of doorway found in,122;
ancient shrines in,150;
boundary lines in,174;
great divisions of landmarks along borders of,182;
nuptial customs of,196;
Jews of, observing passover,212.
Evil eye:
references to,19,67;
averted by bloody hand,67f.;
by five fingers held up to,76;
image of hand as talisman against,79.
Evil spirits in Pennsylvania, guard against,21.
Ewing, Rev. William:
testimony of,45,261;
cited,77.
“Exalted Gateway,” high court of Turkey called,65,103.
Exalted House, Gate, or Door, meaning of Pharaoh,103.
Exorcism and divination in Italy,17f.
Eye, evil. SeeEvil eye.
Ezekiel:
his reference to waters from under threshold of temple,114;
his prophecy that Prince of Israel should worship at threshold of gate,118;
his vision of glory of Lord over threshold,118;
Jehovah speaking through,213.
Ezida (Nebo) shrine of,110.
“Fahazza” in Madagascar,149.False door:of tombs in ancient Egypt,106f.;as gift from sovereign to subject in Egypt,107.Family:altar and sacrifices for, in primitive times,3;offering itself for sacrifice in Central Africa,8f.;life, beginning of, in threshold rite,194.Fathers, Christian, reference to,93.Feast after sacrifice:4,7;at beginning of spring among Slavonic peoples,19;of “hand-striking” at betrothal,32f.Fecundity, lotus flower symbol of,257.Fellaheen threshold custom in Palestine,29.Fellows, Sir Charles: cited,121.Feminine in nature, symbol of,214,230,258.Fergusson, Dr. James: references to,103-105,107,231,235-237.“Festival, Harvest,” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.“Festival of New Fire,”147.Ficus religiosa, reference to,259.Fielde, Adele M.: cited,40,71.Fig:in religious symbolisms,230;tree representing female,258.Figures of speech, Oriental, obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.Finger-shaped door-key used in wedding ceremony,244.Finland:shaking hands across threshold in,12;high thresholds in,12;threshold as altar in,32;clergyman to step over threshold in,143.Finmac-Coole, print of hand of,81.Finn, James: cited,67.Fire:and salt on threshold,21;at entrance to cave or tent, in primitive times,22f.;on threshold altar in China,39;and blood, significance of,40;reference to,41f.;references to,54-56,158;masculine symbol,198;production of sacred,198;doorway, origin of,226;as gift of God,227.Fire-altar:center of public worship,99;in Persia,100,in India,102;of family developed into that of community,101;origin of,226.First-fruits of grain-field offered at threshold,16f.Five:fingers held before evil eye,76,extended on receiving praise,79;pronouncing word, in response to praise,79.Flaming torch in Roman marriage ceremonies,41.Flesh:of sacrificed animal distributed,4;and blood symbolized by bread and salt,9.“Floor of the door” held sacred in Abyssinia,131.Folk-Lore, London, references to,8,40,42-44.Folk-Lore Journal, reference to,221.Folk-Lore Journal, London, references to,21,27f.,34,50,56,196.Folk-Lore Record, London, reference to,38.Foot:against threshold, “unlucky” to strike,12f.;importance placed on use of right,36-38.Forculus, door-god of Romans,97.Forlong, Gen. J.G.R.: references to,230,237.“Fornication,” idolatry called,213.“Foundation:”and “threshold” interchangeable terms,21f.;references to,47,50,53,158;laying in blood in Galam,51f.;sacrifice in Algiers,48,among Vlachs in Turkey,52f.;in Archangel,54;in inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar II.,109f.;or Papa,152.Foundation-stone as threshold of building,46.Fountain of life sought for,148.Fowl:sacrificed at door,4,9,21,27,45,54f.;sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53,in Bulgaria,54;sacrificed on Chinese junk starting on long voyage,71f.Foxes, tribe of, red hand among,87.France:marriages in ancient times in,139;Marguerite of, married to Edward I. at door in,140;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Frazer, J.G.:references to,5,93,209,230;cited,147,221.Freytag, G.W., reference to,244.Friend of bridegroom:gifts made at threshold by, in Russia,32;among Albanians,37f.Frog under threshold among Magyars,19f.Frothingham, Prof. A.L., Jr., testimony of,24.Fruit:presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31;in Bible narrative,238.Fuerst, Julius: cited,244.Funeral:salt on threshold in Japan after,20;coffin passed out window at, in Europe and America,25.
“Fahazza” in Madagascar,149.
False door:
of tombs in ancient Egypt,106f.;
as gift from sovereign to subject in Egypt,107.
Family:
altar and sacrifices for, in primitive times,3;
offering itself for sacrifice in Central Africa,8f.;
life, beginning of, in threshold rite,194.
Fathers, Christian, reference to,93.
Feast after sacrifice:4,7;
at beginning of spring among Slavonic peoples,19;
of “hand-striking” at betrothal,32f.
Fecundity, lotus flower symbol of,257.
Fellaheen threshold custom in Palestine,29.
Fellows, Sir Charles: cited,121.
Feminine in nature, symbol of,214,230,258.
Fergusson, Dr. James: references to,103-105,107,231,235-237.
“Festival, Harvest,” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.
“Festival of New Fire,”147.
Ficus religiosa, reference to,259.
Fielde, Adele M.: cited,40,71.
Fig:
in religious symbolisms,230;
tree representing female,258.
Figures of speech, Oriental, obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.
Finger-shaped door-key used in wedding ceremony,244.
Finland:
shaking hands across threshold in,12;
high thresholds in,12;
threshold as altar in,32;
clergyman to step over threshold in,143.
Finmac-Coole, print of hand of,81.
Finn, James: cited,67.
Fire:
and salt on threshold,21;
at entrance to cave or tent, in primitive times,22f.;
on threshold altar in China,39;
and blood, significance of,40;
reference to,41f.;
references to,54-56,158;
masculine symbol,198;
production of sacred,198;
doorway, origin of,226;
as gift of God,227.
Fire-altar:
center of public worship,99;
in Persia,100,
in India,102;
of family developed into that of community,101;
origin of,226.
First-fruits of grain-field offered at threshold,16f.
Five:
fingers held before evil eye,76,
extended on receiving praise,79;
pronouncing word, in response to praise,79.
Flaming torch in Roman marriage ceremonies,41.
Flesh:
of sacrificed animal distributed,4;
and blood symbolized by bread and salt,9.
“Floor of the door” held sacred in Abyssinia,131.
Folk-Lore, London, references to,8,40,42-44.
Folk-Lore Journal, reference to,221.
Folk-Lore Journal, London, references to,21,27f.,34,50,56,196.
Folk-Lore Record, London, reference to,38.
Foot:
against threshold, “unlucky” to strike,12f.;
importance placed on use of right,36-38.
Forculus, door-god of Romans,97.
Forlong, Gen. J.G.R.: references to,230,237.
“Fornication,” idolatry called,213.
“Foundation:”
and “threshold” interchangeable terms,21f.;
references to,47,50,53,158;
laying in blood in Galam,51f.;
sacrifice in Algiers,48,
among Vlachs in Turkey,52f.;
in Archangel,54;
in inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar II.,109f.;
or Papa,152.
Foundation-stone as threshold of building,46.
Fountain of life sought for,148.
Fowl:
sacrificed at door,4,9,21,27,45,54f.;
sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53,
in Bulgaria,54;
sacrificed on Chinese junk starting on long voyage,71f.
Foxes, tribe of, red hand among,87.
France:
marriages in ancient times in,139;
Marguerite of, married to Edward I. at door in,140;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230.
Frazer, J.G.:
references to,5,93,209,230;
cited,147,221.
Freytag, G.W., reference to,244.
Friend of bridegroom:
gifts made at threshold by, in Russia,32;
among Albanians,37f.
Frog under threshold among Magyars,19f.
Frothingham, Prof. A.L., Jr., testimony of,24.
Fruit:
presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31;
in Bible narrative,238.
Fuerst, Julius: cited,244.
Funeral:
salt on threshold in Japan after,20;
coffin passed out window at, in Europe and America,25.
Gabriel kissing threshold of gate,124.Galam, survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.“Galeed,” memorial of covenant between Jacob and Laban,171.Galilee, Sea of, reference to,11.Gardner, Dr. Percy:cited,7;reference to,263.Garlic placed under threshold among Magyars,19f.Garnett, L.M.J.:cited,27,30;quotation from,53.Gate:justice at palace, in Persepolis,60;of camp of Israel, Moses at,63;inscribed, among Muhammadans,70;dishonoring, among Greeks,97;image as gate in New Zealand,107f.;gods of,95,110,113,127-129;of Beltis,95,at Medina, at Ghuznee, of mosk at Meccah, images trodden upon at,123;keys of captured cities preserved in Germany,262.“Gate of the Dead” in Korea,24.Gate-god of Romans,97.“Gate of heaven” in Jacob’s dream at Bethel,112.Gateway:sacredness of, among Greeks,7;of city, images buried under,14.Gauri feast, worship of serpent at,259.Gaza, gates of, carried off by Samson,255.Genesis, the temptation in narrative of:as understood by Philo Judæus,238;teaching of Gnostic sects on,239.Genii, winged, and winged bulls at entrance,95.Gentleman’s Magazine, reference to,74.Germany:threshold cure in North,18;pottery broken on threshold on marriage eve in North,33;South, Scripture inscriptions above entrance of houses in,73;marriage rites of,138;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;term for women in,256;emperors of, preserving keys of captured cities,262.Geronimo sacrificed in building walls of Algiers,48.Gesenius, Wilhelm:cited,83;references to,103,210,255.Ghuzzeh, ancient site of Gaza,255.“Gift of in-going” for bridegroom in Skarpanto,31.Gifts at threshold:at wedding in Russia,32;at marriage among Towkas,35.Gilead, Jacob and Laban in,171.Gill, Rev. W.W.: cited,152.Gingiro, bloody threshold offering in,8f.Ginsburg, Dr. Christian D.:cited, #69.f190# f.;references to,120,212.Gnostic sects, teaching of, on narrative in Genesis,239.Goat sacrificed:at threshold for guest,4;in Central Africa,27f.;among Copts in Egypt,45;on Arab joining new tribe,59.Gobineau, Count de: reference to,104.God:of household party to marriage covenant,32;of life and fertility,79;of threshold in China,71,95f.,in India,95,in Japan,96,in Egypt,96f.,in Greece and Rome,97,in Guatemala,98;of doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, India,104;Asshur and his worshipers with uplifted hands,89;doorway shrine as standing-place for,105;of under-world, false door of tomb for,106;of gates in Babylonia,113;Ea in legend of Ishtar and Dumuzi,114;Isis, guardian of gateway,127;Nephthys, guardian of gateway,127;Osiris–judge of living and dead, at door of gateway,127-129.“Goddess of the homestead,” prayer to, in betrothal in Russia,32.“Goddess of the dwelling-house,” reference to,32.Goddess Ishtar, descent of, into Allat’s realm,113f.Godopreserved from wedding night in Dahomey,245.“Gods of entrances” among Romans,97.“Gods’ portion:”salted bread under threshold in betrothal in Russia,32;of brandy spilt under threshold in Russia,33.Godwyn, Thomas: cited,39.“Going out and coming in,” reference to threshold and deities,109.Gold:under threshold in Roumania,20;threshold plated with,110.Goldsmith struck dead at threshold,122.Gomme, George L.,50.“Good Abode, The,” inscribed on door-posts of dwelling,68.“Good luck” from horseshoes on side-posts of doorway,73f.Goodwin, William W.: cited,39,41.Goose sacrificed in Ireland,21.“Graf,” meaning of,183.Grain, nuts, and fruit presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.Grant, General:threshold sacrifice in honor of,7f.;at border line of Assioot,186.Grant-Bey, Dr. J.A.S., reference to,124.“Grape, blood of the,” among Muhammadans,5.Grass dipped in blood representing dignity and power,15.Graves, symbol of open hand above,79.Gray, Archdeacon:cited,40,72;references to,104,108,245.Great Britain, reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Greece:lifting bride over threshold in,39;bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;flaming torch to accompany foundation sacrifice in,53;reference to religion of,97;palace and temple often identical in,100;position of altar in temples of,134;ancient ruins on sacred foundations of,158;trees marking border lines in,176;boundaries in ancient,180;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;prominence of pine-cone in ancient,257.Greek Church, marriage sacrament in,222.Greeks:sacredness of city gates among,7;in Turkey, wedding custom among,30;altars before houses among,72;doorway ornamented for bride among,72f.;appealing to guardian deity at gateway among,73;smearing side-posts of gateway with magic herbs among,73;deities of doors and gates among,97;temple of, developed from dwelling-house,100;earliest literature of, in reference to threshold,132;modern Easter observance among,221.Gregor, Walter, quotation from,34.Griffis, William Elliot:cited,20;references to,101,104,230.Grove of trees:sacred landmark of boundary in primitive times,173f.;in religious symbolisms,230.Guardian deity’s protection secured by stepping over threshold,12.“Guardian of the dwellings of Israel, the,”69.Guardian of threshold as post of honor,119f.Guarding dwelling by placing sacrifices on threshold,14.Guatemala:blood smeared on doorway in,73;“the god of houses” in,98.Guest:adopted by bloody sacrifice at door in Syria and Egypt,3;welcomed by stepping over blood at door of host,4;by blood among Arabs of Central Africa,9;by sacrifice of fowl in Liberia,9;refusal of welcome to,217.Guhl and Koner: cited,40f.,72,100.Guzelder, reference to,190.Gwilt, Joseph: cited,36.
Gabriel kissing threshold of gate,124.
Galam, survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.
“Galeed,” memorial of covenant between Jacob and Laban,171.
Galilee, Sea of, reference to,11.
Gardner, Dr. Percy:
cited,7;
reference to,263.
Garlic placed under threshold among Magyars,19f.
Garnett, L.M.J.:
cited,27,30;
quotation from,53.
Gate:
justice at palace, in Persepolis,60;
of camp of Israel, Moses at,63;
inscribed, among Muhammadans,70;
dishonoring, among Greeks,97;
image as gate in New Zealand,107f.;
gods of,95,110,113,127-129;
of Beltis,95,
at Medina, at Ghuznee, of mosk at Meccah, images trodden upon at,123;
keys of captured cities preserved in Germany,262.
“Gate of the Dead” in Korea,24.
Gate-god of Romans,97.
“Gate of heaven” in Jacob’s dream at Bethel,112.
Gateway:
sacredness of, among Greeks,7;
of city, images buried under,14.
Gauri feast, worship of serpent at,259.
Gaza, gates of, carried off by Samson,255.
Genesis, the temptation in narrative of:
as understood by Philo Judæus,238;
teaching of Gnostic sects on,239.
Genii, winged, and winged bulls at entrance,95.
Gentleman’s Magazine, reference to,74.
Germany:
threshold cure in North,18;
pottery broken on threshold on marriage eve in North,33;
South, Scripture inscriptions above entrance of houses in,73;
marriage rites of,138;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230;
term for women in,256;
emperors of, preserving keys of captured cities,262.
Geronimo sacrificed in building walls of Algiers,48.
Gesenius, Wilhelm:
cited,83;
references to,103,210,255.
Ghuzzeh, ancient site of Gaza,255.
“Gift of in-going” for bridegroom in Skarpanto,31.
Gifts at threshold:
at wedding in Russia,32;
at marriage among Towkas,35.
Gilead, Jacob and Laban in,171.
Gill, Rev. W.W.: cited,152.
Gingiro, bloody threshold offering in,8f.
Ginsburg, Dr. Christian D.:
cited, #69.f190# f.;
references to,120,212.
Gnostic sects, teaching of, on narrative in Genesis,239.
Goat sacrificed:
at threshold for guest,4;
in Central Africa,27f.;
among Copts in Egypt,45;
on Arab joining new tribe,59.
Gobineau, Count de: reference to,104.
God:
of household party to marriage covenant,32;
of life and fertility,79;
of threshold in China,71,95f.,
in India,95,
in Japan,96,
in Egypt,96f.,
in Greece and Rome,97,
in Guatemala,98;
of doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, India,104;
Asshur and his worshipers with uplifted hands,89;
doorway shrine as standing-place for,105;
of under-world, false door of tomb for,106;
of gates in Babylonia,113;
Ea in legend of Ishtar and Dumuzi,114;
Isis, guardian of gateway,127;
Nephthys, guardian of gateway,127;
Osiris–judge of living and dead, at door of gateway,127-129.
“Goddess of the homestead,” prayer to, in betrothal in Russia,32.
“Goddess of the dwelling-house,” reference to,32.
Goddess Ishtar, descent of, into Allat’s realm,113f.
Godopreserved from wedding night in Dahomey,245.
“Gods of entrances” among Romans,97.
“Gods’ portion:”
salted bread under threshold in betrothal in Russia,32;
of brandy spilt under threshold in Russia,33.
Godwyn, Thomas: cited,39.
“Going out and coming in,” reference to threshold and deities,109.
Gold:
under threshold in Roumania,20;
threshold plated with,110.
Goldsmith struck dead at threshold,122.
Gomme, George L.,50.
“Good Abode, The,” inscribed on door-posts of dwelling,68.
“Good luck” from horseshoes on side-posts of doorway,73f.
Goodwin, William W.: cited,39,41.
Goose sacrificed in Ireland,21.
“Graf,” meaning of,183.
Grain, nuts, and fruit presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.
Grant, General:
threshold sacrifice in honor of,7f.;
at border line of Assioot,186.
Grant-Bey, Dr. J.A.S., reference to,124.
“Grape, blood of the,” among Muhammadans,5.
Grass dipped in blood representing dignity and power,15.
Graves, symbol of open hand above,79.
Gray, Archdeacon:
cited,40,72;
references to,104,108,245.
Great Britain, reverence for phallic emblems in,230.
Greece:
lifting bride over threshold in,39;
bride worshiping at altar-fire in,41;
flaming torch to accompany foundation sacrifice in,53;
reference to religion of,97;
palace and temple often identical in,100;
position of altar in temples of,134;
ancient ruins on sacred foundations of,158;
trees marking border lines in,176;
boundaries in ancient,180;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230;
religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;
prominence of pine-cone in ancient,257.
Greek Church, marriage sacrament in,222.
Greeks:
sacredness of city gates among,7;
in Turkey, wedding custom among,30;
altars before houses among,72;
doorway ornamented for bride among,72f.;
appealing to guardian deity at gateway among,73;
smearing side-posts of gateway with magic herbs among,73;
deities of doors and gates among,97;
temple of, developed from dwelling-house,100;
earliest literature of, in reference to threshold,132;
modern Easter observance among,221.
Gregor, Walter, quotation from,34.
Griffis, William Elliot:
cited,20;
references to,101,104,230.
Grove of trees:
sacred landmark of boundary in primitive times,173f.;
in religious symbolisms,230.
Guardian deity’s protection secured by stepping over threshold,12.
“Guardian of the dwellings of Israel, the,”69.
Guardian of threshold as post of honor,119f.
Guarding dwelling by placing sacrifices on threshold,14.
Guatemala:
blood smeared on doorway in,73;
“the god of houses” in,98.
Guest:
adopted by bloody sacrifice at door in Syria and Egypt,3;
welcomed by stepping over blood at door of host,4;
by blood among Arabs of Central Africa,9;
by sacrifice of fowl in Liberia,9;
refusal of welcome to,217.
Guhl and Koner: cited,40f.,72,100.
Guzelder, reference to,190.
Gwilt, Joseph: cited,36.