Hades, Babylonian conception of,113.Hagar:and Holy House, tradition of,163;Abraham’s visit to home of,200.Hags kept off by cross drawn on threshold,18.Hajj procession returning from Meccah,186.Hakham Bâshi, welcome to,67.Haleb:reference to,247;marriage customs among Christians at,248.Hall of the Two Truths, deceased challenged at entrance to,129.Hall of Two-fold Maat, place of final judgment,129.Hammaqâmor place of worship,160.Hand:stamped on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;wrought in silver placed on children’s necks,76;figure of, similar to five-branched candlestick,77;as symbol on banner and prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78;as symbol of Siva, the destroyer,78;as emblem of power in East Indies,78;inscribed on or above door in ancient Carthage,78;carved in coral or ivory carried by Jewess,79;open, made in stone, metal, enamel, or bone, common in ancient Egypt,79;symbol of open, found above graves near Tunis,79;symbol of uplifted, in Babylonia,79f.,Assyria and Phenicia,80,Egypt,81,85,Polynesia,83,148,Central America,148;clasping in covenant in Babylonia,80;print of, giant Finmac-Coole as signature,81;of clay impressed on human body among American Indians,84;print of, as symbol on naked body,84;of bride traced in ink in covenant in Korea,93f.;print of, as signature,93f.;of Muhammad signed to certificate of protection,94.“Hand of might,” red hand as,75.“Hand of Moses,” red hand called,77.“Hand-striking” feast at betrothal,32f.Haran, reference to,160.Hareema, Arabic term for woman,256.Harper’s Magazine, reference to,96.Harrison and Verrall, reference to,159.Harvest threshold ceremony in India,16f.“Harvest Festival” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.Hasselquist, F., reference to,222.Hathor, Queen, reference to,184.Hawaii:ancient gods of,150;cities of refuge in,151.Hayes, Isaac I.: cited,39.Hearth:as primitive altar,22;Penates of Romans at,23;bride taken to, in Scotland,44.Hearthstone:of Arab shaykh’s tent,22;as first threshold altar,40.Hearn, Lafcadio:cited,72,201;quotation from,125f.Hebrew:wordnasa–to lift up or to swear,83;word for tent and tabernacle,101;literature, reference to,109;law as to cities of refuge,151,as to local landmarks,169;new year,212.Hebrews:commanded to dedicate doorways to living God,69;sacred ark of, in house of god Dagon,116f.Hebrews, Epistle to, on threshold sacrifice,217.Hebron, reference to,255.Heh and Egyptian empire, boundary marks between,179.Heifer sacrificed at door for guest,4.Hen:sacrificed in Ireland,21;sacrificed at new houses among Metâwileh,45;buried alive under house,56.Henderson, William: cited,142,160.Herald in India responsible with life for repayment of debt,61f.Herbs, juice of magic, smeared on door-posts among Greeks,73.“Hercules, Pillars of,”181.Hermann, K.F.: cited,172.Hermes, reference to, concerning boundary lines,171f.Hermes Propylaios, reference to,159.Herodotus:quotation from,14;cited,111;references to,229,236.Herrick, R.: his poem on marriage,139f.Hesiod, reference to,132f.Hesperides, shores of,135.Heuzey, Léon: cited,29f.Hiel, Jericho’s foundation laid in blood of son of,47.Hieroglyphics placed on door-posts and lintels in Egypt,68f.High thresholds in houses of Finland and United States, and in Teutonic houses,12.Highway, king’s, reference to,176.Hilkiah, duties of guardians of threshold in days of,120.Hillah, red hand over doors of large khan of,75.Hilprecht, Dr. H.V.:cited,22,78,109,155,209;testimony of,33f.;on use of red hand over doors in Babylonia,75;quotation from,167-169.Hindooism, modern, Saivism predominating in,198.Hindoos:sacredness of threshold among,11;law regarding door-sill,15;belief that evil spirits keep aloof from iron,17;rules requiring right foot to cross threshold first,36f.;sacredness of fire recognized by,40;sacredness of oath taken at threshold of temple among,121f.;prejudice against shedding blood, sacrifices in spite of,122f.;worship of,236;exhibit of evidence among,249.Hindoostan, survivals of foundation-laying in blood,50.Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.Hinges, reference to,254.Hittite, reference to,213.Hofstad, temple in,160.Hog sacrificed before door in Egypt,14.Holland, strewing of threshold in,33.Holy water at doorway of Roman Catholic churches in America,147.Holy Sepulcher, Church of,221.Homer: cited,100;f267#, #132f.,135.Hommel, Prof. Fritz: cited,201.Honey:smeared on door-posts among Wallachians,29;and water for bride at threshold in Morea,30;and bread placed on bride’s gate-post,42f.Hooke, N., reference to,265.Hopkins, Prof. Dr. E.W.:cited,6,62,198,231;quotation from,15.Hormuz, son of Nurshivan, reference to,11.“Horns of the altar,” meaning of,58.Horus, image of, over temple door to drive away unclean spirits,127;reference to,179.Horse:sacrificed at threshold in Syria,4f.;passing through blood of sacrifice,7;laid in churchyard before burial in Sweden,56;stamped with red hand in Babylonia,75;covered with red hands buried with Indian chief,85f.Horseshoe:nailed to door-sills in Bombay,17,on door-step in Pennsylvania,21,to side-posts for “good luck” in Europe and America,73f.;often found on ship’s mast,74.Hospitality:law of, in India,5f.;among Arabs,22.Hossein, banners with open hand at commemoration of death of,78.House:preceding temple,3;corners of, sprinkled with blood, in Ireland,21;wall broken for removal of body, in India,23;earliest form of Egyptian temple,100;of king both palace and temple,101f.;to temple, gradual transition from,101f.House-father:as earliest priest,3;among Hindoos,15.House of the Bronze Threshold,132.Household “teraphim,”109.Hovel earliest form of Egyptian temple,100.Huc, Abbé: cited,125.Hughes, Thomas P.:cited,37,123;reference to,164.Human nature and sacredness of threshold,152.Human sacrifice:in Zindero and Central Africa,8f.,in China,48,in Alaska,50f.,in Mexico,56,at pagoda door in India,122f.,on altar at temple gate in Tibet,125;in modern times,47;various substitutes for,53f.;reference to,144.Human skeletons found under towers of ancient Irish,50f.Hut earliest form of Japanese temple,101.Hwen Thsang, reference to,156.“Hymen’s torch” in marriage ceremony,41.Hyssop, significance of,214.Iceland, Thorolf of Norway in,160.Idolaters, threshold and door-post of, beside Lord’s,118.Idols:at door-altar in Mexico,21;destroyed at gate in Meccah, Medina, and Ghuznee,123.Image as gateway of village or cemetery in New Zealand,107f.Images:buried under threshold of houses, temples, and city gates,14;in sacred “upper corner” of building in Russia,55;under foundations in ancient Rome,55f.;of gods of threshold in China,96.Imbiʾa, reference to,60.Imgur-Bêl gate in walls of Babylon,110.“Imposition of the Sa, the,” touch of uplifted hand of deity,85.Incantations:mantra used in,15;on paper placed in door-sill in Pennsylvania,21.Incense:placed on threshold,18;exorcism with,18;burned on threshold in Tuscany,42;origin of,226.India:law of threshold in,5f.;sacredness of threshold in,16;body not to cross threshold,23;body removed through wall,23;crossing threshold by bride in,38;bride at altar-fire in,41;appeals in blood at household altar in,61;refusal to move from threshold until claim is heeded in,61;offering to threshold god Vāttu in,95;fire-altar center of worship in,99;no temples in early,100;fire-altar on threshold as place of worship in,102;doorways apart from temples in,104;judgments at temple threshold in,122;bloody sacrifices at temple threshold in,122;holy trees in Upper,156;habit of building sanctuary in,157;landmarks in,169;laws of, regarding disputed boundaries,169;visible aid of worship in,198;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;serpent as religious symbol in,235;marriage ceremonies in,248;lotus symbol in,257;religious custom in,258.Indian Antiquary, reference to,258.Indians:of Mexico, reference to,21;of Yucatan, reference to,82;red hand among American,85-93;Natchez, religious ceremonies among,147.Indies, East, hand as emblem of power in,78.Indo-Aryans and boundary lines,185.Inscription:and invocation placed at corner of building in Babylonia,22;on gates and houses deemed protection against evil spirits,70;at doorway in China,71;among Greeks,72;on tomb of kings of Persia,124;showing sanctity of temple doorways in Asia,109.Instructress in matrimony in China,40.Invocations:on images buried under threshold,14;and deposits at threshold in Babylonia,22.Iona cathedral built in human blood,50.Ionia, pillar as threshold stone in,180.Ioways, red hand among,87.Ireland:sacrifice in,21;lifting bride over threshold in,44;human skeletons in round towers in,50;print of five fingers on “druidical altar” in,81;mode of marriage in,142f.Irenæus: cited,239.Iron as guard against evil spirits,17.Isé:temples of, modeled on primeval hut,101;great shrines of, chief Meccah of Shintō faith,126.Ishmael:and Holy House, tradition of,163;and Hagar, Abraham’s visit to home of,200.Ishmael, Rabbi: cited,208.Ishtar:gate of,95;legend of,113.Isis, guardian of Egyptian temple,127.Islands, South Sea, temples of,148.Israel:executing judgment against Benjamites for disregard of appeal at door,63f.;called to “establish judgment at the gate,”64.Israelites:protected against Medes, Persians, Midianites, and Assyrians,211;reference to,216;command to, concerning Asherah and pillar,233;exhibiting evidences among,249.Istar of Agade,153. See, also,Ishtar.Italy:prominence of threshold in folk customs of,17f.;corpse not to pass main door of house in,24.Ivory hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.Jacob:at Bethel,160;and Laban agreeing on landmark,171;his pillar,268f.“Jacob’s ladder” probably stepped-temple structure,112.Jaffa, sacrifices of sheep at beginning of railroad at,56.“Janua,” reference to,200.Janus, Gate-god of Romans,97.Japan:salt sprinkled on threshold in,20;survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;shimenawa suspended above door in,72;gods of Ni-o guarding threshold in,96;temples of, on model of primeval huts,101;doorways apart from temples in,104;pilgrims at threshold of sacred shrines of,125;Shinto temples of,201;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Jastrow, Prof. Dr. Morris, Jr.: cited,79,144,253.Jastrow, Rev. Dr. Marcus, testimony of,212.Jehoash, altar at threshold in days of,121.Jehoiada:chest for offerings placed at temple door and altar,121;his assignment of priests to threshold,120.Jennings, Hargrave: cited,230.Jeremiah, references to,64,213.Jericho:curse of Joshua on rebuilder of walls of,46f.;walls of, falling down,211.Jerome: his translation ofsaph,207.Jerusalem:and Jaffa railroad, sacrifice at beginning of,57;blood placed on lintel of temple at,67;red hand in Jews’ quarter of,75;waters issuing from under threshold of temple at,114;altar of burnt offering at threshold of temple at,120;temple site at,161;presence of Christ at,215;Church of Holy Sepulcher at,221.Jesus:reference of, to door,6,to gates of Hades,65;the Door,104.Jews:red hand on houses of, in Jerusalem,76,on houses at Safed,77;open hand found over graves of, in Europe,79;in Morocco, bloody hand on door-posts among,67f.;sign of hand found in houses of,76;sacrifice of lamb at door of new house of,76f.;in Tunis, bloody hand among,78f.;hand as talisman against evil eye among,79;rubbing fingers on synagogue door-posts among,144;modern, observing passover,211f.Jicarilla Apaches:prominence of red hand among,87;celebration of attainment to puberty among,88-92.John the Baptist, reference to,218f.Jones and Kropf:cited,12,18,20f.,143;quotation from,17.Jordan, source of, at threshold of grotto of Pan,115.Joshua:his curse on rebuilder of Jericho,46f.;guardians of threshold in days of,120.Journal of American Folk-Lore, references to,5,21.Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, reference to,236.Joyner. SeeVon Löher and Joyner.Judicial oath, uplifted hand in,83.Julien, Stanislas: cited,156.“Jumping the broomstick,”143.Juno, Virgil’s reference to brazen threshold in temple of,130.Jupiter:priest of, at Lystra,134f.;reference to boundary lines,171;image of, as boundary mark,172.Justice sought at gate:among Arabs,57-59;in Arabia,59f.;in Babylonia and Elam,60;in Egypt,60f.;in India,61;in Morocco,62f.;among Israelites,63f.;in Turkey,65.Justinian, Emperor: cited,181.
Hades, Babylonian conception of,113.Hagar:and Holy House, tradition of,163;Abraham’s visit to home of,200.Hags kept off by cross drawn on threshold,18.Hajj procession returning from Meccah,186.Hakham Bâshi, welcome to,67.Haleb:reference to,247;marriage customs among Christians at,248.Hall of the Two Truths, deceased challenged at entrance to,129.Hall of Two-fold Maat, place of final judgment,129.Hammaqâmor place of worship,160.Hand:stamped on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;wrought in silver placed on children’s necks,76;figure of, similar to five-branched candlestick,77;as symbol on banner and prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78;as symbol of Siva, the destroyer,78;as emblem of power in East Indies,78;inscribed on or above door in ancient Carthage,78;carved in coral or ivory carried by Jewess,79;open, made in stone, metal, enamel, or bone, common in ancient Egypt,79;symbol of open, found above graves near Tunis,79;symbol of uplifted, in Babylonia,79f.,Assyria and Phenicia,80,Egypt,81,85,Polynesia,83,148,Central America,148;clasping in covenant in Babylonia,80;print of, giant Finmac-Coole as signature,81;of clay impressed on human body among American Indians,84;print of, as symbol on naked body,84;of bride traced in ink in covenant in Korea,93f.;print of, as signature,93f.;of Muhammad signed to certificate of protection,94.“Hand of might,” red hand as,75.“Hand of Moses,” red hand called,77.“Hand-striking” feast at betrothal,32f.Haran, reference to,160.Hareema, Arabic term for woman,256.Harper’s Magazine, reference to,96.Harrison and Verrall, reference to,159.Harvest threshold ceremony in India,16f.“Harvest Festival” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.Hasselquist, F., reference to,222.Hathor, Queen, reference to,184.Hawaii:ancient gods of,150;cities of refuge in,151.Hayes, Isaac I.: cited,39.Hearth:as primitive altar,22;Penates of Romans at,23;bride taken to, in Scotland,44.Hearthstone:of Arab shaykh’s tent,22;as first threshold altar,40.Hearn, Lafcadio:cited,72,201;quotation from,125f.Hebrew:wordnasa–to lift up or to swear,83;word for tent and tabernacle,101;literature, reference to,109;law as to cities of refuge,151,as to local landmarks,169;new year,212.Hebrews:commanded to dedicate doorways to living God,69;sacred ark of, in house of god Dagon,116f.Hebrews, Epistle to, on threshold sacrifice,217.Hebron, reference to,255.Heh and Egyptian empire, boundary marks between,179.Heifer sacrificed at door for guest,4.Hen:sacrificed in Ireland,21;sacrificed at new houses among Metâwileh,45;buried alive under house,56.Henderson, William: cited,142,160.Herald in India responsible with life for repayment of debt,61f.Herbs, juice of magic, smeared on door-posts among Greeks,73.“Hercules, Pillars of,”181.Hermann, K.F.: cited,172.Hermes, reference to, concerning boundary lines,171f.Hermes Propylaios, reference to,159.Herodotus:quotation from,14;cited,111;references to,229,236.Herrick, R.: his poem on marriage,139f.Hesiod, reference to,132f.Hesperides, shores of,135.Heuzey, Léon: cited,29f.Hiel, Jericho’s foundation laid in blood of son of,47.Hieroglyphics placed on door-posts and lintels in Egypt,68f.High thresholds in houses of Finland and United States, and in Teutonic houses,12.Highway, king’s, reference to,176.Hilkiah, duties of guardians of threshold in days of,120.Hillah, red hand over doors of large khan of,75.Hilprecht, Dr. H.V.:cited,22,78,109,155,209;testimony of,33f.;on use of red hand over doors in Babylonia,75;quotation from,167-169.Hindooism, modern, Saivism predominating in,198.Hindoos:sacredness of threshold among,11;law regarding door-sill,15;belief that evil spirits keep aloof from iron,17;rules requiring right foot to cross threshold first,36f.;sacredness of fire recognized by,40;sacredness of oath taken at threshold of temple among,121f.;prejudice against shedding blood, sacrifices in spite of,122f.;worship of,236;exhibit of evidence among,249.Hindoostan, survivals of foundation-laying in blood,50.Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.Hinges, reference to,254.Hittite, reference to,213.Hofstad, temple in,160.Hog sacrificed before door in Egypt,14.Holland, strewing of threshold in,33.Holy water at doorway of Roman Catholic churches in America,147.Holy Sepulcher, Church of,221.Homer: cited,100;f267#, #132f.,135.Hommel, Prof. Fritz: cited,201.Honey:smeared on door-posts among Wallachians,29;and water for bride at threshold in Morea,30;and bread placed on bride’s gate-post,42f.Hooke, N., reference to,265.Hopkins, Prof. Dr. E.W.:cited,6,62,198,231;quotation from,15.Hormuz, son of Nurshivan, reference to,11.“Horns of the altar,” meaning of,58.Horus, image of, over temple door to drive away unclean spirits,127;reference to,179.Horse:sacrificed at threshold in Syria,4f.;passing through blood of sacrifice,7;laid in churchyard before burial in Sweden,56;stamped with red hand in Babylonia,75;covered with red hands buried with Indian chief,85f.Horseshoe:nailed to door-sills in Bombay,17,on door-step in Pennsylvania,21,to side-posts for “good luck” in Europe and America,73f.;often found on ship’s mast,74.Hospitality:law of, in India,5f.;among Arabs,22.Hossein, banners with open hand at commemoration of death of,78.House:preceding temple,3;corners of, sprinkled with blood, in Ireland,21;wall broken for removal of body, in India,23;earliest form of Egyptian temple,100;of king both palace and temple,101f.;to temple, gradual transition from,101f.House-father:as earliest priest,3;among Hindoos,15.House of the Bronze Threshold,132.Household “teraphim,”109.Hovel earliest form of Egyptian temple,100.Huc, Abbé: cited,125.Hughes, Thomas P.:cited,37,123;reference to,164.Human nature and sacredness of threshold,152.Human sacrifice:in Zindero and Central Africa,8f.,in China,48,in Alaska,50f.,in Mexico,56,at pagoda door in India,122f.,on altar at temple gate in Tibet,125;in modern times,47;various substitutes for,53f.;reference to,144.Human skeletons found under towers of ancient Irish,50f.Hut earliest form of Japanese temple,101.Hwen Thsang, reference to,156.“Hymen’s torch” in marriage ceremony,41.Hyssop, significance of,214.Iceland, Thorolf of Norway in,160.Idolaters, threshold and door-post of, beside Lord’s,118.Idols:at door-altar in Mexico,21;destroyed at gate in Meccah, Medina, and Ghuznee,123.Image as gateway of village or cemetery in New Zealand,107f.Images:buried under threshold of houses, temples, and city gates,14;in sacred “upper corner” of building in Russia,55;under foundations in ancient Rome,55f.;of gods of threshold in China,96.Imbiʾa, reference to,60.Imgur-Bêl gate in walls of Babylon,110.“Imposition of the Sa, the,” touch of uplifted hand of deity,85.Incantations:mantra used in,15;on paper placed in door-sill in Pennsylvania,21.Incense:placed on threshold,18;exorcism with,18;burned on threshold in Tuscany,42;origin of,226.India:law of threshold in,5f.;sacredness of threshold in,16;body not to cross threshold,23;body removed through wall,23;crossing threshold by bride in,38;bride at altar-fire in,41;appeals in blood at household altar in,61;refusal to move from threshold until claim is heeded in,61;offering to threshold god Vāttu in,95;fire-altar center of worship in,99;no temples in early,100;fire-altar on threshold as place of worship in,102;doorways apart from temples in,104;judgments at temple threshold in,122;bloody sacrifices at temple threshold in,122;holy trees in Upper,156;habit of building sanctuary in,157;landmarks in,169;laws of, regarding disputed boundaries,169;visible aid of worship in,198;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;serpent as religious symbol in,235;marriage ceremonies in,248;lotus symbol in,257;religious custom in,258.Indian Antiquary, reference to,258.Indians:of Mexico, reference to,21;of Yucatan, reference to,82;red hand among American,85-93;Natchez, religious ceremonies among,147.Indies, East, hand as emblem of power in,78.Indo-Aryans and boundary lines,185.Inscription:and invocation placed at corner of building in Babylonia,22;on gates and houses deemed protection against evil spirits,70;at doorway in China,71;among Greeks,72;on tomb of kings of Persia,124;showing sanctity of temple doorways in Asia,109.Instructress in matrimony in China,40.Invocations:on images buried under threshold,14;and deposits at threshold in Babylonia,22.Iona cathedral built in human blood,50.Ionia, pillar as threshold stone in,180.Ioways, red hand among,87.Ireland:sacrifice in,21;lifting bride over threshold in,44;human skeletons in round towers in,50;print of five fingers on “druidical altar” in,81;mode of marriage in,142f.Irenæus: cited,239.Iron as guard against evil spirits,17.Isé:temples of, modeled on primeval hut,101;great shrines of, chief Meccah of Shintō faith,126.Ishmael:and Holy House, tradition of,163;and Hagar, Abraham’s visit to home of,200.Ishmael, Rabbi: cited,208.Ishtar:gate of,95;legend of,113.Isis, guardian of Egyptian temple,127.Islands, South Sea, temples of,148.Israel:executing judgment against Benjamites for disregard of appeal at door,63f.;called to “establish judgment at the gate,”64.Israelites:protected against Medes, Persians, Midianites, and Assyrians,211;reference to,216;command to, concerning Asherah and pillar,233;exhibiting evidences among,249.Istar of Agade,153. See, also,Ishtar.Italy:prominence of threshold in folk customs of,17f.;corpse not to pass main door of house in,24.Ivory hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.Jacob:at Bethel,160;and Laban agreeing on landmark,171;his pillar,268f.“Jacob’s ladder” probably stepped-temple structure,112.Jaffa, sacrifices of sheep at beginning of railroad at,56.“Janua,” reference to,200.Janus, Gate-god of Romans,97.Japan:salt sprinkled on threshold in,20;survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;shimenawa suspended above door in,72;gods of Ni-o guarding threshold in,96;temples of, on model of primeval huts,101;doorways apart from temples in,104;pilgrims at threshold of sacred shrines of,125;Shinto temples of,201;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Jastrow, Prof. Dr. Morris, Jr.: cited,79,144,253.Jastrow, Rev. Dr. Marcus, testimony of,212.Jehoash, altar at threshold in days of,121.Jehoiada:chest for offerings placed at temple door and altar,121;his assignment of priests to threshold,120.Jennings, Hargrave: cited,230.Jeremiah, references to,64,213.Jericho:curse of Joshua on rebuilder of walls of,46f.;walls of, falling down,211.Jerome: his translation ofsaph,207.Jerusalem:and Jaffa railroad, sacrifice at beginning of,57;blood placed on lintel of temple at,67;red hand in Jews’ quarter of,75;waters issuing from under threshold of temple at,114;altar of burnt offering at threshold of temple at,120;temple site at,161;presence of Christ at,215;Church of Holy Sepulcher at,221.Jesus:reference of, to door,6,to gates of Hades,65;the Door,104.Jews:red hand on houses of, in Jerusalem,76,on houses at Safed,77;open hand found over graves of, in Europe,79;in Morocco, bloody hand on door-posts among,67f.;sign of hand found in houses of,76;sacrifice of lamb at door of new house of,76f.;in Tunis, bloody hand among,78f.;hand as talisman against evil eye among,79;rubbing fingers on synagogue door-posts among,144;modern, observing passover,211f.Jicarilla Apaches:prominence of red hand among,87;celebration of attainment to puberty among,88-92.John the Baptist, reference to,218f.Jones and Kropf:cited,12,18,20f.,143;quotation from,17.Jordan, source of, at threshold of grotto of Pan,115.Joshua:his curse on rebuilder of Jericho,46f.;guardians of threshold in days of,120.Journal of American Folk-Lore, references to,5,21.Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, reference to,236.Joyner. SeeVon Löher and Joyner.Judicial oath, uplifted hand in,83.Julien, Stanislas: cited,156.“Jumping the broomstick,”143.Juno, Virgil’s reference to brazen threshold in temple of,130.Jupiter:priest of, at Lystra,134f.;reference to boundary lines,171;image of, as boundary mark,172.Justice sought at gate:among Arabs,57-59;in Arabia,59f.;in Babylonia and Elam,60;in Egypt,60f.;in India,61;in Morocco,62f.;among Israelites,63f.;in Turkey,65.Justinian, Emperor: cited,181.
Hades, Babylonian conception of,113.Hagar:and Holy House, tradition of,163;Abraham’s visit to home of,200.Hags kept off by cross drawn on threshold,18.Hajj procession returning from Meccah,186.Hakham Bâshi, welcome to,67.Haleb:reference to,247;marriage customs among Christians at,248.Hall of the Two Truths, deceased challenged at entrance to,129.Hall of Two-fold Maat, place of final judgment,129.Hammaqâmor place of worship,160.Hand:stamped on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;wrought in silver placed on children’s necks,76;figure of, similar to five-branched candlestick,77;as symbol on banner and prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78;as symbol of Siva, the destroyer,78;as emblem of power in East Indies,78;inscribed on or above door in ancient Carthage,78;carved in coral or ivory carried by Jewess,79;open, made in stone, metal, enamel, or bone, common in ancient Egypt,79;symbol of open, found above graves near Tunis,79;symbol of uplifted, in Babylonia,79f.,Assyria and Phenicia,80,Egypt,81,85,Polynesia,83,148,Central America,148;clasping in covenant in Babylonia,80;print of, giant Finmac-Coole as signature,81;of clay impressed on human body among American Indians,84;print of, as symbol on naked body,84;of bride traced in ink in covenant in Korea,93f.;print of, as signature,93f.;of Muhammad signed to certificate of protection,94.“Hand of might,” red hand as,75.“Hand of Moses,” red hand called,77.“Hand-striking” feast at betrothal,32f.Haran, reference to,160.Hareema, Arabic term for woman,256.Harper’s Magazine, reference to,96.Harrison and Verrall, reference to,159.Harvest threshold ceremony in India,16f.“Harvest Festival” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.Hasselquist, F., reference to,222.Hathor, Queen, reference to,184.Hawaii:ancient gods of,150;cities of refuge in,151.Hayes, Isaac I.: cited,39.Hearth:as primitive altar,22;Penates of Romans at,23;bride taken to, in Scotland,44.Hearthstone:of Arab shaykh’s tent,22;as first threshold altar,40.Hearn, Lafcadio:cited,72,201;quotation from,125f.Hebrew:wordnasa–to lift up or to swear,83;word for tent and tabernacle,101;literature, reference to,109;law as to cities of refuge,151,as to local landmarks,169;new year,212.Hebrews:commanded to dedicate doorways to living God,69;sacred ark of, in house of god Dagon,116f.Hebrews, Epistle to, on threshold sacrifice,217.Hebron, reference to,255.Heh and Egyptian empire, boundary marks between,179.Heifer sacrificed at door for guest,4.Hen:sacrificed in Ireland,21;sacrificed at new houses among Metâwileh,45;buried alive under house,56.Henderson, William: cited,142,160.Herald in India responsible with life for repayment of debt,61f.Herbs, juice of magic, smeared on door-posts among Greeks,73.“Hercules, Pillars of,”181.Hermann, K.F.: cited,172.Hermes, reference to, concerning boundary lines,171f.Hermes Propylaios, reference to,159.Herodotus:quotation from,14;cited,111;references to,229,236.Herrick, R.: his poem on marriage,139f.Hesiod, reference to,132f.Hesperides, shores of,135.Heuzey, Léon: cited,29f.Hiel, Jericho’s foundation laid in blood of son of,47.Hieroglyphics placed on door-posts and lintels in Egypt,68f.High thresholds in houses of Finland and United States, and in Teutonic houses,12.Highway, king’s, reference to,176.Hilkiah, duties of guardians of threshold in days of,120.Hillah, red hand over doors of large khan of,75.Hilprecht, Dr. H.V.:cited,22,78,109,155,209;testimony of,33f.;on use of red hand over doors in Babylonia,75;quotation from,167-169.Hindooism, modern, Saivism predominating in,198.Hindoos:sacredness of threshold among,11;law regarding door-sill,15;belief that evil spirits keep aloof from iron,17;rules requiring right foot to cross threshold first,36f.;sacredness of fire recognized by,40;sacredness of oath taken at threshold of temple among,121f.;prejudice against shedding blood, sacrifices in spite of,122f.;worship of,236;exhibit of evidence among,249.Hindoostan, survivals of foundation-laying in blood,50.Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.Hinges, reference to,254.Hittite, reference to,213.Hofstad, temple in,160.Hog sacrificed before door in Egypt,14.Holland, strewing of threshold in,33.Holy water at doorway of Roman Catholic churches in America,147.Holy Sepulcher, Church of,221.Homer: cited,100;f267#, #132f.,135.Hommel, Prof. Fritz: cited,201.Honey:smeared on door-posts among Wallachians,29;and water for bride at threshold in Morea,30;and bread placed on bride’s gate-post,42f.Hooke, N., reference to,265.Hopkins, Prof. Dr. E.W.:cited,6,62,198,231;quotation from,15.Hormuz, son of Nurshivan, reference to,11.“Horns of the altar,” meaning of,58.Horus, image of, over temple door to drive away unclean spirits,127;reference to,179.Horse:sacrificed at threshold in Syria,4f.;passing through blood of sacrifice,7;laid in churchyard before burial in Sweden,56;stamped with red hand in Babylonia,75;covered with red hands buried with Indian chief,85f.Horseshoe:nailed to door-sills in Bombay,17,on door-step in Pennsylvania,21,to side-posts for “good luck” in Europe and America,73f.;often found on ship’s mast,74.Hospitality:law of, in India,5f.;among Arabs,22.Hossein, banners with open hand at commemoration of death of,78.House:preceding temple,3;corners of, sprinkled with blood, in Ireland,21;wall broken for removal of body, in India,23;earliest form of Egyptian temple,100;of king both palace and temple,101f.;to temple, gradual transition from,101f.House-father:as earliest priest,3;among Hindoos,15.House of the Bronze Threshold,132.Household “teraphim,”109.Hovel earliest form of Egyptian temple,100.Huc, Abbé: cited,125.Hughes, Thomas P.:cited,37,123;reference to,164.Human nature and sacredness of threshold,152.Human sacrifice:in Zindero and Central Africa,8f.,in China,48,in Alaska,50f.,in Mexico,56,at pagoda door in India,122f.,on altar at temple gate in Tibet,125;in modern times,47;various substitutes for,53f.;reference to,144.Human skeletons found under towers of ancient Irish,50f.Hut earliest form of Japanese temple,101.Hwen Thsang, reference to,156.“Hymen’s torch” in marriage ceremony,41.Hyssop, significance of,214.
Hades, Babylonian conception of,113.
Hagar:
and Holy House, tradition of,163;
Abraham’s visit to home of,200.
Hags kept off by cross drawn on threshold,18.
Hajj procession returning from Meccah,186.
Hakham Bâshi, welcome to,67.
Haleb:
reference to,247;
marriage customs among Christians at,248.
Hall of the Two Truths, deceased challenged at entrance to,129.
Hall of Two-fold Maat, place of final judgment,129.
Hammaqâmor place of worship,160.
Hand:
stamped on door-lintel in Upper Syria,28f.;
wrought in silver placed on children’s necks,76;
figure of, similar to five-branched candlestick,77;
as symbol on banner and prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78;
as symbol of Siva, the destroyer,78;
as emblem of power in East Indies,78;
inscribed on or above door in ancient Carthage,78;
carved in coral or ivory carried by Jewess,79;
open, made in stone, metal, enamel, or bone, common in ancient Egypt,79;
symbol of open, found above graves near Tunis,79;
symbol of uplifted, in Babylonia,79f.,
Assyria and Phenicia,80,
Egypt,81,85,
Polynesia,83,148,
Central America,148;
clasping in covenant in Babylonia,80;
print of, giant Finmac-Coole as signature,81;
of clay impressed on human body among American Indians,84;
print of, as symbol on naked body,84;
of bride traced in ink in covenant in Korea,93f.;
print of, as signature,93f.;
of Muhammad signed to certificate of protection,94.
“Hand of might,” red hand as,75.
“Hand of Moses,” red hand called,77.
“Hand-striking” feast at betrothal,32f.
Haran, reference to,160.
Hareema, Arabic term for woman,256.
Harper’s Magazine, reference to,96.
Harrison and Verrall, reference to,159.
Harvest threshold ceremony in India,16f.
“Harvest Festival” among Indians of lower Mississippi,147.
Hasselquist, F., reference to,222.
Hathor, Queen, reference to,184.
Hawaii:
ancient gods of,150;
cities of refuge in,151.
Hayes, Isaac I.: cited,39.
Hearth:
as primitive altar,22;
Penates of Romans at,23;
bride taken to, in Scotland,44.
Hearthstone:
of Arab shaykh’s tent,22;
as first threshold altar,40.
Hearn, Lafcadio:
cited,72,201;
quotation from,125f.
Hebrew:
wordnasa–to lift up or to swear,83;
word for tent and tabernacle,101;
literature, reference to,109;
law as to cities of refuge,151,
as to local landmarks,169;
new year,212.
Hebrews:
commanded to dedicate doorways to living God,69;
sacred ark of, in house of god Dagon,116f.
Hebrews, Epistle to, on threshold sacrifice,217.
Hebron, reference to,255.
Heh and Egyptian empire, boundary marks between,179.
Heifer sacrificed at door for guest,4.
Hen:
sacrificed in Ireland,21;
sacrificed at new houses among Metâwileh,45;
buried alive under house,56.
Henderson, William: cited,142,160.
Herald in India responsible with life for repayment of debt,61f.
Herbs, juice of magic, smeared on door-posts among Greeks,73.
“Hercules, Pillars of,”181.
Hermann, K.F.: cited,172.
Hermes, reference to, concerning boundary lines,171f.
Hermes Propylaios, reference to,159.
Herodotus:
quotation from,14;
cited,111;
references to,229,236.
Herrick, R.: his poem on marriage,139f.
Hesiod, reference to,132f.
Hesperides, shores of,135.
Heuzey, Léon: cited,29f.
Hiel, Jericho’s foundation laid in blood of son of,47.
Hieroglyphics placed on door-posts and lintels in Egypt,68f.
High thresholds in houses of Finland and United States, and in Teutonic houses,12.
Highway, king’s, reference to,176.
Hilkiah, duties of guardians of threshold in days of,120.
Hillah, red hand over doors of large khan of,75.
Hilprecht, Dr. H.V.:
cited,22,78,109,155,209;
testimony of,33f.;
on use of red hand over doors in Babylonia,75;
quotation from,167-169.
Hindooism, modern, Saivism predominating in,198.
Hindoos:
sacredness of threshold among,11;
law regarding door-sill,15;
belief that evil spirits keep aloof from iron,17;
rules requiring right foot to cross threshold first,36f.;
sacredness of fire recognized by,40;
sacredness of oath taken at threshold of temple among,121f.;
prejudice against shedding blood, sacrifices in spite of,122f.;
worship of,236;
exhibit of evidence among,249.
Hindoostan, survivals of foundation-laying in blood,50.
Hinge-goddess of Romans,97.
Hinges, reference to,254.
Hittite, reference to,213.
Hofstad, temple in,160.
Hog sacrificed before door in Egypt,14.
Holland, strewing of threshold in,33.
Holy water at doorway of Roman Catholic churches in America,147.
Holy Sepulcher, Church of,221.
Homer: cited,100;f267#, #132f.,135.
Hommel, Prof. Fritz: cited,201.
Honey:
smeared on door-posts among Wallachians,29;
and water for bride at threshold in Morea,30;
and bread placed on bride’s gate-post,42f.
Hooke, N., reference to,265.
Hopkins, Prof. Dr. E.W.:
cited,6,62,198,231;
quotation from,15.
Hormuz, son of Nurshivan, reference to,11.
“Horns of the altar,” meaning of,58.
Horus, image of, over temple door to drive away unclean spirits,127;
reference to,179.
Horse:
sacrificed at threshold in Syria,4f.;
passing through blood of sacrifice,7;
laid in churchyard before burial in Sweden,56;
stamped with red hand in Babylonia,75;
covered with red hands buried with Indian chief,85f.
Horseshoe:
nailed to door-sills in Bombay,17,
on door-step in Pennsylvania,21,
to side-posts for “good luck” in Europe and America,73f.;
often found on ship’s mast,74.
Hospitality:
law of, in India,5f.;
among Arabs,22.
Hossein, banners with open hand at commemoration of death of,78.
House:
preceding temple,3;
corners of, sprinkled with blood, in Ireland,21;
wall broken for removal of body, in India,23;
earliest form of Egyptian temple,100;
of king both palace and temple,101f.;
to temple, gradual transition from,101f.
House-father:
as earliest priest,3;
among Hindoos,15.
House of the Bronze Threshold,132.
Household “teraphim,”109.
Hovel earliest form of Egyptian temple,100.
Huc, Abbé: cited,125.
Hughes, Thomas P.:
cited,37,123;
reference to,164.
Human nature and sacredness of threshold,152.
Human sacrifice:
in Zindero and Central Africa,8f.,
in China,48,
in Alaska,50f.,
in Mexico,56,
at pagoda door in India,122f.,
on altar at temple gate in Tibet,125;
in modern times,47;
various substitutes for,53f.;
reference to,144.
Human skeletons found under towers of ancient Irish,50f.
Hut earliest form of Japanese temple,101.
Hwen Thsang, reference to,156.
“Hymen’s torch” in marriage ceremony,41.
Hyssop, significance of,214.
Iceland, Thorolf of Norway in,160.Idolaters, threshold and door-post of, beside Lord’s,118.Idols:at door-altar in Mexico,21;destroyed at gate in Meccah, Medina, and Ghuznee,123.Image as gateway of village or cemetery in New Zealand,107f.Images:buried under threshold of houses, temples, and city gates,14;in sacred “upper corner” of building in Russia,55;under foundations in ancient Rome,55f.;of gods of threshold in China,96.Imbiʾa, reference to,60.Imgur-Bêl gate in walls of Babylon,110.“Imposition of the Sa, the,” touch of uplifted hand of deity,85.Incantations:mantra used in,15;on paper placed in door-sill in Pennsylvania,21.Incense:placed on threshold,18;exorcism with,18;burned on threshold in Tuscany,42;origin of,226.India:law of threshold in,5f.;sacredness of threshold in,16;body not to cross threshold,23;body removed through wall,23;crossing threshold by bride in,38;bride at altar-fire in,41;appeals in blood at household altar in,61;refusal to move from threshold until claim is heeded in,61;offering to threshold god Vāttu in,95;fire-altar center of worship in,99;no temples in early,100;fire-altar on threshold as place of worship in,102;doorways apart from temples in,104;judgments at temple threshold in,122;bloody sacrifices at temple threshold in,122;holy trees in Upper,156;habit of building sanctuary in,157;landmarks in,169;laws of, regarding disputed boundaries,169;visible aid of worship in,198;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;serpent as religious symbol in,235;marriage ceremonies in,248;lotus symbol in,257;religious custom in,258.Indian Antiquary, reference to,258.Indians:of Mexico, reference to,21;of Yucatan, reference to,82;red hand among American,85-93;Natchez, religious ceremonies among,147.Indies, East, hand as emblem of power in,78.Indo-Aryans and boundary lines,185.Inscription:and invocation placed at corner of building in Babylonia,22;on gates and houses deemed protection against evil spirits,70;at doorway in China,71;among Greeks,72;on tomb of kings of Persia,124;showing sanctity of temple doorways in Asia,109.Instructress in matrimony in China,40.Invocations:on images buried under threshold,14;and deposits at threshold in Babylonia,22.Iona cathedral built in human blood,50.Ionia, pillar as threshold stone in,180.Ioways, red hand among,87.Ireland:sacrifice in,21;lifting bride over threshold in,44;human skeletons in round towers in,50;print of five fingers on “druidical altar” in,81;mode of marriage in,142f.Irenæus: cited,239.Iron as guard against evil spirits,17.Isé:temples of, modeled on primeval hut,101;great shrines of, chief Meccah of Shintō faith,126.Ishmael:and Holy House, tradition of,163;and Hagar, Abraham’s visit to home of,200.Ishmael, Rabbi: cited,208.Ishtar:gate of,95;legend of,113.Isis, guardian of Egyptian temple,127.Islands, South Sea, temples of,148.Israel:executing judgment against Benjamites for disregard of appeal at door,63f.;called to “establish judgment at the gate,”64.Israelites:protected against Medes, Persians, Midianites, and Assyrians,211;reference to,216;command to, concerning Asherah and pillar,233;exhibiting evidences among,249.Istar of Agade,153. See, also,Ishtar.Italy:prominence of threshold in folk customs of,17f.;corpse not to pass main door of house in,24.Ivory hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.
Iceland, Thorolf of Norway in,160.
Idolaters, threshold and door-post of, beside Lord’s,118.
Idols:
at door-altar in Mexico,21;
destroyed at gate in Meccah, Medina, and Ghuznee,123.
Image as gateway of village or cemetery in New Zealand,107f.
Images:
buried under threshold of houses, temples, and city gates,14;
in sacred “upper corner” of building in Russia,55;
under foundations in ancient Rome,55f.;
of gods of threshold in China,96.
Imbiʾa, reference to,60.
Imgur-Bêl gate in walls of Babylon,110.
“Imposition of the Sa, the,” touch of uplifted hand of deity,85.
Incantations:
mantra used in,15;
on paper placed in door-sill in Pennsylvania,21.
Incense:
placed on threshold,18;
exorcism with,18;
burned on threshold in Tuscany,42;
origin of,226.
India:
law of threshold in,5f.;
sacredness of threshold in,16;
body not to cross threshold,23;
body removed through wall,23;
crossing threshold by bride in,38;
bride at altar-fire in,41;
appeals in blood at household altar in,61;
refusal to move from threshold until claim is heeded in,61;
offering to threshold god Vāttu in,95;
fire-altar center of worship in,99;
no temples in early,100;
fire-altar on threshold as place of worship in,102;
doorways apart from temples in,104;
judgments at temple threshold in,122;
bloody sacrifices at temple threshold in,122;
holy trees in Upper,156;
habit of building sanctuary in,157;
landmarks in,169;
laws of, regarding disputed boundaries,169;
visible aid of worship in,198;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230;
serpent as religious symbol in,235;
marriage ceremonies in,248;
lotus symbol in,257;
religious custom in,258.
Indian Antiquary, reference to,258.
Indians:
of Mexico, reference to,21;
of Yucatan, reference to,82;
red hand among American,85-93;
Natchez, religious ceremonies among,147.
Indies, East, hand as emblem of power in,78.
Indo-Aryans and boundary lines,185.
Inscription:
and invocation placed at corner of building in Babylonia,22;
on gates and houses deemed protection against evil spirits,70;
at doorway in China,71;
among Greeks,72;
on tomb of kings of Persia,124;
showing sanctity of temple doorways in Asia,109.
Instructress in matrimony in China,40.
Invocations:
on images buried under threshold,14;
and deposits at threshold in Babylonia,22.
Iona cathedral built in human blood,50.
Ionia, pillar as threshold stone in,180.
Ioways, red hand among,87.
Ireland:
sacrifice in,21;
lifting bride over threshold in,44;
human skeletons in round towers in,50;
print of five fingers on “druidical altar” in,81;
mode of marriage in,142f.
Irenæus: cited,239.
Iron as guard against evil spirits,17.
Isé:
temples of, modeled on primeval hut,101;
great shrines of, chief Meccah of Shintō faith,126.
Ishmael:
and Holy House, tradition of,163;
and Hagar, Abraham’s visit to home of,200.
Ishmael, Rabbi: cited,208.
Ishtar:
gate of,95;
legend of,113.
Isis, guardian of Egyptian temple,127.
Islands, South Sea, temples of,148.
Israel:
executing judgment against Benjamites for disregard of appeal at door,63f.;
called to “establish judgment at the gate,”64.
Israelites:
protected against Medes, Persians, Midianites, and Assyrians,211;
reference to,216;
command to, concerning Asherah and pillar,233;
exhibiting evidences among,249.
Istar of Agade,153. See, also,Ishtar.
Italy:
prominence of threshold in folk customs of,17f.;
corpse not to pass main door of house in,24.
Ivory hand as talisman among Jews at Tunis,79.
Jacob:at Bethel,160;and Laban agreeing on landmark,171;his pillar,268f.“Jacob’s ladder” probably stepped-temple structure,112.Jaffa, sacrifices of sheep at beginning of railroad at,56.“Janua,” reference to,200.Janus, Gate-god of Romans,97.Japan:salt sprinkled on threshold in,20;survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;shimenawa suspended above door in,72;gods of Ni-o guarding threshold in,96;temples of, on model of primeval huts,101;doorways apart from temples in,104;pilgrims at threshold of sacred shrines of,125;Shinto temples of,201;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Jastrow, Prof. Dr. Morris, Jr.: cited,79,144,253.Jastrow, Rev. Dr. Marcus, testimony of,212.Jehoash, altar at threshold in days of,121.Jehoiada:chest for offerings placed at temple door and altar,121;his assignment of priests to threshold,120.Jennings, Hargrave: cited,230.Jeremiah, references to,64,213.Jericho:curse of Joshua on rebuilder of walls of,46f.;walls of, falling down,211.Jerome: his translation ofsaph,207.Jerusalem:and Jaffa railroad, sacrifice at beginning of,57;blood placed on lintel of temple at,67;red hand in Jews’ quarter of,75;waters issuing from under threshold of temple at,114;altar of burnt offering at threshold of temple at,120;temple site at,161;presence of Christ at,215;Church of Holy Sepulcher at,221.Jesus:reference of, to door,6,to gates of Hades,65;the Door,104.Jews:red hand on houses of, in Jerusalem,76,on houses at Safed,77;open hand found over graves of, in Europe,79;in Morocco, bloody hand on door-posts among,67f.;sign of hand found in houses of,76;sacrifice of lamb at door of new house of,76f.;in Tunis, bloody hand among,78f.;hand as talisman against evil eye among,79;rubbing fingers on synagogue door-posts among,144;modern, observing passover,211f.Jicarilla Apaches:prominence of red hand among,87;celebration of attainment to puberty among,88-92.John the Baptist, reference to,218f.Jones and Kropf:cited,12,18,20f.,143;quotation from,17.Jordan, source of, at threshold of grotto of Pan,115.Joshua:his curse on rebuilder of Jericho,46f.;guardians of threshold in days of,120.Journal of American Folk-Lore, references to,5,21.Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, reference to,236.Joyner. SeeVon Löher and Joyner.Judicial oath, uplifted hand in,83.Julien, Stanislas: cited,156.“Jumping the broomstick,”143.Juno, Virgil’s reference to brazen threshold in temple of,130.Jupiter:priest of, at Lystra,134f.;reference to boundary lines,171;image of, as boundary mark,172.Justice sought at gate:among Arabs,57-59;in Arabia,59f.;in Babylonia and Elam,60;in Egypt,60f.;in India,61;in Morocco,62f.;among Israelites,63f.;in Turkey,65.Justinian, Emperor: cited,181.
Jacob:
at Bethel,160;
and Laban agreeing on landmark,171;
his pillar,268f.
“Jacob’s ladder” probably stepped-temple structure,112.
Jaffa, sacrifices of sheep at beginning of railroad at,56.
“Janua,” reference to,200.
Janus, Gate-god of Romans,97.
Japan:
salt sprinkled on threshold in,20;
survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;
shimenawa suspended above door in,72;
gods of Ni-o guarding threshold in,96;
temples of, on model of primeval huts,101;
doorways apart from temples in,104;
pilgrims at threshold of sacred shrines of,125;
Shinto temples of,201;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230.
Jastrow, Prof. Dr. Morris, Jr.: cited,79,144,253.
Jastrow, Rev. Dr. Marcus, testimony of,212.
Jehoash, altar at threshold in days of,121.
Jehoiada:
chest for offerings placed at temple door and altar,121;
his assignment of priests to threshold,120.
Jennings, Hargrave: cited,230.
Jeremiah, references to,64,213.
Jericho:
curse of Joshua on rebuilder of walls of,46f.;
walls of, falling down,211.
Jerome: his translation ofsaph,207.
Jerusalem:
and Jaffa railroad, sacrifice at beginning of,57;
blood placed on lintel of temple at,67;
red hand in Jews’ quarter of,75;
waters issuing from under threshold of temple at,114;
altar of burnt offering at threshold of temple at,120;
temple site at,161;
presence of Christ at,215;
Church of Holy Sepulcher at,221.
Jesus:
reference of, to door,6,
to gates of Hades,65;
the Door,104.
Jews:
red hand on houses of, in Jerusalem,76,
on houses at Safed,77;
open hand found over graves of, in Europe,79;
in Morocco, bloody hand on door-posts among,67f.;
sign of hand found in houses of,76;
sacrifice of lamb at door of new house of,76f.;
in Tunis, bloody hand among,78f.;
hand as talisman against evil eye among,79;
rubbing fingers on synagogue door-posts among,144;
modern, observing passover,211f.
Jicarilla Apaches:
prominence of red hand among,87;
celebration of attainment to puberty among,88-92.
John the Baptist, reference to,218f.
Jones and Kropf:
cited,12,18,20f.,143;
quotation from,17.
Jordan, source of, at threshold of grotto of Pan,115.
Joshua:
his curse on rebuilder of Jericho,46f.;
guardians of threshold in days of,120.
Journal of American Folk-Lore, references to,5,21.
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, reference to,236.
Joyner. SeeVon Löher and Joyner.
Judicial oath, uplifted hand in,83.
Julien, Stanislas: cited,156.
“Jumping the broomstick,”143.
Juno, Virgil’s reference to brazen threshold in temple of,130.
Jupiter:
priest of, at Lystra,134f.;
reference to boundary lines,171;
image of, as boundary mark,172.
Justice sought at gate:
among Arabs,57-59;
in Arabia,59f.;
in Babylonia and Elam,60;
in Egypt,60f.;
in India,61;
in Morocco,62f.;
among Israelites,63f.;
in Turkey,65.
Justinian, Emperor: cited,181.