Ka, or soul, of dead, offerings to,106.Kaʿbah in mosk at Meccah,163.Kadesh, Egyptian goddess,234.Kadi, reference to,247.Kamehameha, king of Sandwich Islands,150.Kami, gods of doorways,104.Kardas Sarks, god of house, prayer to,44.Kathiawar, human sacrifice at threshold at,61.Kauzeroon, British envoy approaching,189.Keeper of gate, honorable position,119f.Kef Miryam, name of sign of hand,77.Keightley, Thomas, references to,172,236.Keoroeva, ancient gods of Maui,150.Ket, uses of the Egyptian goddess,234.Key, uses of the Hebrew word for,253.Khaleefs of Bagdad, threshold custom of,10.Khedive, threshold sacrifice to welcome new,7.Khem, god of generative force,234.Khonds of Orissa, crossing threshold in wedding among,39.Khorsabad, sanctity of doorway in,108f.Kid:outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;sacrificed on threshold in Syria,26.King, Capt. J.S.:quotations from, #27f72# f.;cited,196.King:human sacrifice to welcome,8f.;and priest, offices claimed by same person,101f.Kings of Scotland crowned on Coronation Stone,268.King’s highway,176.Kissing:threshold in Persia,12;doors among Pythagoreans,13;threshold among Morlacchi in Dalmatia,31;doorway serpent in Yezidis’ temple,116;threshold of mosk in Persia,123f.;threshold of gate of tomb of Alee,124;threshold ofwely,129;threshold and door-posts of church in Abyssinia,130f.“Kissing the church” in Abyssinia,131.Kitto, John, references to,120,212.Kitzuki, sacredness of threshold among pilgrims at,125f.Kiva temples, hand on walls of,92.Knight, Richard Payne: cited,230.“Knowledge, Tree of,” reference to,156.“Knowledge,” in Bible narrative,238.Kohala, temple in,150.Koner. SeeGuhl and Koner.Koran, SeeQuran.Korea:dead taken through hole in city wall in,24;marriage covenant made by tracing woman’s hand on contract,93;doorways apart from temples in,104;pilgrims at threshold in sacred shrines of,125.Kowalewsky, M.: cited,42.Krasnoslobodsk, marriage customs in,249.Kropf, Lewis L.:cited,12,18,20.See, also,Jones and Kropf.Kurigalzu II., king of Babylon,154.Kuru-Kshetra, holy ground,156.“Kuza bemuchsaz Kuzu”–name of God,70.Laban and Jacob agreeing about landmark,171.Lachish, Tell el-Hesy, site of ancient,58.Lacouperie, Terrien de: cited,185,231.Ladder, Jacob’s, probably stepped-temple structure,112.“Lady of the great land,”–Beltis Allat,113.Lakshmi, wife of Vishnoo, represented as seated on serpent,235.Lamb:sacrificed at door for guest, in Egypt,4,in Syria,4,26;outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53;buried under altar in first Christian churches in Swedish tradition,56;sacrificed on Arab joining another tribe,58f.;sacrificed at door of new house of Jew or Muhammadan in Palestine,76f.Lamberton, Prof. W.A.: cited,132,134.Lamps and laurels on gates in Tertullian’s time,97f.Lanciani, Dr. Rodolfo: cited,56,257f.Landmark:sacred boundary of private,166;local, in form of phallus,166;in Babylonia,166;in laws of Hebrews,169;in India,169;fixing and honoring of, origin of,175.Landor, A. Henry Savage-: cited,24,94.Lane, Edward William:cited,26,37,129,245;references to,123,244.Lane-Poole, Stanley: cited,129,200.Lantevit Major Church, wedding customs at,141.Lapland, significance of stepping over threshold in,12.Lares and Penates in Cicero’s time,41.Latins, marriage custom among,29.Launching custom of “christening” in England and America,8.Laurel:wreaths hung in doorway at marriage among Romans,73;Christians warned against placing, on their gates,97.Laurie, Dr. Thomas: cited,124.Law of doorway,5-10.Laws of Manu, reference to,6.Layard, Sir Austen H.:cited,68,109,111,190,201,234f.;his discovery of sculptured image of Assyrian king,115f.“Laying on of hands, the,” as symbol of imparting power,85.Lazarus at gate of Dives,64.Leaping over threshold,117.Lebanon, Mt., region receiving European prince,191.Legend and fact as contributors to proof of custom among Orientals,77.Legends:of Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, and Adonis, correspondences in,115;and symbols employed concerning boundary lines,171f.Leland, Charles Godfrey: cited,17f.,233.Lèlè, name for altar,150f.Lemm, Oscar von: cited,128.Lenormant, François: cited,109.Levites and priests assigned to threshold and foundation,120.Levitical laws concerning sacrifice not made at “door of tent of meeting,”118f.Levy, Rabbi Jacob: cited,208.Libation of water offered on threshold,16f.,29.Liberia:fowl sacrificed to welcome guest in,9;nuptial customs of,196.Liberian clergyman’s testimony regarding threshold custom,39.Liddell and Scott: cited,208.Liebenstein, castle of, made fast by burying child,49.Life:new, outgrowth of truth of primal threshold covenant,226;tree of, symbol of feminine nature,230;goddess of, in Egypt and Assyria,234.Lifting bride over threshold:among Towkas,35;in Abyssinia, Egypt, Syria,38;in Greece, Rome, and West Africa. 39;in Russia, England, Scotland, Ireland, and United States,44;in Central America,45.Limen, Jerome’s word forsaph,207.Limentinus, threshold god of Romans,97.Lindisfarne Abbey, marriage customs at,141.Linga in yoni, symbol of Siva’s worship,198,236.Lintel:hand in dough impressed on, in Upper Syria,28f.;smeared with honey and water,30;blood on,66,68;inscriptions as to sacredness of,66,68;blood stains above,67;symbolic figures on,70;sentences written on, in China,71;Romans affixing spoils of battle on,73;red hand on,74;red hand on, in Babylonia,75;ornamentation of, in ancient Egypt,100;image of Horus on,127;kissed by pious in Abyssinia,131;decorations on, and above,146;blood on, as protection for house,206;and two side-posts, God passing over,210.Lithuania, wooden cross placed under threshold in,18.Littleton, Sir Thomas: cited,140.London, horseshoes on threshold of houses in ancient,74.Loong-moo, sacrifice of fowl in honor of divinity, among Chinese,71f.“Lord of the great city,” god Nergal as,113.Lot welcoming angels,211.Lotus flower:in religious symbolisms,230;reference to,234;symbol of fecundity,257.“Louping stone,”142.Lowell, Percival: cited,104,126,201.Lubare, offering to, in Uganda,15.Lubbock, Sir John: cited,39.Luncz, A.M., quotations from,67,76.Lund’s Every-day Life in Scandinavia: reference to,7,12.Lystra, temple of Jupiter at, reference to,135.McDowell, Henry B.: cited,96.McLennan, Dr. John F.: cited,39.Mackay, Alexander: cited,15.Mackenzie, Capt. J.S.F., quotation from,258f.Maçoudi’sLes Prairies d’Or, reference to,200.Madaa, place of prayer,164.Madagascar, importance of right foot in,38;circumcision in,149.Mafkat, land of,184.Magharah, Wady, boundary marks in,179.Magyars:stepping over threshold among,12;custom to win love,19f.Mahabharata:cited,6;on responsibility of heralds,62;Hindoo epic,157.Mal occhis, or evil eye,79.Male represented by stone or pole,258.Man, origin and development of,223.Manoli in “Monastery of Argis,” story of,52f.Mantra, meaning of word,15.Manu, Laws of, reference to,6.Maraskept off by cross on threshold,18.“Marches,” reference to,183.Marduk, reference to,235.Margosa, reference to,259.Margrave, origin of,183.Mariette Bey, references to,111,126,128.Market-places as boundaries,178.“Markgraf,” meaning of,183.“Marks,” reference to,183.Marquardt, Joachim: cited,30,39,41.“Marque, Letters of,” meaning of,183.“Marquee,” meaning of,183.Marquises, origin of,183.Marriage:threshold covenanting in,25-35;by outpoured blood at threshold,26;customs among Somalis in Central Africa,27,among Wallachians,29,in Egypt,243,245,in China, Dahomey,245,in Syria,246,in Asia and Africa, in Krasnoslobodsk, among Mordvins, in Pensa,249,in Samoa,251;not “by capture,”36;celebrated at church door in Abyssinia,131;where solemnized,138;Pre-Reformation rule of,139;services in Protestant Episcopal churches,148;covenant, primitive certificate of,196;primitive rite of,214,225;sacrament of, in Roman Catholic Church,222;torch, origin of,226;certificate in Syria,245,in Upper Egypt,245;ceremonies among Muhammedans,247;ceremonies among Christians at Haleb,248;ceremonies in Darfour,249.See, also,Wedding ceremonies.“Mary’s Hand, Virgin,” among Christians of Syria,77.Masjid:bridegroom’s visit to, in Central Africa,27;place of prostration,163.Mask marked with hand among Jicarilla Apaches,89.Mason, William Shaw: cited,21,81.“Mason and Dixon’s line,”182.Maspero, Prof. G.:cited,14,39,85;references to,95,102,105f.,113f.,126,169,201,235.Massachusetts, beating bounds in,176.Mastabahs, false doors in ancient Egypt,106f.Matthews, Washington, reference to,87.Maundrell, Henry, reference to,222.Maui, Island of, ancient god of,150.Maurice, Thomas:cited,122;references to,123,236f.Maya people, sacrifices among,145.Meccah:black stone of, reference to,10;prayer niche toward,108;mosk of, image thrown down at gate of,123;mosk at, reference to,163;Hajj procession from,186.Medals showing altar at threshold,121.Medicine taken on threshold in Tuscany,17f.Medina, mosk of, pieces of idol thrown down at gate of,123.Mediterranean, boundary marks on shores of,178.Medusa and serpents,237.Memorials in door form, in various lands,107.Mercury:reference to, concerning boundary lines,171;image of, as boundary landmark,172.Merodach:god of left side of gate,95;temple of, threshold plated with gold,110.Metâwileh, hen sacrificed at building of house among,45.Metempsychosis connected with threshold covenant,226.Mexico:Indians of ancient, reference to,21;sacrificial stone of temple of,56;ancient, altar in doorway,108;earliest form of temple in,144;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.Meydoom, stepped pyramid of, in Egypt,126.“Mezuza,” covenant record at door-way,69f.Middle Empire of Egypt:disappearance of door form in,106;temples of,155.“Midsummer Day” festival in Russia,42.“Mihrab,” or prayer niche, probable origin of its form,108.Mile-posts as landmarks,176.Min, Egyptian god of generative force,234.Mineptah I., memorial stone of,180.Minnesota, threshold custom among Scandinavians in,259.Mississippi, lower, religious ceremonies among Indians along,147.“Mizpah,” memorial of covenant,171.Mnesikles, architect, plan of,158.Moksha, wooing custom among,42.“Monastery of Argis,” foundation sacrifice in,52f.Monier-Williams, Sir Monier: cited,156,198f.,230,236.Monoliths in front of door of temple at Yeha,131.Montezuma: his consecration of altar by blood of captives,56.Moon-god Sin:Ur-Gur with uplifted hands before,80;reference to,161.Mordevins. SeeMordvins.Mordvins:threshold as altar among,32;marriage customs of,41,249.Morea, threshold custom in,30.Morier, James:cited,11f.,78,123;quotation from,189f.Morlacchi custom of kissing threshold,31.Morocco, survival of sacrificing at door-way in,62.Mosaic law, appeal to altar in covenant in,65.Moses:at gate of camp,63;meeting Jehovah at doorway,119;in wilderness of Sinai,160f.“Moses, Hand of,” red hand called,77.Mosk of St. Sophia, stamp of red hand in,77.Mostur, temple of Thor in,160.Mt. Lebanon region, European prince received in,191.Mt. Moriah:temple on, reference to,161;and Abraham’s offering,161.Mt. Sinai, reference to,94.Mountain peaks as boundaries,178.Muhammad:certificate of protection signed with impression of open hand of,94;throne of, reached only by kissing threshold,124.Muhammad II.: his victory over Christians sealed by bloody hand,77.Muhammad Issoof, letter from king of Mysore to,94.Muhammadan:substitute for “blood of the grape,”5;conquest of India, reference to,123.Muhammadans:to place right foot first in crossing threshold,36;inscribe gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;sacred inscriptions placed above doorways by,71;sign of hand among,76;lamb sacrificed at door of new house of,76f.;“Hand of the Prophet” on houses of,77;sultan as father of faithful,103;prayer niche among,108;treading on idol at gate,123;threshold of mosks counted sacred among,123;their estimate of first foundations,162;marriage customs of,247;reticent on matters concerning women,247f.Muir, Sir William, reference to,164.Mülhau and Volck, reference to,255.Müller, Ivan V., reference to,172.Müller, Prof. W. Max: cited,127,234.Muslims. SeeMuhammadans.Mussulmans. SeeMuhammadans.Mysore:king of, hand-print on back of letter written by,94;ancient religious custom at,258.Mysoreans, hand-print equivalent to oath among,94.
Ka, or soul, of dead, offerings to,106.Kaʿbah in mosk at Meccah,163.Kadesh, Egyptian goddess,234.Kadi, reference to,247.Kamehameha, king of Sandwich Islands,150.Kami, gods of doorways,104.Kardas Sarks, god of house, prayer to,44.Kathiawar, human sacrifice at threshold at,61.Kauzeroon, British envoy approaching,189.Keeper of gate, honorable position,119f.Kef Miryam, name of sign of hand,77.Keightley, Thomas, references to,172,236.Keoroeva, ancient gods of Maui,150.Ket, uses of the Egyptian goddess,234.Key, uses of the Hebrew word for,253.Khaleefs of Bagdad, threshold custom of,10.Khedive, threshold sacrifice to welcome new,7.Khem, god of generative force,234.Khonds of Orissa, crossing threshold in wedding among,39.Khorsabad, sanctity of doorway in,108f.Kid:outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;sacrificed on threshold in Syria,26.King, Capt. J.S.:quotations from, #27f72# f.;cited,196.King:human sacrifice to welcome,8f.;and priest, offices claimed by same person,101f.Kings of Scotland crowned on Coronation Stone,268.King’s highway,176.Kissing:threshold in Persia,12;doors among Pythagoreans,13;threshold among Morlacchi in Dalmatia,31;doorway serpent in Yezidis’ temple,116;threshold of mosk in Persia,123f.;threshold of gate of tomb of Alee,124;threshold ofwely,129;threshold and door-posts of church in Abyssinia,130f.“Kissing the church” in Abyssinia,131.Kitto, John, references to,120,212.Kitzuki, sacredness of threshold among pilgrims at,125f.Kiva temples, hand on walls of,92.Knight, Richard Payne: cited,230.“Knowledge, Tree of,” reference to,156.“Knowledge,” in Bible narrative,238.Kohala, temple in,150.Koner. SeeGuhl and Koner.Koran, SeeQuran.Korea:dead taken through hole in city wall in,24;marriage covenant made by tracing woman’s hand on contract,93;doorways apart from temples in,104;pilgrims at threshold in sacred shrines of,125.Kowalewsky, M.: cited,42.Krasnoslobodsk, marriage customs in,249.Kropf, Lewis L.:cited,12,18,20.See, also,Jones and Kropf.Kurigalzu II., king of Babylon,154.Kuru-Kshetra, holy ground,156.“Kuza bemuchsaz Kuzu”–name of God,70.Laban and Jacob agreeing about landmark,171.Lachish, Tell el-Hesy, site of ancient,58.Lacouperie, Terrien de: cited,185,231.Ladder, Jacob’s, probably stepped-temple structure,112.“Lady of the great land,”–Beltis Allat,113.Lakshmi, wife of Vishnoo, represented as seated on serpent,235.Lamb:sacrificed at door for guest, in Egypt,4,in Syria,4,26;outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53;buried under altar in first Christian churches in Swedish tradition,56;sacrificed on Arab joining another tribe,58f.;sacrificed at door of new house of Jew or Muhammadan in Palestine,76f.Lamberton, Prof. W.A.: cited,132,134.Lamps and laurels on gates in Tertullian’s time,97f.Lanciani, Dr. Rodolfo: cited,56,257f.Landmark:sacred boundary of private,166;local, in form of phallus,166;in Babylonia,166;in laws of Hebrews,169;in India,169;fixing and honoring of, origin of,175.Landor, A. Henry Savage-: cited,24,94.Lane, Edward William:cited,26,37,129,245;references to,123,244.Lane-Poole, Stanley: cited,129,200.Lantevit Major Church, wedding customs at,141.Lapland, significance of stepping over threshold in,12.Lares and Penates in Cicero’s time,41.Latins, marriage custom among,29.Launching custom of “christening” in England and America,8.Laurel:wreaths hung in doorway at marriage among Romans,73;Christians warned against placing, on their gates,97.Laurie, Dr. Thomas: cited,124.Law of doorway,5-10.Laws of Manu, reference to,6.Layard, Sir Austen H.:cited,68,109,111,190,201,234f.;his discovery of sculptured image of Assyrian king,115f.“Laying on of hands, the,” as symbol of imparting power,85.Lazarus at gate of Dives,64.Leaping over threshold,117.Lebanon, Mt., region receiving European prince,191.Legend and fact as contributors to proof of custom among Orientals,77.Legends:of Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, and Adonis, correspondences in,115;and symbols employed concerning boundary lines,171f.Leland, Charles Godfrey: cited,17f.,233.Lèlè, name for altar,150f.Lemm, Oscar von: cited,128.Lenormant, François: cited,109.Levites and priests assigned to threshold and foundation,120.Levitical laws concerning sacrifice not made at “door of tent of meeting,”118f.Levy, Rabbi Jacob: cited,208.Libation of water offered on threshold,16f.,29.Liberia:fowl sacrificed to welcome guest in,9;nuptial customs of,196.Liberian clergyman’s testimony regarding threshold custom,39.Liddell and Scott: cited,208.Liebenstein, castle of, made fast by burying child,49.Life:new, outgrowth of truth of primal threshold covenant,226;tree of, symbol of feminine nature,230;goddess of, in Egypt and Assyria,234.Lifting bride over threshold:among Towkas,35;in Abyssinia, Egypt, Syria,38;in Greece, Rome, and West Africa. 39;in Russia, England, Scotland, Ireland, and United States,44;in Central America,45.Limen, Jerome’s word forsaph,207.Limentinus, threshold god of Romans,97.Lindisfarne Abbey, marriage customs at,141.Linga in yoni, symbol of Siva’s worship,198,236.Lintel:hand in dough impressed on, in Upper Syria,28f.;smeared with honey and water,30;blood on,66,68;inscriptions as to sacredness of,66,68;blood stains above,67;symbolic figures on,70;sentences written on, in China,71;Romans affixing spoils of battle on,73;red hand on,74;red hand on, in Babylonia,75;ornamentation of, in ancient Egypt,100;image of Horus on,127;kissed by pious in Abyssinia,131;decorations on, and above,146;blood on, as protection for house,206;and two side-posts, God passing over,210.Lithuania, wooden cross placed under threshold in,18.Littleton, Sir Thomas: cited,140.London, horseshoes on threshold of houses in ancient,74.Loong-moo, sacrifice of fowl in honor of divinity, among Chinese,71f.“Lord of the great city,” god Nergal as,113.Lot welcoming angels,211.Lotus flower:in religious symbolisms,230;reference to,234;symbol of fecundity,257.“Louping stone,”142.Lowell, Percival: cited,104,126,201.Lubare, offering to, in Uganda,15.Lubbock, Sir John: cited,39.Luncz, A.M., quotations from,67,76.Lund’s Every-day Life in Scandinavia: reference to,7,12.Lystra, temple of Jupiter at, reference to,135.McDowell, Henry B.: cited,96.McLennan, Dr. John F.: cited,39.Mackay, Alexander: cited,15.Mackenzie, Capt. J.S.F., quotation from,258f.Maçoudi’sLes Prairies d’Or, reference to,200.Madaa, place of prayer,164.Madagascar, importance of right foot in,38;circumcision in,149.Mafkat, land of,184.Magharah, Wady, boundary marks in,179.Magyars:stepping over threshold among,12;custom to win love,19f.Mahabharata:cited,6;on responsibility of heralds,62;Hindoo epic,157.Mal occhis, or evil eye,79.Male represented by stone or pole,258.Man, origin and development of,223.Manoli in “Monastery of Argis,” story of,52f.Mantra, meaning of word,15.Manu, Laws of, reference to,6.Maraskept off by cross on threshold,18.“Marches,” reference to,183.Marduk, reference to,235.Margosa, reference to,259.Margrave, origin of,183.Mariette Bey, references to,111,126,128.Market-places as boundaries,178.“Markgraf,” meaning of,183.“Marks,” reference to,183.Marquardt, Joachim: cited,30,39,41.“Marque, Letters of,” meaning of,183.“Marquee,” meaning of,183.Marquises, origin of,183.Marriage:threshold covenanting in,25-35;by outpoured blood at threshold,26;customs among Somalis in Central Africa,27,among Wallachians,29,in Egypt,243,245,in China, Dahomey,245,in Syria,246,in Asia and Africa, in Krasnoslobodsk, among Mordvins, in Pensa,249,in Samoa,251;not “by capture,”36;celebrated at church door in Abyssinia,131;where solemnized,138;Pre-Reformation rule of,139;services in Protestant Episcopal churches,148;covenant, primitive certificate of,196;primitive rite of,214,225;sacrament of, in Roman Catholic Church,222;torch, origin of,226;certificate in Syria,245,in Upper Egypt,245;ceremonies among Muhammedans,247;ceremonies among Christians at Haleb,248;ceremonies in Darfour,249.See, also,Wedding ceremonies.“Mary’s Hand, Virgin,” among Christians of Syria,77.Masjid:bridegroom’s visit to, in Central Africa,27;place of prostration,163.Mask marked with hand among Jicarilla Apaches,89.Mason, William Shaw: cited,21,81.“Mason and Dixon’s line,”182.Maspero, Prof. G.:cited,14,39,85;references to,95,102,105f.,113f.,126,169,201,235.Massachusetts, beating bounds in,176.Mastabahs, false doors in ancient Egypt,106f.Matthews, Washington, reference to,87.Maundrell, Henry, reference to,222.Maui, Island of, ancient god of,150.Maurice, Thomas:cited,122;references to,123,236f.Maya people, sacrifices among,145.Meccah:black stone of, reference to,10;prayer niche toward,108;mosk of, image thrown down at gate of,123;mosk at, reference to,163;Hajj procession from,186.Medals showing altar at threshold,121.Medicine taken on threshold in Tuscany,17f.Medina, mosk of, pieces of idol thrown down at gate of,123.Mediterranean, boundary marks on shores of,178.Medusa and serpents,237.Memorials in door form, in various lands,107.Mercury:reference to, concerning boundary lines,171;image of, as boundary landmark,172.Merodach:god of left side of gate,95;temple of, threshold plated with gold,110.Metâwileh, hen sacrificed at building of house among,45.Metempsychosis connected with threshold covenant,226.Mexico:Indians of ancient, reference to,21;sacrificial stone of temple of,56;ancient, altar in doorway,108;earliest form of temple in,144;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.Meydoom, stepped pyramid of, in Egypt,126.“Mezuza,” covenant record at door-way,69f.Middle Empire of Egypt:disappearance of door form in,106;temples of,155.“Midsummer Day” festival in Russia,42.“Mihrab,” or prayer niche, probable origin of its form,108.Mile-posts as landmarks,176.Min, Egyptian god of generative force,234.Mineptah I., memorial stone of,180.Minnesota, threshold custom among Scandinavians in,259.Mississippi, lower, religious ceremonies among Indians along,147.“Mizpah,” memorial of covenant,171.Mnesikles, architect, plan of,158.Moksha, wooing custom among,42.“Monastery of Argis,” foundation sacrifice in,52f.Monier-Williams, Sir Monier: cited,156,198f.,230,236.Monoliths in front of door of temple at Yeha,131.Montezuma: his consecration of altar by blood of captives,56.Moon-god Sin:Ur-Gur with uplifted hands before,80;reference to,161.Mordevins. SeeMordvins.Mordvins:threshold as altar among,32;marriage customs of,41,249.Morea, threshold custom in,30.Morier, James:cited,11f.,78,123;quotation from,189f.Morlacchi custom of kissing threshold,31.Morocco, survival of sacrificing at door-way in,62.Mosaic law, appeal to altar in covenant in,65.Moses:at gate of camp,63;meeting Jehovah at doorway,119;in wilderness of Sinai,160f.“Moses, Hand of,” red hand called,77.Mosk of St. Sophia, stamp of red hand in,77.Mostur, temple of Thor in,160.Mt. Lebanon region, European prince received in,191.Mt. Moriah:temple on, reference to,161;and Abraham’s offering,161.Mt. Sinai, reference to,94.Mountain peaks as boundaries,178.Muhammad:certificate of protection signed with impression of open hand of,94;throne of, reached only by kissing threshold,124.Muhammad II.: his victory over Christians sealed by bloody hand,77.Muhammad Issoof, letter from king of Mysore to,94.Muhammadan:substitute for “blood of the grape,”5;conquest of India, reference to,123.Muhammadans:to place right foot first in crossing threshold,36;inscribe gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;sacred inscriptions placed above doorways by,71;sign of hand among,76;lamb sacrificed at door of new house of,76f.;“Hand of the Prophet” on houses of,77;sultan as father of faithful,103;prayer niche among,108;treading on idol at gate,123;threshold of mosks counted sacred among,123;their estimate of first foundations,162;marriage customs of,247;reticent on matters concerning women,247f.Muir, Sir William, reference to,164.Mülhau and Volck, reference to,255.Müller, Ivan V., reference to,172.Müller, Prof. W. Max: cited,127,234.Muslims. SeeMuhammadans.Mussulmans. SeeMuhammadans.Mysore:king of, hand-print on back of letter written by,94;ancient religious custom at,258.Mysoreans, hand-print equivalent to oath among,94.
Ka, or soul, of dead, offerings to,106.Kaʿbah in mosk at Meccah,163.Kadesh, Egyptian goddess,234.Kadi, reference to,247.Kamehameha, king of Sandwich Islands,150.Kami, gods of doorways,104.Kardas Sarks, god of house, prayer to,44.Kathiawar, human sacrifice at threshold at,61.Kauzeroon, British envoy approaching,189.Keeper of gate, honorable position,119f.Kef Miryam, name of sign of hand,77.Keightley, Thomas, references to,172,236.Keoroeva, ancient gods of Maui,150.Ket, uses of the Egyptian goddess,234.Key, uses of the Hebrew word for,253.Khaleefs of Bagdad, threshold custom of,10.Khedive, threshold sacrifice to welcome new,7.Khem, god of generative force,234.Khonds of Orissa, crossing threshold in wedding among,39.Khorsabad, sanctity of doorway in,108f.Kid:outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;sacrificed on threshold in Syria,26.King, Capt. J.S.:quotations from, #27f72# f.;cited,196.King:human sacrifice to welcome,8f.;and priest, offices claimed by same person,101f.Kings of Scotland crowned on Coronation Stone,268.King’s highway,176.Kissing:threshold in Persia,12;doors among Pythagoreans,13;threshold among Morlacchi in Dalmatia,31;doorway serpent in Yezidis’ temple,116;threshold of mosk in Persia,123f.;threshold of gate of tomb of Alee,124;threshold ofwely,129;threshold and door-posts of church in Abyssinia,130f.“Kissing the church” in Abyssinia,131.Kitto, John, references to,120,212.Kitzuki, sacredness of threshold among pilgrims at,125f.Kiva temples, hand on walls of,92.Knight, Richard Payne: cited,230.“Knowledge, Tree of,” reference to,156.“Knowledge,” in Bible narrative,238.Kohala, temple in,150.Koner. SeeGuhl and Koner.Koran, SeeQuran.Korea:dead taken through hole in city wall in,24;marriage covenant made by tracing woman’s hand on contract,93;doorways apart from temples in,104;pilgrims at threshold in sacred shrines of,125.Kowalewsky, M.: cited,42.Krasnoslobodsk, marriage customs in,249.Kropf, Lewis L.:cited,12,18,20.See, also,Jones and Kropf.Kurigalzu II., king of Babylon,154.Kuru-Kshetra, holy ground,156.“Kuza bemuchsaz Kuzu”–name of God,70.
Ka, or soul, of dead, offerings to,106.
Kaʿbah in mosk at Meccah,163.
Kadesh, Egyptian goddess,234.
Kadi, reference to,247.
Kamehameha, king of Sandwich Islands,150.
Kami, gods of doorways,104.
Kardas Sarks, god of house, prayer to,44.
Kathiawar, human sacrifice at threshold at,61.
Kauzeroon, British envoy approaching,189.
Keeper of gate, honorable position,119f.
Kef Miryam, name of sign of hand,77.
Keightley, Thomas, references to,172,236.
Keoroeva, ancient gods of Maui,150.
Ket, uses of the Egyptian goddess,234.
Key, uses of the Hebrew word for,253.
Khaleefs of Bagdad, threshold custom of,10.
Khedive, threshold sacrifice to welcome new,7.
Khem, god of generative force,234.
Khonds of Orissa, crossing threshold in wedding among,39.
Khorsabad, sanctity of doorway in,108f.
Kid:
outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;
sacrificed on threshold in Syria,26.
King, Capt. J.S.:
quotations from, #27f72# f.;
cited,196.
King:
human sacrifice to welcome,8f.;
and priest, offices claimed by same person,101f.
Kings of Scotland crowned on Coronation Stone,268.
King’s highway,176.
Kissing:
threshold in Persia,12;
doors among Pythagoreans,13;
threshold among Morlacchi in Dalmatia,31;
doorway serpent in Yezidis’ temple,116;
threshold of mosk in Persia,123f.;
threshold of gate of tomb of Alee,124;
threshold ofwely,129;
threshold and door-posts of church in Abyssinia,130f.
“Kissing the church” in Abyssinia,131.
Kitto, John, references to,120,212.
Kitzuki, sacredness of threshold among pilgrims at,125f.
Kiva temples, hand on walls of,92.
Knight, Richard Payne: cited,230.
“Knowledge, Tree of,” reference to,156.
“Knowledge,” in Bible narrative,238.
Kohala, temple in,150.
Koner. SeeGuhl and Koner.
Koran, SeeQuran.
Korea:
dead taken through hole in city wall in,24;
marriage covenant made by tracing woman’s hand on contract,93;
doorways apart from temples in,104;
pilgrims at threshold in sacred shrines of,125.
Kowalewsky, M.: cited,42.
Krasnoslobodsk, marriage customs in,249.
Kropf, Lewis L.:
cited,12,18,20.
See, also,Jones and Kropf.
Kurigalzu II., king of Babylon,154.
Kuru-Kshetra, holy ground,156.
“Kuza bemuchsaz Kuzu”–name of God,70.
Laban and Jacob agreeing about landmark,171.Lachish, Tell el-Hesy, site of ancient,58.Lacouperie, Terrien de: cited,185,231.Ladder, Jacob’s, probably stepped-temple structure,112.“Lady of the great land,”–Beltis Allat,113.Lakshmi, wife of Vishnoo, represented as seated on serpent,235.Lamb:sacrificed at door for guest, in Egypt,4,in Syria,4,26;outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53;buried under altar in first Christian churches in Swedish tradition,56;sacrificed on Arab joining another tribe,58f.;sacrificed at door of new house of Jew or Muhammadan in Palestine,76f.Lamberton, Prof. W.A.: cited,132,134.Lamps and laurels on gates in Tertullian’s time,97f.Lanciani, Dr. Rodolfo: cited,56,257f.Landmark:sacred boundary of private,166;local, in form of phallus,166;in Babylonia,166;in laws of Hebrews,169;in India,169;fixing and honoring of, origin of,175.Landor, A. Henry Savage-: cited,24,94.Lane, Edward William:cited,26,37,129,245;references to,123,244.Lane-Poole, Stanley: cited,129,200.Lantevit Major Church, wedding customs at,141.Lapland, significance of stepping over threshold in,12.Lares and Penates in Cicero’s time,41.Latins, marriage custom among,29.Launching custom of “christening” in England and America,8.Laurel:wreaths hung in doorway at marriage among Romans,73;Christians warned against placing, on their gates,97.Laurie, Dr. Thomas: cited,124.Law of doorway,5-10.Laws of Manu, reference to,6.Layard, Sir Austen H.:cited,68,109,111,190,201,234f.;his discovery of sculptured image of Assyrian king,115f.“Laying on of hands, the,” as symbol of imparting power,85.Lazarus at gate of Dives,64.Leaping over threshold,117.Lebanon, Mt., region receiving European prince,191.Legend and fact as contributors to proof of custom among Orientals,77.Legends:of Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, and Adonis, correspondences in,115;and symbols employed concerning boundary lines,171f.Leland, Charles Godfrey: cited,17f.,233.Lèlè, name for altar,150f.Lemm, Oscar von: cited,128.Lenormant, François: cited,109.Levites and priests assigned to threshold and foundation,120.Levitical laws concerning sacrifice not made at “door of tent of meeting,”118f.Levy, Rabbi Jacob: cited,208.Libation of water offered on threshold,16f.,29.Liberia:fowl sacrificed to welcome guest in,9;nuptial customs of,196.Liberian clergyman’s testimony regarding threshold custom,39.Liddell and Scott: cited,208.Liebenstein, castle of, made fast by burying child,49.Life:new, outgrowth of truth of primal threshold covenant,226;tree of, symbol of feminine nature,230;goddess of, in Egypt and Assyria,234.Lifting bride over threshold:among Towkas,35;in Abyssinia, Egypt, Syria,38;in Greece, Rome, and West Africa. 39;in Russia, England, Scotland, Ireland, and United States,44;in Central America,45.Limen, Jerome’s word forsaph,207.Limentinus, threshold god of Romans,97.Lindisfarne Abbey, marriage customs at,141.Linga in yoni, symbol of Siva’s worship,198,236.Lintel:hand in dough impressed on, in Upper Syria,28f.;smeared with honey and water,30;blood on,66,68;inscriptions as to sacredness of,66,68;blood stains above,67;symbolic figures on,70;sentences written on, in China,71;Romans affixing spoils of battle on,73;red hand on,74;red hand on, in Babylonia,75;ornamentation of, in ancient Egypt,100;image of Horus on,127;kissed by pious in Abyssinia,131;decorations on, and above,146;blood on, as protection for house,206;and two side-posts, God passing over,210.Lithuania, wooden cross placed under threshold in,18.Littleton, Sir Thomas: cited,140.London, horseshoes on threshold of houses in ancient,74.Loong-moo, sacrifice of fowl in honor of divinity, among Chinese,71f.“Lord of the great city,” god Nergal as,113.Lot welcoming angels,211.Lotus flower:in religious symbolisms,230;reference to,234;symbol of fecundity,257.“Louping stone,”142.Lowell, Percival: cited,104,126,201.Lubare, offering to, in Uganda,15.Lubbock, Sir John: cited,39.Luncz, A.M., quotations from,67,76.Lund’s Every-day Life in Scandinavia: reference to,7,12.Lystra, temple of Jupiter at, reference to,135.
Laban and Jacob agreeing about landmark,171.
Lachish, Tell el-Hesy, site of ancient,58.
Lacouperie, Terrien de: cited,185,231.
Ladder, Jacob’s, probably stepped-temple structure,112.
“Lady of the great land,”–Beltis Allat,113.
Lakshmi, wife of Vishnoo, represented as seated on serpent,235.
Lamb:
sacrificed at door for guest, in Egypt,4,
in Syria,4,26;
outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs,23;
sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece,53;
buried under altar in first Christian churches in Swedish tradition,56;
sacrificed on Arab joining another tribe,58f.;
sacrificed at door of new house of Jew or Muhammadan in Palestine,76f.
Lamberton, Prof. W.A.: cited,132,134.
Lamps and laurels on gates in Tertullian’s time,97f.
Lanciani, Dr. Rodolfo: cited,56,257f.
Landmark:
sacred boundary of private,166;
local, in form of phallus,166;
in Babylonia,166;
in laws of Hebrews,169;
in India,169;
fixing and honoring of, origin of,175.
Landor, A. Henry Savage-: cited,24,94.
Lane, Edward William:
cited,26,37,129,245;
references to,123,244.
Lane-Poole, Stanley: cited,129,200.
Lantevit Major Church, wedding customs at,141.
Lapland, significance of stepping over threshold in,12.
Lares and Penates in Cicero’s time,41.
Latins, marriage custom among,29.
Launching custom of “christening” in England and America,8.
Laurel:
wreaths hung in doorway at marriage among Romans,73;
Christians warned against placing, on their gates,97.
Laurie, Dr. Thomas: cited,124.
Law of doorway,5-10.
Laws of Manu, reference to,6.
Layard, Sir Austen H.:
cited,68,109,111,190,201,234f.;
his discovery of sculptured image of Assyrian king,115f.
“Laying on of hands, the,” as symbol of imparting power,85.
Lazarus at gate of Dives,64.
Leaping over threshold,117.
Lebanon, Mt., region receiving European prince,191.
Legend and fact as contributors to proof of custom among Orientals,77.
Legends:
of Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, and Adonis, correspondences in,115;
and symbols employed concerning boundary lines,171f.
Leland, Charles Godfrey: cited,17f.,233.
Lèlè, name for altar,150f.
Lemm, Oscar von: cited,128.
Lenormant, François: cited,109.
Levites and priests assigned to threshold and foundation,120.
Levitical laws concerning sacrifice not made at “door of tent of meeting,”118f.
Levy, Rabbi Jacob: cited,208.
Libation of water offered on threshold,16f.,29.
Liberia:
fowl sacrificed to welcome guest in,9;
nuptial customs of,196.
Liberian clergyman’s testimony regarding threshold custom,39.
Liddell and Scott: cited,208.
Liebenstein, castle of, made fast by burying child,49.
Life:
new, outgrowth of truth of primal threshold covenant,226;
tree of, symbol of feminine nature,230;
goddess of, in Egypt and Assyria,234.
Lifting bride over threshold:
among Towkas,35;
in Abyssinia, Egypt, Syria,38;
in Greece, Rome, and West Africa. 39;
in Russia, England, Scotland, Ireland, and United States,44;
in Central America,45.
Limen, Jerome’s word forsaph,207.
Limentinus, threshold god of Romans,97.
Lindisfarne Abbey, marriage customs at,141.
Linga in yoni, symbol of Siva’s worship,198,236.
Lintel:
hand in dough impressed on, in Upper Syria,28f.;
smeared with honey and water,30;
blood on,66,68;
inscriptions as to sacredness of,66,68;
blood stains above,67;
symbolic figures on,70;
sentences written on, in China,71;
Romans affixing spoils of battle on,73;
red hand on,74;
red hand on, in Babylonia,75;
ornamentation of, in ancient Egypt,100;
image of Horus on,127;
kissed by pious in Abyssinia,131;
decorations on, and above,146;
blood on, as protection for house,206;
and two side-posts, God passing over,210.
Lithuania, wooden cross placed under threshold in,18.
Littleton, Sir Thomas: cited,140.
London, horseshoes on threshold of houses in ancient,74.
Loong-moo, sacrifice of fowl in honor of divinity, among Chinese,71f.
“Lord of the great city,” god Nergal as,113.
Lot welcoming angels,211.
Lotus flower:
in religious symbolisms,230;
reference to,234;
symbol of fecundity,257.
“Louping stone,”142.
Lowell, Percival: cited,104,126,201.
Lubare, offering to, in Uganda,15.
Lubbock, Sir John: cited,39.
Luncz, A.M., quotations from,67,76.
Lund’s Every-day Life in Scandinavia: reference to,7,12.
Lystra, temple of Jupiter at, reference to,135.
McDowell, Henry B.: cited,96.McLennan, Dr. John F.: cited,39.Mackay, Alexander: cited,15.Mackenzie, Capt. J.S.F., quotation from,258f.Maçoudi’sLes Prairies d’Or, reference to,200.Madaa, place of prayer,164.Madagascar, importance of right foot in,38;circumcision in,149.Mafkat, land of,184.Magharah, Wady, boundary marks in,179.Magyars:stepping over threshold among,12;custom to win love,19f.Mahabharata:cited,6;on responsibility of heralds,62;Hindoo epic,157.Mal occhis, or evil eye,79.Male represented by stone or pole,258.Man, origin and development of,223.Manoli in “Monastery of Argis,” story of,52f.Mantra, meaning of word,15.Manu, Laws of, reference to,6.Maraskept off by cross on threshold,18.“Marches,” reference to,183.Marduk, reference to,235.Margosa, reference to,259.Margrave, origin of,183.Mariette Bey, references to,111,126,128.Market-places as boundaries,178.“Markgraf,” meaning of,183.“Marks,” reference to,183.Marquardt, Joachim: cited,30,39,41.“Marque, Letters of,” meaning of,183.“Marquee,” meaning of,183.Marquises, origin of,183.Marriage:threshold covenanting in,25-35;by outpoured blood at threshold,26;customs among Somalis in Central Africa,27,among Wallachians,29,in Egypt,243,245,in China, Dahomey,245,in Syria,246,in Asia and Africa, in Krasnoslobodsk, among Mordvins, in Pensa,249,in Samoa,251;not “by capture,”36;celebrated at church door in Abyssinia,131;where solemnized,138;Pre-Reformation rule of,139;services in Protestant Episcopal churches,148;covenant, primitive certificate of,196;primitive rite of,214,225;sacrament of, in Roman Catholic Church,222;torch, origin of,226;certificate in Syria,245,in Upper Egypt,245;ceremonies among Muhammedans,247;ceremonies among Christians at Haleb,248;ceremonies in Darfour,249.See, also,Wedding ceremonies.“Mary’s Hand, Virgin,” among Christians of Syria,77.Masjid:bridegroom’s visit to, in Central Africa,27;place of prostration,163.Mask marked with hand among Jicarilla Apaches,89.Mason, William Shaw: cited,21,81.“Mason and Dixon’s line,”182.Maspero, Prof. G.:cited,14,39,85;references to,95,102,105f.,113f.,126,169,201,235.Massachusetts, beating bounds in,176.Mastabahs, false doors in ancient Egypt,106f.Matthews, Washington, reference to,87.Maundrell, Henry, reference to,222.Maui, Island of, ancient god of,150.Maurice, Thomas:cited,122;references to,123,236f.Maya people, sacrifices among,145.Meccah:black stone of, reference to,10;prayer niche toward,108;mosk of, image thrown down at gate of,123;mosk at, reference to,163;Hajj procession from,186.Medals showing altar at threshold,121.Medicine taken on threshold in Tuscany,17f.Medina, mosk of, pieces of idol thrown down at gate of,123.Mediterranean, boundary marks on shores of,178.Medusa and serpents,237.Memorials in door form, in various lands,107.Mercury:reference to, concerning boundary lines,171;image of, as boundary landmark,172.Merodach:god of left side of gate,95;temple of, threshold plated with gold,110.Metâwileh, hen sacrificed at building of house among,45.Metempsychosis connected with threshold covenant,226.Mexico:Indians of ancient, reference to,21;sacrificial stone of temple of,56;ancient, altar in doorway,108;earliest form of temple in,144;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.Meydoom, stepped pyramid of, in Egypt,126.“Mezuza,” covenant record at door-way,69f.Middle Empire of Egypt:disappearance of door form in,106;temples of,155.“Midsummer Day” festival in Russia,42.“Mihrab,” or prayer niche, probable origin of its form,108.Mile-posts as landmarks,176.Min, Egyptian god of generative force,234.Mineptah I., memorial stone of,180.Minnesota, threshold custom among Scandinavians in,259.Mississippi, lower, religious ceremonies among Indians along,147.“Mizpah,” memorial of covenant,171.Mnesikles, architect, plan of,158.Moksha, wooing custom among,42.“Monastery of Argis,” foundation sacrifice in,52f.Monier-Williams, Sir Monier: cited,156,198f.,230,236.Monoliths in front of door of temple at Yeha,131.Montezuma: his consecration of altar by blood of captives,56.Moon-god Sin:Ur-Gur with uplifted hands before,80;reference to,161.Mordevins. SeeMordvins.Mordvins:threshold as altar among,32;marriage customs of,41,249.Morea, threshold custom in,30.Morier, James:cited,11f.,78,123;quotation from,189f.Morlacchi custom of kissing threshold,31.Morocco, survival of sacrificing at door-way in,62.Mosaic law, appeal to altar in covenant in,65.Moses:at gate of camp,63;meeting Jehovah at doorway,119;in wilderness of Sinai,160f.“Moses, Hand of,” red hand called,77.Mosk of St. Sophia, stamp of red hand in,77.Mostur, temple of Thor in,160.Mt. Lebanon region, European prince received in,191.Mt. Moriah:temple on, reference to,161;and Abraham’s offering,161.Mt. Sinai, reference to,94.Mountain peaks as boundaries,178.Muhammad:certificate of protection signed with impression of open hand of,94;throne of, reached only by kissing threshold,124.Muhammad II.: his victory over Christians sealed by bloody hand,77.Muhammad Issoof, letter from king of Mysore to,94.Muhammadan:substitute for “blood of the grape,”5;conquest of India, reference to,123.Muhammadans:to place right foot first in crossing threshold,36;inscribe gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;sacred inscriptions placed above doorways by,71;sign of hand among,76;lamb sacrificed at door of new house of,76f.;“Hand of the Prophet” on houses of,77;sultan as father of faithful,103;prayer niche among,108;treading on idol at gate,123;threshold of mosks counted sacred among,123;their estimate of first foundations,162;marriage customs of,247;reticent on matters concerning women,247f.Muir, Sir William, reference to,164.Mülhau and Volck, reference to,255.Müller, Ivan V., reference to,172.Müller, Prof. W. Max: cited,127,234.Muslims. SeeMuhammadans.Mussulmans. SeeMuhammadans.Mysore:king of, hand-print on back of letter written by,94;ancient religious custom at,258.Mysoreans, hand-print equivalent to oath among,94.
McDowell, Henry B.: cited,96.
McLennan, Dr. John F.: cited,39.
Mackay, Alexander: cited,15.
Mackenzie, Capt. J.S.F., quotation from,258f.
Maçoudi’sLes Prairies d’Or, reference to,200.
Madaa, place of prayer,164.
Madagascar, importance of right foot in,38;
circumcision in,149.
Mafkat, land of,184.
Magharah, Wady, boundary marks in,179.
Magyars:
stepping over threshold among,12;
custom to win love,19f.
Mahabharata:
cited,6;
on responsibility of heralds,62;
Hindoo epic,157.
Mal occhis, or evil eye,79.
Male represented by stone or pole,258.
Man, origin and development of,223.
Manoli in “Monastery of Argis,” story of,52f.
Mantra, meaning of word,15.
Manu, Laws of, reference to,6.
Maraskept off by cross on threshold,18.
“Marches,” reference to,183.
Marduk, reference to,235.
Margosa, reference to,259.
Margrave, origin of,183.
Mariette Bey, references to,111,126,128.
Market-places as boundaries,178.
“Markgraf,” meaning of,183.
“Marks,” reference to,183.
Marquardt, Joachim: cited,30,39,41.
“Marque, Letters of,” meaning of,183.
“Marquee,” meaning of,183.
Marquises, origin of,183.
Marriage:
threshold covenanting in,25-35;
by outpoured blood at threshold,26;
customs among Somalis in Central Africa,27,
among Wallachians,29,
in Egypt,243,245,
in China, Dahomey,245,
in Syria,246,
in Asia and Africa, in Krasnoslobodsk, among Mordvins, in Pensa,249,
in Samoa,251;
not “by capture,”36;
celebrated at church door in Abyssinia,131;
where solemnized,138;
Pre-Reformation rule of,139;
services in Protestant Episcopal churches,148;
covenant, primitive certificate of,196;
primitive rite of,214,225;
sacrament of, in Roman Catholic Church,222;
torch, origin of,226;
certificate in Syria,245,
in Upper Egypt,245;
ceremonies among Muhammedans,247;
ceremonies among Christians at Haleb,248;
ceremonies in Darfour,249.
See, also,Wedding ceremonies.
“Mary’s Hand, Virgin,” among Christians of Syria,77.
Masjid:
bridegroom’s visit to, in Central Africa,27;
place of prostration,163.
Mask marked with hand among Jicarilla Apaches,89.
Mason, William Shaw: cited,21,81.
“Mason and Dixon’s line,”182.
Maspero, Prof. G.:
cited,14,39,85;
references to,95,102,105f.,113f.,126,169,201,235.
Massachusetts, beating bounds in,176.
Mastabahs, false doors in ancient Egypt,106f.
Matthews, Washington, reference to,87.
Maundrell, Henry, reference to,222.
Maui, Island of, ancient god of,150.
Maurice, Thomas:
cited,122;
references to,123,236f.
Maya people, sacrifices among,145.
Meccah:
black stone of, reference to,10;
prayer niche toward,108;
mosk of, image thrown down at gate of,123;
mosk at, reference to,163;
Hajj procession from,186.
Medals showing altar at threshold,121.
Medicine taken on threshold in Tuscany,17f.
Medina, mosk of, pieces of idol thrown down at gate of,123.
Mediterranean, boundary marks on shores of,178.
Medusa and serpents,237.
Memorials in door form, in various lands,107.
Mercury:
reference to, concerning boundary lines,171;
image of, as boundary landmark,172.
Merodach:
god of left side of gate,95;
temple of, threshold plated with gold,110.
Metâwileh, hen sacrificed at building of house among,45.
Metempsychosis connected with threshold covenant,226.
Mexico:
Indians of ancient, reference to,21;
sacrificial stone of temple of,56;
ancient, altar in doorway,108;
earliest form of temple in,144;
religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.
Meydoom, stepped pyramid of, in Egypt,126.
“Mezuza,” covenant record at door-way,69f.
Middle Empire of Egypt:
disappearance of door form in,106;
temples of,155.
“Midsummer Day” festival in Russia,42.
“Mihrab,” or prayer niche, probable origin of its form,108.
Mile-posts as landmarks,176.
Min, Egyptian god of generative force,234.
Mineptah I., memorial stone of,180.
Minnesota, threshold custom among Scandinavians in,259.
Mississippi, lower, religious ceremonies among Indians along,147.
“Mizpah,” memorial of covenant,171.
Mnesikles, architect, plan of,158.
Moksha, wooing custom among,42.
“Monastery of Argis,” foundation sacrifice in,52f.
Monier-Williams, Sir Monier: cited,156,198f.,230,236.
Monoliths in front of door of temple at Yeha,131.
Montezuma: his consecration of altar by blood of captives,56.
Moon-god Sin:
Ur-Gur with uplifted hands before,80;
reference to,161.
Mordevins. SeeMordvins.
Mordvins:
threshold as altar among,32;
marriage customs of,41,249.
Morea, threshold custom in,30.
Morier, James:
cited,11f.,78,123;
quotation from,189f.
Morlacchi custom of kissing threshold,31.
Morocco, survival of sacrificing at door-way in,62.
Mosaic law, appeal to altar in covenant in,65.
Moses:
at gate of camp,63;
meeting Jehovah at doorway,119;
in wilderness of Sinai,160f.
“Moses, Hand of,” red hand called,77.
Mosk of St. Sophia, stamp of red hand in,77.
Mostur, temple of Thor in,160.
Mt. Lebanon region, European prince received in,191.
Mt. Moriah:
temple on, reference to,161;
and Abraham’s offering,161.
Mt. Sinai, reference to,94.
Mountain peaks as boundaries,178.
Muhammad:
certificate of protection signed with impression of open hand of,94;
throne of, reached only by kissing threshold,124.
Muhammad II.: his victory over Christians sealed by bloody hand,77.
Muhammad Issoof, letter from king of Mysore to,94.
Muhammadan:
substitute for “blood of the grape,”5;
conquest of India, reference to,123.
Muhammadans:
to place right foot first in crossing threshold,36;
inscribe gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;
sacred inscriptions placed above doorways by,71;
sign of hand among,76;
lamb sacrificed at door of new house of,76f.;
“Hand of the Prophet” on houses of,77;
sultan as father of faithful,103;
prayer niche among,108;
treading on idol at gate,123;
threshold of mosks counted sacred among,123;
their estimate of first foundations,162;
marriage customs of,247;
reticent on matters concerning women,247f.
Muir, Sir William, reference to,164.
Mülhau and Volck, reference to,255.
Müller, Ivan V., reference to,172.
Müller, Prof. W. Max: cited,127,234.
Muslims. SeeMuhammadans.
Mussulmans. SeeMuhammadans.
Mysore:
king of, hand-print on back of letter written by,94;
ancient religious custom at,258.
Mysoreans, hand-print equivalent to oath among,94.