Naaman, reference to,161.Nabob of Arcot, banners of, inscribed with hand,78.Nabonidus, king of Babylon,153.Nabunaʾid, king of Babylon,154.Nahr-el-Kelb:as gateway of nations,105;boundary marks at,178.Nahuas, marriage ceremonies of,246.Nakishbend, tomb of, threshold stone at,124f.Naomi, reference to,64.Napier, James: cited,44.Naples, pine cone among Pompeian relics at,257.Narâm-Sin, reference to,154.Nasa, meaning of Hebrew word,83.Natchez Indians, religious ceremonies among,147.Nations or states, boundaries of,177.Neapolitan Museum, information concerning threshold at,258.Nebo:shrine of,110;references to,177,188.Nebuchadrezzar I.:meaning of name,177;his empire boundary,188.Nebuchadrezzar II.:inscriptions of,109;his description of building walls of Babylon,109-111;reference to,154.Negeb:reference to,160;boundary dispute on borders of,170.Neoptolemus and Orestes in temple at Delphi,134.Nephthys, guardian of gateway of Egyptian temple,127.Nergal, threshold god among Assyrians,95,113,235.Nestorians kissing threshold on entering church,124.Nevius, Rev. J.W.: cited,24.New Empire of Egypt:religious pictures on stele in tombs of,107;buildings of,155.New England:door at corner of house in,55;“beating the bounds” in,176.“New Fire, Festival of,”147.New Testament, symbols of Old Testament explained in,215.New Year:threshold custom in Aberdeenshire,20f.;of Hebrews,212;Easter beginning new Ecclesiastical,221.New Zealand, sacred image as gateway in,107f.Niche:as shrine in Egypt,106;survival of tomb doorways,108;prominence of, in Egypt,106f.,in New Zealand,107f.,in Muhammadan and Christian lands and in China,108.Niebuhr, C.: cited,248.Nikkō, shrines of,126.Nile, Gen Grant on Upper,7f.Nimb tree, reference to,259.Nimitti-Bel, gate of, in walls of Babylon,110.Nimroud, blood-stained slabs at entrance to palace of,68.Nineveh:sanctity of doorway in,108f.;sculpture of Assyrian king with uplifted arm found at,115.Ni-o, prints of gods placed over doors in Japan,95.Nippur:sanctity of doorway in,108f.;altar found between temples in,111.Nish, Assyrian word for swearing,83.Noetling, Dr., reference to,77.Northly, Hen., reference to,140.Norway, Thorolf of, removing to Iceland,160.“Not by door,” entering house,6.Notre Dame, marriage at door of church of,130.November 11 as sacrifice day in Ireland,21.Nubia:ancient map of gold districts in,180;reference to,185.Numa, directions of, concerning boundaries,173.Nuptial torch in marriage ceremony,41.Nurshivan and Hormuz, reference to,11.Nuts presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.Oath, uplifted hand in judicial,83.Obelisk, symbol of Baal,214.Oberea, queen of Otaheite,250f.Offerings:at threshold,28,118f.;to local divinity at threshold-laying,95;for dead pictured on stele of Middle Empire of Egypt,106.Ohel, applied to private tent and to sacred tabernacle,101.Ohnefalach-Richter, reference to,231.Old Empire of Egypt:false door in early tombs of,106;temples of,155.Old Testament and New:waters of life in,115;rites and symbols of,215.Oldest member of household first to enter new house,54.Olympian games, references to,7,263.Olympus, House of Zeus,132.Om mani padme Hūm,199.Omaha chief, burial of,85f.Ophites, teaching of,239.Oracle at Delphi,236.Oran buried alive in foundation of cathedral in Iona,50.Orestes and Neoptolemus at Delphi,134.Oriental:sovereigns and boundaries,177;Christians, covenanting at threshold among,221;figures of speech obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.Orissa, importance of threshold in marriage in,39.Orme, R.: cited,94.Osiris:annual feast in honor of,14f.;references to,106,115,128f.,179;door of gateway,127.“Ostium” defined,200.Otaheite, primitive threshold in,250.Ovid: cited,172f.Owens, J.G.: cited,21.Oxford, Penn., stone landmark at,183.Palestine:spilling water on threshold in,29;sacrifice at beginning railroad in,57;blood on lintel,67;red hand in,75;hand printed in blue in houses of,76.Palgrave, William G.: cited,10.Palm cone, symbolism of,231.Palmer, Prof. E.H., quotation from,26.Pan, threshold of grotto of,115.Pan-kăng, emperor of China, reference to,157.Paper sprinkled with blood in China,72.“Parting-stool,” reference to,142.Pāsăkha, meaning of,208,210,266.Paul:with Barnabas at Lystra,135;his reference to foundations,162;to Corinthian Christians,215;on Christian passover,217;on relation between Christ and his church,219.Pausanias: cited,135.Pecos, red-hand symbol in ancient Pueblos of,87f.Peepul tree, in Upper India,156,259.Peloponnesus and Attica, boundary between,180.Penates:reference to,19;of Romans at threshold,23;appeased by bread and salt,32;and Lares in Cicero’s time,41.Pennsylvania:threshold custom in,21;corner-stone at door in,55;horseshoes as doorway guards in,74;stone landmark in,183.Pennsylvania Magazine of History, reference to,183.Pensa, marriage customs in,249.“Per-ao” (Pharaoh), meaning of,103.Pericles building new Propylæa,158.Perrot and Chipiez:cited,71,78,80,85,100,103,105,111,201,231,235;quotation from,106f.Persea, reference to,180.Persepolis, justice at palace gate of,60.Persia:sacredness of threshold in,11f.;sacred passages inscribed over doorways in,71;banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in,78;no temples in ancient,100;fire-altar on uplifted threshold as place of worship in,100,102;veneration for threshold of mosks in,123f.;border sacrifices in,188;shah of, entering Teheran,189;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;marriage customs in,249;phallus represented by boundary posts,258.Peru:blood smeared on doorway in,73;stepped pyramid temples in,111;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.Pesakh. SeePāsăkh.Petrie, Dr. W.M. Flinders:his discovery of ornamental door-jams,58;reference to,126.“Petting stone,” at Lindisfarne Abbey,141.Phallus, reverence for, in Babylonia, Assyria, India, China, Japan, Persia, Phrygia, Phenicia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Greece, Rome, Germany, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Great Britain, North and South America, Islands of the Sea,230.“Pharaoh,” meaning of,103.Phenicia:uplifted hand of deities of,79f.;prominence of door in,107;altar at threshold in,121;indications of presence of deity in,201;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;pine cone symbol in,257.Philip II. of Spain, reference to,139.Philistines, sacredness of threshold among,11f.Philo Judæus:cited,208,238;reference to,239.Philos,Phleō, andPhliē, meanings and uses of,255f.Phœbus Apollo, reference to,133.Phrygia:threshold altar in,121;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Pig:sacrifice of black, in Russia,19;blood of, sprinkled at door in Borneo,20;buried alive under houses,56;as sacrifice,148.Pigeon-poult’s blood in Arabia,248.Pigeons sacrificed at door,4.Pilgrims at threshold in Japan, in Korea, in Shinto and Booddhist temple,125.Pillar:of cloud at doorway of tent of meeting,119;of Baal,214;and tree in religious symbolism,232;command to Israelites concerning,233.“Pillars of Herculus,”181.Pine cone: in ancient Assyrian sculptures, in Grecian and Phenician cults, and in ancient Rome,257.Pinkerton, John: cited,39.Pipal tree. SeePeepul tree.Pipiles, sacrifices among,146.“Plain of Kuru,”156.Pliny, reference to,93.Ploss, H., reference to,93.Plutarch: cited,25,39,41,180f.,263,265.Pole, brush-topped, symbolism of,214,258.Polynesia:survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;uplifted hand found in stepped-pyramid temples of,83;boundary lines in,174.Pomegranate:on threshold in Morea,30, in Rhodes,30f.;in religious symbolisms,230.Pompeian relics at Naples,257.Ponce de Leon and fountain of life,148.Poole. SeeLane-Poole.Poros, derivation of,265.PortaandPorto, derivation of,265.Porta di mortiin Italian houses for corpse,24.Porter, Sir Robert Kerr: cited,9,71.Porter, twofold use of word,263-265.Portuguese navigators and boundary pillars,180f.Postliminium, a recrossing of threshold,181.Pôth:uses of Hebrew word,253;as hinge or socket,254.Prabhus of Bombay, birth custom among,17.Prague, open hand above graves in,79.Prayer:on burying articles under threshold,20;offered to “goddess of the homestead” in betrothal in Russia,32;for dead at door of Egyptian tombs,106;Booddhist in Tibet,199;meaning of,228.Prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78.Priest:house-father as earliest,3;among Jicarilla Apaches,89;as ruler,165;of Dagon not to tread on threshold,117.Primitive:altar of family,3;threshold customs,35;temple as rude door-way,102;man and his knowledge,224.Prisse’s Monuments of Egypt, reference to,234.Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, references to,201,231,257.Propylon:of Egyptian temple,127;of Greek temple on Acropolis,158.Pʾrosdôr, rabbinical meaning of,253.Prostitution, sacred, origin of,229.Prostrating:at gate of palace in Bagdad,10;at threshold of shrines of Egypt,127f.Protection:for enemy at home sanctuary,57;at threshold among Afghans,58.Protestant Episcopal churches:baptismal font in,147;marriage ceremonies in,148.Psalmist:his reference to lifting up hand,82;to honorable position of doorkeeper,120.Puberty celebrated among Jicarilla Apaches,88-91.Pueblos:prominence of red hand among,87;references to,88,92.Puhonuas, cities of refuge in Hawaii,151.Purity of primitive threshold covenant,233.“Put your right foot first,”37f.Puthmēn, meanings and uses of,255.Pylon. SeePropylon.Pyramid, stepped:many early temples in form of,83,111;of Meydoom,126;references to,144,148,229.Pythagoras: cited,37.Pythagoreans, reverence for threshold among,12f.Quarrels as result of shaking hands over threshold in Finland,12.Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration Fund, reference to,29.Queen of Heaven, statue of, in Carthage,130.Qurân, sentences from:on gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;on houses of worship,163.
Naaman, reference to,161.Nabob of Arcot, banners of, inscribed with hand,78.Nabonidus, king of Babylon,153.Nabunaʾid, king of Babylon,154.Nahr-el-Kelb:as gateway of nations,105;boundary marks at,178.Nahuas, marriage ceremonies of,246.Nakishbend, tomb of, threshold stone at,124f.Naomi, reference to,64.Napier, James: cited,44.Naples, pine cone among Pompeian relics at,257.Narâm-Sin, reference to,154.Nasa, meaning of Hebrew word,83.Natchez Indians, religious ceremonies among,147.Nations or states, boundaries of,177.Neapolitan Museum, information concerning threshold at,258.Nebo:shrine of,110;references to,177,188.Nebuchadrezzar I.:meaning of name,177;his empire boundary,188.Nebuchadrezzar II.:inscriptions of,109;his description of building walls of Babylon,109-111;reference to,154.Negeb:reference to,160;boundary dispute on borders of,170.Neoptolemus and Orestes in temple at Delphi,134.Nephthys, guardian of gateway of Egyptian temple,127.Nergal, threshold god among Assyrians,95,113,235.Nestorians kissing threshold on entering church,124.Nevius, Rev. J.W.: cited,24.New Empire of Egypt:religious pictures on stele in tombs of,107;buildings of,155.New England:door at corner of house in,55;“beating the bounds” in,176.“New Fire, Festival of,”147.New Testament, symbols of Old Testament explained in,215.New Year:threshold custom in Aberdeenshire,20f.;of Hebrews,212;Easter beginning new Ecclesiastical,221.New Zealand, sacred image as gateway in,107f.Niche:as shrine in Egypt,106;survival of tomb doorways,108;prominence of, in Egypt,106f.,in New Zealand,107f.,in Muhammadan and Christian lands and in China,108.Niebuhr, C.: cited,248.Nikkō, shrines of,126.Nile, Gen Grant on Upper,7f.Nimb tree, reference to,259.Nimitti-Bel, gate of, in walls of Babylon,110.Nimroud, blood-stained slabs at entrance to palace of,68.Nineveh:sanctity of doorway in,108f.;sculpture of Assyrian king with uplifted arm found at,115.Ni-o, prints of gods placed over doors in Japan,95.Nippur:sanctity of doorway in,108f.;altar found between temples in,111.Nish, Assyrian word for swearing,83.Noetling, Dr., reference to,77.Northly, Hen., reference to,140.Norway, Thorolf of, removing to Iceland,160.“Not by door,” entering house,6.Notre Dame, marriage at door of church of,130.November 11 as sacrifice day in Ireland,21.Nubia:ancient map of gold districts in,180;reference to,185.Numa, directions of, concerning boundaries,173.Nuptial torch in marriage ceremony,41.Nurshivan and Hormuz, reference to,11.Nuts presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.Oath, uplifted hand in judicial,83.Obelisk, symbol of Baal,214.Oberea, queen of Otaheite,250f.Offerings:at threshold,28,118f.;to local divinity at threshold-laying,95;for dead pictured on stele of Middle Empire of Egypt,106.Ohel, applied to private tent and to sacred tabernacle,101.Ohnefalach-Richter, reference to,231.Old Empire of Egypt:false door in early tombs of,106;temples of,155.Old Testament and New:waters of life in,115;rites and symbols of,215.Oldest member of household first to enter new house,54.Olympian games, references to,7,263.Olympus, House of Zeus,132.Om mani padme Hūm,199.Omaha chief, burial of,85f.Ophites, teaching of,239.Oracle at Delphi,236.Oran buried alive in foundation of cathedral in Iona,50.Orestes and Neoptolemus at Delphi,134.Oriental:sovereigns and boundaries,177;Christians, covenanting at threshold among,221;figures of speech obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.Orissa, importance of threshold in marriage in,39.Orme, R.: cited,94.Osiris:annual feast in honor of,14f.;references to,106,115,128f.,179;door of gateway,127.“Ostium” defined,200.Otaheite, primitive threshold in,250.Ovid: cited,172f.Owens, J.G.: cited,21.Oxford, Penn., stone landmark at,183.Palestine:spilling water on threshold in,29;sacrifice at beginning railroad in,57;blood on lintel,67;red hand in,75;hand printed in blue in houses of,76.Palgrave, William G.: cited,10.Palm cone, symbolism of,231.Palmer, Prof. E.H., quotation from,26.Pan, threshold of grotto of,115.Pan-kăng, emperor of China, reference to,157.Paper sprinkled with blood in China,72.“Parting-stool,” reference to,142.Pāsăkha, meaning of,208,210,266.Paul:with Barnabas at Lystra,135;his reference to foundations,162;to Corinthian Christians,215;on Christian passover,217;on relation between Christ and his church,219.Pausanias: cited,135.Pecos, red-hand symbol in ancient Pueblos of,87f.Peepul tree, in Upper India,156,259.Peloponnesus and Attica, boundary between,180.Penates:reference to,19;of Romans at threshold,23;appeased by bread and salt,32;and Lares in Cicero’s time,41.Pennsylvania:threshold custom in,21;corner-stone at door in,55;horseshoes as doorway guards in,74;stone landmark in,183.Pennsylvania Magazine of History, reference to,183.Pensa, marriage customs in,249.“Per-ao” (Pharaoh), meaning of,103.Pericles building new Propylæa,158.Perrot and Chipiez:cited,71,78,80,85,100,103,105,111,201,231,235;quotation from,106f.Persea, reference to,180.Persepolis, justice at palace gate of,60.Persia:sacredness of threshold in,11f.;sacred passages inscribed over doorways in,71;banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in,78;no temples in ancient,100;fire-altar on uplifted threshold as place of worship in,100,102;veneration for threshold of mosks in,123f.;border sacrifices in,188;shah of, entering Teheran,189;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;marriage customs in,249;phallus represented by boundary posts,258.Peru:blood smeared on doorway in,73;stepped pyramid temples in,111;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.Pesakh. SeePāsăkh.Petrie, Dr. W.M. Flinders:his discovery of ornamental door-jams,58;reference to,126.“Petting stone,” at Lindisfarne Abbey,141.Phallus, reverence for, in Babylonia, Assyria, India, China, Japan, Persia, Phrygia, Phenicia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Greece, Rome, Germany, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Great Britain, North and South America, Islands of the Sea,230.“Pharaoh,” meaning of,103.Phenicia:uplifted hand of deities of,79f.;prominence of door in,107;altar at threshold in,121;indications of presence of deity in,201;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;pine cone symbol in,257.Philip II. of Spain, reference to,139.Philistines, sacredness of threshold among,11f.Philo Judæus:cited,208,238;reference to,239.Philos,Phleō, andPhliē, meanings and uses of,255f.Phœbus Apollo, reference to,133.Phrygia:threshold altar in,121;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Pig:sacrifice of black, in Russia,19;blood of, sprinkled at door in Borneo,20;buried alive under houses,56;as sacrifice,148.Pigeon-poult’s blood in Arabia,248.Pigeons sacrificed at door,4.Pilgrims at threshold in Japan, in Korea, in Shinto and Booddhist temple,125.Pillar:of cloud at doorway of tent of meeting,119;of Baal,214;and tree in religious symbolism,232;command to Israelites concerning,233.“Pillars of Herculus,”181.Pine cone: in ancient Assyrian sculptures, in Grecian and Phenician cults, and in ancient Rome,257.Pinkerton, John: cited,39.Pipal tree. SeePeepul tree.Pipiles, sacrifices among,146.“Plain of Kuru,”156.Pliny, reference to,93.Ploss, H., reference to,93.Plutarch: cited,25,39,41,180f.,263,265.Pole, brush-topped, symbolism of,214,258.Polynesia:survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;uplifted hand found in stepped-pyramid temples of,83;boundary lines in,174.Pomegranate:on threshold in Morea,30, in Rhodes,30f.;in religious symbolisms,230.Pompeian relics at Naples,257.Ponce de Leon and fountain of life,148.Poole. SeeLane-Poole.Poros, derivation of,265.PortaandPorto, derivation of,265.Porta di mortiin Italian houses for corpse,24.Porter, Sir Robert Kerr: cited,9,71.Porter, twofold use of word,263-265.Portuguese navigators and boundary pillars,180f.Postliminium, a recrossing of threshold,181.Pôth:uses of Hebrew word,253;as hinge or socket,254.Prabhus of Bombay, birth custom among,17.Prague, open hand above graves in,79.Prayer:on burying articles under threshold,20;offered to “goddess of the homestead” in betrothal in Russia,32;for dead at door of Egyptian tombs,106;Booddhist in Tibet,199;meaning of,228.Prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78.Priest:house-father as earliest,3;among Jicarilla Apaches,89;as ruler,165;of Dagon not to tread on threshold,117.Primitive:altar of family,3;threshold customs,35;temple as rude door-way,102;man and his knowledge,224.Prisse’s Monuments of Egypt, reference to,234.Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, references to,201,231,257.Propylon:of Egyptian temple,127;of Greek temple on Acropolis,158.Pʾrosdôr, rabbinical meaning of,253.Prostitution, sacred, origin of,229.Prostrating:at gate of palace in Bagdad,10;at threshold of shrines of Egypt,127f.Protection:for enemy at home sanctuary,57;at threshold among Afghans,58.Protestant Episcopal churches:baptismal font in,147;marriage ceremonies in,148.Psalmist:his reference to lifting up hand,82;to honorable position of doorkeeper,120.Puberty celebrated among Jicarilla Apaches,88-91.Pueblos:prominence of red hand among,87;references to,88,92.Puhonuas, cities of refuge in Hawaii,151.Purity of primitive threshold covenant,233.“Put your right foot first,”37f.Puthmēn, meanings and uses of,255.Pylon. SeePropylon.Pyramid, stepped:many early temples in form of,83,111;of Meydoom,126;references to,144,148,229.Pythagoras: cited,37.Pythagoreans, reverence for threshold among,12f.Quarrels as result of shaking hands over threshold in Finland,12.Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration Fund, reference to,29.Queen of Heaven, statue of, in Carthage,130.Qurân, sentences from:on gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;on houses of worship,163.
Naaman, reference to,161.Nabob of Arcot, banners of, inscribed with hand,78.Nabonidus, king of Babylon,153.Nabunaʾid, king of Babylon,154.Nahr-el-Kelb:as gateway of nations,105;boundary marks at,178.Nahuas, marriage ceremonies of,246.Nakishbend, tomb of, threshold stone at,124f.Naomi, reference to,64.Napier, James: cited,44.Naples, pine cone among Pompeian relics at,257.Narâm-Sin, reference to,154.Nasa, meaning of Hebrew word,83.Natchez Indians, religious ceremonies among,147.Nations or states, boundaries of,177.Neapolitan Museum, information concerning threshold at,258.Nebo:shrine of,110;references to,177,188.Nebuchadrezzar I.:meaning of name,177;his empire boundary,188.Nebuchadrezzar II.:inscriptions of,109;his description of building walls of Babylon,109-111;reference to,154.Negeb:reference to,160;boundary dispute on borders of,170.Neoptolemus and Orestes in temple at Delphi,134.Nephthys, guardian of gateway of Egyptian temple,127.Nergal, threshold god among Assyrians,95,113,235.Nestorians kissing threshold on entering church,124.Nevius, Rev. J.W.: cited,24.New Empire of Egypt:religious pictures on stele in tombs of,107;buildings of,155.New England:door at corner of house in,55;“beating the bounds” in,176.“New Fire, Festival of,”147.New Testament, symbols of Old Testament explained in,215.New Year:threshold custom in Aberdeenshire,20f.;of Hebrews,212;Easter beginning new Ecclesiastical,221.New Zealand, sacred image as gateway in,107f.Niche:as shrine in Egypt,106;survival of tomb doorways,108;prominence of, in Egypt,106f.,in New Zealand,107f.,in Muhammadan and Christian lands and in China,108.Niebuhr, C.: cited,248.Nikkō, shrines of,126.Nile, Gen Grant on Upper,7f.Nimb tree, reference to,259.Nimitti-Bel, gate of, in walls of Babylon,110.Nimroud, blood-stained slabs at entrance to palace of,68.Nineveh:sanctity of doorway in,108f.;sculpture of Assyrian king with uplifted arm found at,115.Ni-o, prints of gods placed over doors in Japan,95.Nippur:sanctity of doorway in,108f.;altar found between temples in,111.Nish, Assyrian word for swearing,83.Noetling, Dr., reference to,77.Northly, Hen., reference to,140.Norway, Thorolf of, removing to Iceland,160.“Not by door,” entering house,6.Notre Dame, marriage at door of church of,130.November 11 as sacrifice day in Ireland,21.Nubia:ancient map of gold districts in,180;reference to,185.Numa, directions of, concerning boundaries,173.Nuptial torch in marriage ceremony,41.Nurshivan and Hormuz, reference to,11.Nuts presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.
Naaman, reference to,161.
Nabob of Arcot, banners of, inscribed with hand,78.
Nabonidus, king of Babylon,153.
Nabunaʾid, king of Babylon,154.
Nahr-el-Kelb:
as gateway of nations,105;
boundary marks at,178.
Nahuas, marriage ceremonies of,246.
Nakishbend, tomb of, threshold stone at,124f.
Naomi, reference to,64.
Napier, James: cited,44.
Naples, pine cone among Pompeian relics at,257.
Narâm-Sin, reference to,154.
Nasa, meaning of Hebrew word,83.
Natchez Indians, religious ceremonies among,147.
Nations or states, boundaries of,177.
Neapolitan Museum, information concerning threshold at,258.
Nebo:
shrine of,110;
references to,177,188.
Nebuchadrezzar I.:
meaning of name,177;
his empire boundary,188.
Nebuchadrezzar II.:
inscriptions of,109;
his description of building walls of Babylon,109-111;
reference to,154.
Negeb:
reference to,160;
boundary dispute on borders of,170.
Neoptolemus and Orestes in temple at Delphi,134.
Nephthys, guardian of gateway of Egyptian temple,127.
Nergal, threshold god among Assyrians,95,113,235.
Nestorians kissing threshold on entering church,124.
Nevius, Rev. J.W.: cited,24.
New Empire of Egypt:
religious pictures on stele in tombs of,107;
buildings of,155.
New England:
door at corner of house in,55;
“beating the bounds” in,176.
“New Fire, Festival of,”147.
New Testament, symbols of Old Testament explained in,215.
New Year:
threshold custom in Aberdeenshire,20f.;
of Hebrews,212;
Easter beginning new Ecclesiastical,221.
New Zealand, sacred image as gateway in,107f.
Niche:
as shrine in Egypt,106;
survival of tomb doorways,108;
prominence of, in Egypt,106f.,
in New Zealand,107f.,
in Muhammadan and Christian lands and in China,108.
Niebuhr, C.: cited,248.
Nikkō, shrines of,126.
Nile, Gen Grant on Upper,7f.
Nimb tree, reference to,259.
Nimitti-Bel, gate of, in walls of Babylon,110.
Nimroud, blood-stained slabs at entrance to palace of,68.
Nineveh:
sanctity of doorway in,108f.;
sculpture of Assyrian king with uplifted arm found at,115.
Ni-o, prints of gods placed over doors in Japan,95.
Nippur:
sanctity of doorway in,108f.;
altar found between temples in,111.
Nish, Assyrian word for swearing,83.
Noetling, Dr., reference to,77.
Northly, Hen., reference to,140.
Norway, Thorolf of, removing to Iceland,160.
“Not by door,” entering house,6.
Notre Dame, marriage at door of church of,130.
November 11 as sacrifice day in Ireland,21.
Nubia:
ancient map of gold districts in,180;
reference to,185.
Numa, directions of, concerning boundaries,173.
Nuptial torch in marriage ceremony,41.
Nurshivan and Hormuz, reference to,11.
Nuts presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia,31.
Oath, uplifted hand in judicial,83.Obelisk, symbol of Baal,214.Oberea, queen of Otaheite,250f.Offerings:at threshold,28,118f.;to local divinity at threshold-laying,95;for dead pictured on stele of Middle Empire of Egypt,106.Ohel, applied to private tent and to sacred tabernacle,101.Ohnefalach-Richter, reference to,231.Old Empire of Egypt:false door in early tombs of,106;temples of,155.Old Testament and New:waters of life in,115;rites and symbols of,215.Oldest member of household first to enter new house,54.Olympian games, references to,7,263.Olympus, House of Zeus,132.Om mani padme Hūm,199.Omaha chief, burial of,85f.Ophites, teaching of,239.Oracle at Delphi,236.Oran buried alive in foundation of cathedral in Iona,50.Orestes and Neoptolemus at Delphi,134.Oriental:sovereigns and boundaries,177;Christians, covenanting at threshold among,221;figures of speech obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.Orissa, importance of threshold in marriage in,39.Orme, R.: cited,94.Osiris:annual feast in honor of,14f.;references to,106,115,128f.,179;door of gateway,127.“Ostium” defined,200.Otaheite, primitive threshold in,250.Ovid: cited,172f.Owens, J.G.: cited,21.Oxford, Penn., stone landmark at,183.
Oath, uplifted hand in judicial,83.
Obelisk, symbol of Baal,214.
Oberea, queen of Otaheite,250f.
Offerings:
at threshold,28,118f.;
to local divinity at threshold-laying,95;
for dead pictured on stele of Middle Empire of Egypt,106.
Ohel, applied to private tent and to sacred tabernacle,101.
Ohnefalach-Richter, reference to,231.
Old Empire of Egypt:
false door in early tombs of,106;
temples of,155.
Old Testament and New:
waters of life in,115;
rites and symbols of,215.
Oldest member of household first to enter new house,54.
Olympian games, references to,7,263.
Olympus, House of Zeus,132.
Om mani padme Hūm,199.
Omaha chief, burial of,85f.
Ophites, teaching of,239.
Oracle at Delphi,236.
Oran buried alive in foundation of cathedral in Iona,50.
Orestes and Neoptolemus at Delphi,134.
Oriental:
sovereigns and boundaries,177;
Christians, covenanting at threshold among,221;
figures of speech obscured by literalism of Western mind,238.
Orissa, importance of threshold in marriage in,39.
Orme, R.: cited,94.
Osiris:
annual feast in honor of,14f.;
references to,106,115,128f.,179;
door of gateway,127.
“Ostium” defined,200.
Otaheite, primitive threshold in,250.
Ovid: cited,172f.
Owens, J.G.: cited,21.
Oxford, Penn., stone landmark at,183.
Palestine:spilling water on threshold in,29;sacrifice at beginning railroad in,57;blood on lintel,67;red hand in,75;hand printed in blue in houses of,76.Palgrave, William G.: cited,10.Palm cone, symbolism of,231.Palmer, Prof. E.H., quotation from,26.Pan, threshold of grotto of,115.Pan-kăng, emperor of China, reference to,157.Paper sprinkled with blood in China,72.“Parting-stool,” reference to,142.Pāsăkha, meaning of,208,210,266.Paul:with Barnabas at Lystra,135;his reference to foundations,162;to Corinthian Christians,215;on Christian passover,217;on relation between Christ and his church,219.Pausanias: cited,135.Pecos, red-hand symbol in ancient Pueblos of,87f.Peepul tree, in Upper India,156,259.Peloponnesus and Attica, boundary between,180.Penates:reference to,19;of Romans at threshold,23;appeased by bread and salt,32;and Lares in Cicero’s time,41.Pennsylvania:threshold custom in,21;corner-stone at door in,55;horseshoes as doorway guards in,74;stone landmark in,183.Pennsylvania Magazine of History, reference to,183.Pensa, marriage customs in,249.“Per-ao” (Pharaoh), meaning of,103.Pericles building new Propylæa,158.Perrot and Chipiez:cited,71,78,80,85,100,103,105,111,201,231,235;quotation from,106f.Persea, reference to,180.Persepolis, justice at palace gate of,60.Persia:sacredness of threshold in,11f.;sacred passages inscribed over doorways in,71;banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in,78;no temples in ancient,100;fire-altar on uplifted threshold as place of worship in,100,102;veneration for threshold of mosks in,123f.;border sacrifices in,188;shah of, entering Teheran,189;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;marriage customs in,249;phallus represented by boundary posts,258.Peru:blood smeared on doorway in,73;stepped pyramid temples in,111;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.Pesakh. SeePāsăkh.Petrie, Dr. W.M. Flinders:his discovery of ornamental door-jams,58;reference to,126.“Petting stone,” at Lindisfarne Abbey,141.Phallus, reverence for, in Babylonia, Assyria, India, China, Japan, Persia, Phrygia, Phenicia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Greece, Rome, Germany, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Great Britain, North and South America, Islands of the Sea,230.“Pharaoh,” meaning of,103.Phenicia:uplifted hand of deities of,79f.;prominence of door in,107;altar at threshold in,121;indications of presence of deity in,201;reverence for phallic emblems in,230;religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;pine cone symbol in,257.Philip II. of Spain, reference to,139.Philistines, sacredness of threshold among,11f.Philo Judæus:cited,208,238;reference to,239.Philos,Phleō, andPhliē, meanings and uses of,255f.Phœbus Apollo, reference to,133.Phrygia:threshold altar in,121;reverence for phallic emblems in,230.Pig:sacrifice of black, in Russia,19;blood of, sprinkled at door in Borneo,20;buried alive under houses,56;as sacrifice,148.Pigeon-poult’s blood in Arabia,248.Pigeons sacrificed at door,4.Pilgrims at threshold in Japan, in Korea, in Shinto and Booddhist temple,125.Pillar:of cloud at doorway of tent of meeting,119;of Baal,214;and tree in religious symbolism,232;command to Israelites concerning,233.“Pillars of Herculus,”181.Pine cone: in ancient Assyrian sculptures, in Grecian and Phenician cults, and in ancient Rome,257.Pinkerton, John: cited,39.Pipal tree. SeePeepul tree.Pipiles, sacrifices among,146.“Plain of Kuru,”156.Pliny, reference to,93.Ploss, H., reference to,93.Plutarch: cited,25,39,41,180f.,263,265.Pole, brush-topped, symbolism of,214,258.Polynesia:survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;uplifted hand found in stepped-pyramid temples of,83;boundary lines in,174.Pomegranate:on threshold in Morea,30, in Rhodes,30f.;in religious symbolisms,230.Pompeian relics at Naples,257.Ponce de Leon and fountain of life,148.Poole. SeeLane-Poole.Poros, derivation of,265.PortaandPorto, derivation of,265.Porta di mortiin Italian houses for corpse,24.Porter, Sir Robert Kerr: cited,9,71.Porter, twofold use of word,263-265.Portuguese navigators and boundary pillars,180f.Postliminium, a recrossing of threshold,181.Pôth:uses of Hebrew word,253;as hinge or socket,254.Prabhus of Bombay, birth custom among,17.Prague, open hand above graves in,79.Prayer:on burying articles under threshold,20;offered to “goddess of the homestead” in betrothal in Russia,32;for dead at door of Egyptian tombs,106;Booddhist in Tibet,199;meaning of,228.Prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78.Priest:house-father as earliest,3;among Jicarilla Apaches,89;as ruler,165;of Dagon not to tread on threshold,117.Primitive:altar of family,3;threshold customs,35;temple as rude door-way,102;man and his knowledge,224.Prisse’s Monuments of Egypt, reference to,234.Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, references to,201,231,257.Propylon:of Egyptian temple,127;of Greek temple on Acropolis,158.Pʾrosdôr, rabbinical meaning of,253.Prostitution, sacred, origin of,229.Prostrating:at gate of palace in Bagdad,10;at threshold of shrines of Egypt,127f.Protection:for enemy at home sanctuary,57;at threshold among Afghans,58.Protestant Episcopal churches:baptismal font in,147;marriage ceremonies in,148.Psalmist:his reference to lifting up hand,82;to honorable position of doorkeeper,120.Puberty celebrated among Jicarilla Apaches,88-91.Pueblos:prominence of red hand among,87;references to,88,92.Puhonuas, cities of refuge in Hawaii,151.Purity of primitive threshold covenant,233.“Put your right foot first,”37f.Puthmēn, meanings and uses of,255.Pylon. SeePropylon.Pyramid, stepped:many early temples in form of,83,111;of Meydoom,126;references to,144,148,229.Pythagoras: cited,37.Pythagoreans, reverence for threshold among,12f.
Palestine:
spilling water on threshold in,29;
sacrifice at beginning railroad in,57;
blood on lintel,67;
red hand in,75;
hand printed in blue in houses of,76.
Palgrave, William G.: cited,10.
Palm cone, symbolism of,231.
Palmer, Prof. E.H., quotation from,26.
Pan, threshold of grotto of,115.
Pan-kăng, emperor of China, reference to,157.
Paper sprinkled with blood in China,72.
“Parting-stool,” reference to,142.
Pāsăkha, meaning of,208,210,266.
Paul:
with Barnabas at Lystra,135;
his reference to foundations,162;
to Corinthian Christians,215;
on Christian passover,217;
on relation between Christ and his church,219.
Pausanias: cited,135.
Pecos, red-hand symbol in ancient Pueblos of,87f.
Peepul tree, in Upper India,156,259.
Peloponnesus and Attica, boundary between,180.
Penates:
reference to,19;
of Romans at threshold,23;
appeased by bread and salt,32;
and Lares in Cicero’s time,41.
Pennsylvania:
threshold custom in,21;
corner-stone at door in,55;
horseshoes as doorway guards in,74;
stone landmark in,183.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History, reference to,183.
Pensa, marriage customs in,249.
“Per-ao” (Pharaoh), meaning of,103.
Pericles building new Propylæa,158.
Perrot and Chipiez:
cited,71,78,80,85,100,103,105,111,201,231,235;
quotation from,106f.
Persea, reference to,180.
Persepolis, justice at palace gate of,60.
Persia:
sacredness of threshold in,11f.;
sacred passages inscribed over doorways in,71;
banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in,78;
no temples in ancient,100;
fire-altar on uplifted threshold as place of worship in,100,102;
veneration for threshold of mosks in,123f.;
border sacrifices in,188;
shah of, entering Teheran,189;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230;
marriage customs in,249;
phallus represented by boundary posts,258.
Peru:
blood smeared on doorway in,73;
stepped pyramid temples in,111;
religions of, and serpent as symbol,235.
Pesakh. SeePāsăkh.
Petrie, Dr. W.M. Flinders:
his discovery of ornamental door-jams,58;
reference to,126.
“Petting stone,” at Lindisfarne Abbey,141.
Phallus, reverence for, in Babylonia, Assyria, India, China, Japan, Persia, Phrygia, Phenicia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Greece, Rome, Germany, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Great Britain, North and South America, Islands of the Sea,230.
“Pharaoh,” meaning of,103.
Phenicia:
uplifted hand of deities of,79f.;
prominence of door in,107;
altar at threshold in,121;
indications of presence of deity in,201;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230;
religions of, and serpent as symbol,235;
pine cone symbol in,257.
Philip II. of Spain, reference to,139.
Philistines, sacredness of threshold among,11f.
Philo Judæus:
cited,208,238;
reference to,239.
Philos,Phleō, andPhliē, meanings and uses of,255f.
Phœbus Apollo, reference to,133.
Phrygia:
threshold altar in,121;
reverence for phallic emblems in,230.
Pig:
sacrifice of black, in Russia,19;
blood of, sprinkled at door in Borneo,20;
buried alive under houses,56;
as sacrifice,148.
Pigeon-poult’s blood in Arabia,248.
Pigeons sacrificed at door,4.
Pilgrims at threshold in Japan, in Korea, in Shinto and Booddhist temple,125.
Pillar:
of cloud at doorway of tent of meeting,119;
of Baal,214;
and tree in religious symbolism,232;
command to Israelites concerning,233.
“Pillars of Herculus,”181.
Pine cone: in ancient Assyrian sculptures, in Grecian and Phenician cults, and in ancient Rome,257.
Pinkerton, John: cited,39.
Pipal tree. SeePeepul tree.
Pipiles, sacrifices among,146.
“Plain of Kuru,”156.
Pliny, reference to,93.
Ploss, H., reference to,93.
Plutarch: cited,25,39,41,180f.,263,265.
Pole, brush-topped, symbolism of,214,258.
Polynesia:
survival of foundation-laying in blood in,51f.;
uplifted hand found in stepped-pyramid temples of,83;
boundary lines in,174.
Pomegranate:
on threshold in Morea,30, in Rhodes,30f.;
in religious symbolisms,230.
Pompeian relics at Naples,257.
Ponce de Leon and fountain of life,148.
Poole. SeeLane-Poole.
Poros, derivation of,265.
PortaandPorto, derivation of,265.
Porta di mortiin Italian houses for corpse,24.
Porter, Sir Robert Kerr: cited,9,71.
Porter, twofold use of word,263-265.
Portuguese navigators and boundary pillars,180f.
Postliminium, a recrossing of threshold,181.
Pôth:
uses of Hebrew word,253;
as hinge or socket,254.
Prabhus of Bombay, birth custom among,17.
Prague, open hand above graves in,79.
Prayer:
on burying articles under threshold,20;
offered to “goddess of the homestead” in betrothal in Russia,32;
for dead at door of Egyptian tombs,106;
Booddhist in Tibet,199;
meaning of,228.
Prayer-rug in Turkey and Persia,78.
Priest:
house-father as earliest,3;
among Jicarilla Apaches,89;
as ruler,165;
of Dagon not to tread on threshold,117.
Primitive:
altar of family,3;
threshold customs,35;
temple as rude door-way,102;
man and his knowledge,224.
Prisse’s Monuments of Egypt, reference to,234.
Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, references to,201,231,257.
Propylon:
of Egyptian temple,127;
of Greek temple on Acropolis,158.
Pʾrosdôr, rabbinical meaning of,253.
Prostitution, sacred, origin of,229.
Prostrating:
at gate of palace in Bagdad,10;
at threshold of shrines of Egypt,127f.
Protection:
for enemy at home sanctuary,57;
at threshold among Afghans,58.
Protestant Episcopal churches:
baptismal font in,147;
marriage ceremonies in,148.
Psalmist:
his reference to lifting up hand,82;
to honorable position of doorkeeper,120.
Puberty celebrated among Jicarilla Apaches,88-91.
Pueblos:
prominence of red hand among,87;
references to,88,92.
Puhonuas, cities of refuge in Hawaii,151.
Purity of primitive threshold covenant,233.
“Put your right foot first,”37f.
Puthmēn, meanings and uses of,255.
Pylon. SeePropylon.
Pyramid, stepped:
many early temples in form of,83,111;
of Meydoom,126;
references to,144,148,229.
Pythagoras: cited,37.
Pythagoreans, reverence for threshold among,12f.
Quarrels as result of shaking hands over threshold in Finland,12.Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration Fund, reference to,29.Queen of Heaven, statue of, in Carthage,130.Qurân, sentences from:on gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;on houses of worship,163.
Quarrels as result of shaking hands over threshold in Finland,12.
Quarterly Statement of Palestine Exploration Fund, reference to,29.
Queen of Heaven, statue of, in Carthage,130.
Qurân, sentences from:
on gates, fountains, bridges, and houses,70;
on houses of worship,163.