Part 23

Vairorongo, sacred stream of under-world, in Islands of Sea, 152. Vambéry, Arminius: cited, 125. Vari, or “The-very-beginning,” in Islands of Sea, 151. Vātea, part man and part fish, in Islands of Sea, 152. Vatican, bronze pine cone in gardens of, 257. Vāttu, god of threshold in India, 75. Vāttuma, god of threshold in India, 95. _Vāttuma Santhe_, tribute to, god of threshold in India, 95. Vaux, J. Edward: cited, 140. Vedas, references to, 99, 197. Vedi, feminine in Sanskrit, 197. Vedic: law of door-sill, 15; Sutras on stepping over threshold, 36 f.; teachings concerning temples, 155 f. Vermilion paint for sign of red hand among Omahas, 85. Verrall, Margaret de G. See _Harrison and Verrall_. Victor in Olympian games avoiding city gates, 7. Virgil: cited, 29 f.; his description of arrival of Æneas at court of Queen Dido, 130. “Virgin Mary’s Hand” among Christians in Syria, 77. “Virgin of Israel,” 213, 218. Virginity: tokens of, 243 f.; Bible testimony of tokens of, 251. Vishnoo, god: reference to, 95; pagoda of, reference to, 121; foot of, 156; seated on serpent, 235. Vishnooism, concerning temples, 156. “Vishnu-pad,” reference to, 156. Vitruvius: his description of temple, 36. Vlachs, indication of foundation sacrifice in ballad of, 52. _Vlam_, name for “friend of the bridegroom” among Albanians, 37 f. “Vodyaoni,” sacrifice to, in Russia, 19. Volck. See _Mülhau and Volck_. Volga, altar as threshold among people on, 32. Voltaire: cited, 202. Von Löher and Joyner: reference to, 231. Vulgate: reference to, 207.

Wake, C. Staniland. See _Westropp and Wake_. Wallace, Donald M.: reference to, 176. Wallachia, story of foundation sacrifice in, 52. Wallachians, marriage rite among, 29. Washburn, President, of Robert College: cited, 66 f. Water: and corn offered on threshold, 16 f.; and honey for bride at threshold, 30; poured out in pathway of bridegroom among Greeks of Turkey, 30; of life underneath threshold, in legend of Ishtar, 114; in temple at Jerusalem, 114; holy, at doorway of Roman Catholic churches, 147. Water-spirit, appeasing, in Russia, 19. Weber’s _Die Lehren d. Talmud_, reference to, 239. Wedding ceremonies: among ʾAnazeh Bed´ween, and Armenians in Turkey, 26; in Syria, 26, 28 f., 38, 196; in Egypt, 26, 38, 196; in Cyprus, 27; among Somalis in Central Africa, 27 f.; in South Africa, 28; among fellaheen of Palestine, and Wallachians, 29; among Greeks of Turkey, and in Morea, 30; in Rhodes, 30 f.; in island of Skarpanto and among Morlacchi, in Dalmatia, 31; in portions of Russia, 31 f.; among Mordvins of Russia, 32 f., 41-44; in Holland, 33; in Germany, 33 f., 138 f.; among Sea Dyaks of Borneo, 34; in Central America, 34 f., 45; in Scotland, 34, 44; among Towkas, 35; among Hindoos, 36-38, 40 f.; among Albanians, 37 f.; in India, 38, 40 f.; in Madagascar, 38; in Abyssinia, 38 f., 131; among tribes of West Africa, in ancient Assyria, among Khonds of Orissa, among Tatars, and among Eskimos, 39; in ancient Rome, 39-41; in China, 39-41, 196; in ancient Greece, 39, 41; in England, 44, 139-142; in Ireland, 44, 142; in United States, 44, 147 f.; in France, 139; in Sweden, 140 f.; in Dahomey, Liberia, in various parts of Europe, and in Samoa, 196; among Muhammadans, 247; among Christians at Haleb, 248; in Darfour, 249; in Samoa, 251. Wedding: sacrifice in Cyprus, 27; threshold custom in Skarpanto, 31; in Russia, 31 f.; threshold or hearthstone covenant at, 226. Weeping worship of Tammuz, 115. _Wely_, a saint’s tomb, as place of worship in Egypt, 129. Westropp and Wake: cited, 230. White hand among American Indians, 90. Wife: word for, among Latins, 29; and threshold in Arabic, 200, 256; brush-topped pole, symbol of, 214. Wilkins, W.J.G.: cited, 198, 235 f. Wilkinson, Sir J.G.: quotation from, 68 f.; cited, 81, 96 f., 100, 106, 127 f., 201, 234 f. Williams, S. Wells: cited, 40, 71, 96, 108, 158. Williams, Talcott, quotation from, 62 f. Window: coffin passed out of, to avoid threshold, in Europe and America, 25; opened and door closed at death in Europe and America, 25. Winged sun disk: over doors of temples in Egypt, 127; and serpent in Egypt, 234. Winnebagoes, prominence of hand among, 84. Winter, feast at close of, among Slavonic peoples, 19. Wisconsin, sacredness of threshold among Scandinavians in, 259. Witham in Essex, marriage custom at, 140. “Witness Heap” of covenant between Jacob and Laban, 171. Woman: buried in foundation of bridge of Arta, 52; four ages of, symbolized among American Indians, 89 f.; recognized as primitive altar, 197; form of, pattern of altar form, 197; and door in Hebrew Scriptures, 253; in Arabic and German, 256. Wood, Edward J.: cited, 31, 44, 131, 138, 140-142; quotation from, 139. Wood-apple as witness of marriage, 259. Woolwas, betrothal custom at threshold among, 34. Worms, door of synagogue in, 144. Worship: at door in Egypt, 127 f.; covenant, spirit of all true, 221; origin of rites of, 226; phallic, perversion of purer idea, 230; Hindoo, mode of, 236; of serpent in Bangalore, 258 f. Wright, Julia McNair: cited, 24.

Ximenez, Francisco, missionary: cited, 73, 98.

Yama as first man and first priest in India, 99. Yarriba, survival of foundation-laying in blood in, 51 f. Yawning on threshold unpropitious, 11. Yeha, monoliths in front of temple at, 131. Yemen, marriage ceremonies in, 248. Yezidis: kissing doorway of temple among, 116; reference to, 190. _Yoni_, doorway of physical life, 198. Yü, Chinese for threshold, 256. Yucatan, doorways inscribed with red hand in, 81 f. Yuhlui, tutelar god of threshold in China, 95 f.

Zabû, King, reference to, 154. Zamzam, sacred spring at Meccah, 163. _Zariru_, Babylonian gate plated with metal called, 111. Zedekiah, king of Judah, sitting in gate of Benjamin, 64. Zephaniah: his curse on Assyria, and his reference to “drought in thresholds,” 115; foretelling punishment on those that leap over threshold, 117. Zeus: House of, on Olympus, 132; reference to, concerning boundary lines, 171; image of, as boundary landmark, 172. Ziggurat, early form of temple, 229. Zindero, bloody threshold offering in, 8 f. Zinga, boundaries in, 174. Zion, laying foundation stone in, 162. Zuñi Indians, red hand among, 91.

SCRIPTURAL INDEX.

GENESIS.

TEXT PAGE 2 : 8–10 115 2 : 25 239 3 : 1–13, 16 238 3 : 14, 15, 22–24 239 4 : 1, 17, 25 238 11 : 1–9 103 11 : 28 153 11 : 31 80 12 : 1–8 160 13 : 1–3 160 14 : 22 82 15 : 1–6 187, 211, 266 15 : 8–16, 20, 21 187, 211, 266 15 : 7 80, 187, 211, 266 15 : 17–19 187, 211, 244, 266 18 : 1–9 101 19 : 1–25 211 21 : 22–24 170, 244 21 : 25–33 170 22 : 1–13 161 22 : 17 65 25 : 17–19 244 28 : 10–22 112, 160 28 : 36 238 30 : 2 238 30 : 22 253 31 : 43–53 171 49 : 8–17 85

EXODUS.

2 : 23–25 205 3 : 1–6, 11, 12 161 3 : 7–10 161, 205 3 : 19 83 4 : 25, 26 244 5 : 1, 2 205 6 : 1–7 205 6 : 8 82 10 : 21, 29 205 11 : 4–7 206 12 : 1, 2 204, 212 12 : 3–21, 27 204 12 : 22 205, 214 12 : 23 206 13 : 3, 14, 16 83 21 : 2–4 210 21 : 5, 6 65, 210 22 : 2 260 23 : 8–10 119 26 : 1–14 101 29 : 4, 10–12 119 32 : 11 83 32 : 26 63 34 : 12–15 213, 214, 233 34 : 16 213, 214 39 : 32 101 40 : 6, 29 119

LEVITICUS.

1 : 3, 5 119 3 : 2 119 4 : 4, 7 119 8 : 1–36 119 9 : 1, 2 212 12 : 6 119 14 : 11, 23 119 15 : 14, 29 119 16 : 7 119 17 : 2–6, 8, 9 119 17 : 7 119, 213 19 : 21 119 20 : 5–8 213 23 : 5 212

NUMBERS.

6 : 10–18 119 12 : 5 119 14 : 30 82 15 : 39, 40 213 20 : 6 119 21 : 4–9 239 27 : 22, 23 85 35 : 6, 32 151

DEUTERONOMY.

3 : 24 83 4 : 34 83 4 : 41–43 151 5 : 15 83 6 : 4–9 69 6 : 9 69 6 : 21 83 7 : 5 214, 233 7 : 8, 19 83 7 : 13 238 9 : 26 83 11 : 2 83 11 : 13–21 96 12 : 3 214 12 : 31 267 14 : 17 65 16 : 21, 22 233 19 : 1–13 151 19 : 14 170 20 : 5 69 20 : 10–13 262 22 : 13–21 252 25 : 1–9 229 27 : 17 170 28 : 4, 18, 53 238 29 : 12 266 30 : 9 238 31 : 15 119 31 : 16 213

JOSHUA.

2 : 1–20 206, 211 2 : 21 206 5 : 10–12 211 6 : 12–15 211 6 : 16, 17 206, 211 6 : 18–25 206 6 : 26 47 10 : 3–35 58 12 : 11 58 15 : 39 58 20 : 1–9 151

JUDGES.

2 : 17 213 3 : 7 214 7 : 1–25 211 8 : 27, 33 213 11 : 39 238 16 : 3 255 19 : 25 64, 238 19 : 26, 28–30 64 19 : 27 64, 207

RUTH.

4 : 1–10 64

1 SAMUEL.

1 : 19 238 4 : 19 253 5 : 1–5 117 29 : 6 109

2 SAMUEL.

3 : 25 109 6 : 1–19 161 15 : 2–4 64 19 : 8 64 24 : 15–25 161

1 KINGS.

1 : 4 238 2 : 28 58 4 : 24 210 7 : 50 253 14 : 17 207 16 : 34 47

2 KINGS.

5 : 17 161 9 : 22, 23 213 12 : 9 121, 207 12 : 13 207 14 : 19 58 16 : 3 267 17 : 17, 31 267 18 : 4 239 18 : 14–19 58 19 : 20–26, 28–36 211 19 : 27 109, 211 21 : 6 267 22 : 4 121, 207 23 : 10 267 23 : 4 121, 207, 214 25 : 18 121, 207

1 CHRONICLES.

5 : 25 213 9 : 19, 22 207 15 : 23, 24 120

2 CHRONICLES.

3 : 7 207 6 : 32 83 21 : 11 213 23 : 4 120, 207 23 : 5 120 32 : 1–22 211 33 : 3 214 33 : 6 267 33 : 8 120 34 : 9 120, 207

NEHEMIAH.

9 : 7 153 9 : 15 82

ESTHER.

2 : 21 207 6 : 2 207 9 : 12–19 211

JOB.

1 : 21 114 3 : 1–10 252 24 : 2 170

PSALMS.

24 : 2 181 63 : 4 82 73 : 27 213 84 : 10 120 121 : 7 109 121 : 8 70, 109 127 : 3 238 128 : 3 238 132 : 11 238 136 : 38, 39 213

PROVERBS.

3 : 18 238 8 : 34 64 11 : 30 238 22 : 28 170 23 : 10 170 26 : 14 253

ECCLESIASTES.

5 : 15 144

SONG OF SONGS.

4 : 16 238 8 : 8, 9 252

ISAIAH.

3 : 17 253 6 : 4 207 13 : 18 238 24 : 12 66 28 : 16 162 29 : 21 64 37 : 28 109 49 : 22 82 57 : 3 213 57 : 14 112 58 : 12 162 62 : 10 112

JEREMIAH.

3 : 1–15, 20 213 7 : 31 267 13 : 27 213 19 : 5 267

31 : 31, 32 213 34 : 18 266 35 : 4 120, 207

38 : 7–9 64 50 : 26 112 52 : 19 207 52 : 24 120, 207

EZEKIEL.

6 : 9 213 9 : 3 118 10 : 4 118 12 : 2–7 260 16 : 1–7, 9–20, 22–63 213 16 : 8 268 16 : 21 213, 267 19 : 10 238 20 : 26, 31 267 20 : 30 213 20 : 34 83 23 : 1–36, 38–49 213 23 : 37 213, 267 40 : 6, 7 207 41 : 16 207 43 : 8 118, 207 43 : 11 109 46 : 2 118 47 : 1–9 115

DANIEL.

2 : 49 64 5 : 1–30 211 9 : 15 83

HOSEA.

1 : 2 213 2 : 2 213 3 : 1 213 4 : 12–19 213 5 : 3, 4 213 6 : 6, 7, 10 213

AMOS. 5 : 15 64 7 : 8 267 9 : 1 107

MICAH. 6 : 7 238

ZEPHANIAH.

1 : 9 117 2 : 13 115 2 : 14 115, 207

ZECHARIAH.

8 : 16 64 12 : 1, 3 208 12 : 2 207, 208

MATTHEW.

1 : 25 238 6 : 19, 20 260 9 : 14, 15 219 16 : 18 65 16 : 21 215 24 : 43 260 26 : 1–5, 17–30 215

MARK.

2 : 19, 20 219 14 : 12–28 215

LUKE.

5 : 34, 35 219 12 : 39 260 17 : 19, 20 64 22 : 7–20 215

JOHN.