Amon, temple of, reference to, 185. Amorite, daughter of, 213. ʾAnazeh Bed´ween, sacrifice at threshold among, 26. Andersson, Charles John: cited, 28. Ani before throne of Osiris, 257. Animals: images of, on Mordvin door-posts, 42 f.; substituted for human beings in sacrifice, 46; lower, as distinguished from man, 223. Animals sacrificed. See _Sacrifice_. _Ankh_, or _crux ansata_, 201. Anointing door-posts among Latins, 29 f. Antariksha invoked on door-sill, 15. Antelii presiding over entrance, 97. Antiquary, The, reference to, 50. Anu, gate of, reference to, 95 Apaches: prominence of red hand among, 87; reference to, 88. Aphrodisias, altar on threshold in ancient, 121. Apollo: temple of, at Delphi, 134; represented by female oracle, 236; slayer of serpent, 236. Apollo Agyieus, altar of, placed before house among Greeks, 72. Apollo Thyræus, at entrance, 97. Arabia: crossing threshold in, 10; blood at door-post to secure protection in, 59 f.; kissing threshold in, 129; Eve settling in, 164; Abraham’s visit to Ishmael in, 200; use of pigeon poult’s blood in, 248. Arabic term for woman, 256. Arabs: of Central Africa, blood welcome among, 9; sacrifice at threshold among, 26; “house of hair” of, 57; of Syrian Desert, doorway sacrifice in joining another tribe, 58 f.; red hand on houses of, in Jerusalem, 76; _wely_ common as place of worship for, in Egypt, 129; exhibit of evidences among, 249. Arafat near Meccah, 163 f. Arapahoes, red hand among, 87. Arch, memorial, meaning of, 103. Archangel, foundation sacrifice in, 54. Architecture: influence of Assyria, Babylonia, and Egypt in doorway, 60; of temples in China and Japan, 101; sacredness of threshold recognized in, 102. Arcot, Nabob of, banners with painted hands carried before, 78. Areca-nut eaten in marriage covenant in Borneo, 34. Arickarees, red hand among, 87. Ark of Hebrews in house of Dagon, 116. Armenian Christians, blood on threshold among, 26. Armenians, sacred inscriptions above doorway of, 71. Arta, bridge of, story of burying women alive to secure, 52. Artemis Propylæa at Eleusis, 134. Aryan origin of red hand, 75. Aryan races: reference to, 197; language and customs of, 199. Asherah, command to Israelites concerning, 233. Ashtaroth, symbol of, 214. Ashurnâsirapli, references to, 178, 184. Asia: bloody hand in marriage in, 93; traces of primitive sacredness of doorway found in, 132; boundary lines in, 174. See, also, _China_, _India_, _Japan_. Asia Minor: human sacrifice in, 47 f.; references to, 93, 132, 174; altar on threshold in early Christian remains in, 121. _Askuppu_, word for threshold, 110. Asshur and his worshipers represented with uplifted hands, 80. Assioot: threshold sacrifice at, 7 f.; General Grant at border line of, 186. Assyria: