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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious RitesTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

Name: The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites
Author: Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Covenants -- Religious aspects

welcome at door in Syria and Egypt, 3-10;
    stepping over, in East, 4 f., 7 f., 26;
    coffee as substitute for, 5;
    salt as substitute for, 5, 9, 20;
    in threshold in Central Africa, 8 f.;
    poured out on threshold in covenanting, 14 f.;
    threshold sprinkled with, in Ireland, 21;
    hospitality in outpoured, among Arabs, 23;
    at threshold in marriage ceremony in desert of Sinai, in Egypt, in
       Turkey, 26;
    stepping over, in marriage in Cyprus, 27;
    wedding-party to step over, among Armenians, 27;
    stepping over in Central Africa, 28;
    and fire, significance of, 40;
    world-wide custom of laying foundations in, 46;
    foundation-laying in, in Hindostan, Burmah, Tennasserin, Borneo,
       Japan, Galam, Yarriba, Polynesia, 51 f.;
    on foundation-stone in Greece, 53;
    of thousands of captives at consecration of altar in Mexico, 56;
    on threshold deemed essential factor in covenant with deity, 57;
    voice of, among Arabs, 59;
    poured across road to secure help in necessity in Morocco, 63;
    hand dipped in, struck upon door-posts in Stamboul, 66 f.;
    on lintel and door-posts, 66;
    of wedding sacrifice placed on door-posts, 67 f.;
    sentences in, on door-posts as protection from disease in China, 71;
    on bow, or threshold, of Chinese junk, 72;
    affixed to post or walls of new house in Palestine, 76 f.;
    of Christians, hand dipped in, stamped on wall to seal victory over
       them, 77;
    or ink used in hand or finger stamp, 93 f.;
    of sacrifice sprinkled on door in Guatemala, 98;
    of sacrifice at base of altar at Yeha, 131;
    proffer of, foundation of family, 194;
    stains exhibited in Western Africa, 246.
  “Blood of the grape,” in covenant, 5, 8.
  Blood-color, doorways painted, 104.
  Bloody grass representing dignity and power, 15.
  Bloody hand:
    stamped in dough placed on lintel, 28 f.;
    on lintel of temple at Jerusalem, 67;
    on walls among Jews in Tunis, 78 f.;
    red seal on modern documents probably survival of, 94;
    in testimony to covenant, 244 f.
    See, also, _Red hand_.
  Bloody sacrifices at temple thresholds in India, 122.
  Blue hands on houses in Palestine, 76.
  Blunt, J.H.: cited, 137.
  Boaz meeting elders at gate in justice to Ruth and Naomi, 64.
  “Bodhi-Gaya,” reference to, 156.
  Body, not to cross threshold, 23-25.
  Bombay Anthropological Society, reference to, 17.
  Bombay, birth custom at, 17.
  _Bomoi pronaioi_, 134.
  Bonavia, Dr., reference to, 231.
  Bonomi, Joseph: his suggestion regarding word “teraphim,” 109.
  Booddha:
    commanding temple to be built, 156;
    and serpent, 236.
  Booddha-drum, reference to, 156.
  Booddha-hood, Sakya Sinha attaining to, 156.
  “Booddha’s foot,” 156.
  Booddhism concerning temple, 156.
  Booddhist:
    Gog and Magog of, 96;
    temples, doorways apart from, 104;
    temples, pilgrims at threshold of, 125;
    prayer in Tibet, 199.
  Book of Records, Chinese, reference to, 158.

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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious RitesTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Religion

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)

Covenants -- Religious aspects

welcome at door in Syria and Egypt, 3-10;
    stepping over, in East, 4 f., 7 f., 26;
    coffee as substitute for, 5;
    salt as substitute for, 5, 9, 20;
    in threshold in Central Africa, 8 f.;
    poured out on threshold in covenanting, 14 f.;
    threshold sprinkled with, in Ireland, 21;
    hospitality in outpoured, among Arabs, 23;
    at threshold in marriage ceremony in desert of Sinai, in Egypt, in
       Turkey, 26;
    stepping over, in marriage in Cyprus, 27;
    wedding-party to step over, among Armenians, 27;
    stepping over in Central Africa, 28;
    and fire, significance of, 40;
    world-wide custom of laying foundations in, 46;
    foundation-laying in, in Hindostan, Burmah, Tennasserin, Borneo,
       Japan, Galam, Yarriba, Polynesia, 51 f.;
    on foundation-stone in Greece, 53;
    of thousands of captives at consecration of altar in Mexico, 56;
    on threshold deemed essential factor in covenant with deity, 57;
    voice of, among Arabs, 59;
    poured across road to secure help in necessity in Morocco, 63;
    hand dipped in, struck upon door-posts in Stamboul, 66 f.;
    on lintel and door-posts, 66;
    of wedding sacrifice placed on door-posts, 67 f.;
    sentences in, on door-posts as protection from disease in China, 71;
    on bow, or threshold, of Chinese junk, 72;
    affixed to post or walls of new house in Palestine, 76 f.;
    of Christians, hand dipped in, stamped on wall to seal victory over
       them, 77;
    or ink used in hand or finger stamp, 93 f.;
    of sacrifice sprinkled on door in Guatemala, 98;
    of sacrifice at base of altar at Yeha, 131;
    proffer of, foundation of family, 194;
    stains exhibited in Western Africa, 246.
  “Blood of the grape,” in covenant, 5, 8.
  Blood-color, doorways painted, 104.
  Bloody grass representing dignity and power, 15.
  Bloody hand:
    stamped in dough placed on lintel, 28 f.;
    on lintel of temple at Jerusalem, 67;
    on walls among Jews in Tunis, 78 f.;
    red seal on modern documents probably survival of, 94;
    in testimony to covenant, 244 f.
    See, also, _Red hand_.
  Bloody sacrifices at temple thresholds in India, 122.
  Blue hands on houses in Palestine, 76.
  Blunt, J.H.: cited, 137.
  Boaz meeting elders at gate in justice to Ruth and Naomi, 64.
  “Bodhi-Gaya,” reference to, 156.
  Body, not to cross threshold, 23-25.
  Bombay Anthropological Society, reference to, 17.
  Bombay, birth custom at, 17.
  _Bomoi pronaioi_, 134.
  Bonavia, Dr., reference to, 231.
  Bonomi, Joseph: his suggestion regarding word “teraphim,” 109.
  Booddha:
    commanding temple to be built, 156;
    and serpent, 236.
  Booddha-drum, reference to, 156.
  Booddha-hood, Sakya Sinha attaining to, 156.
  “Booddha’s foot,” 156.
  Booddhism concerning temple, 156.
  Booddhist:
    Gog and Magog of, 96;
    temples, doorways apart from, 104;
    temples, pilgrims at threshold of, 125;
    prayer in Tibet, 199.
  Book of Records, Chinese, reference to, 158.

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The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites

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