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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

“Fahazza” in Madagascar, 149.
  False door:
    of tombs in ancient Egypt, 106 f.;
    as gift from sovereign to subject in Egypt, 107.
  Family:
    altar and sacrifices for, in primitive times, 3;
    offering itself for sacrifice in Central Africa, 8 f.;
    life, beginning of, in threshold rite, 194.
  Fathers, Christian, reference to, 93.
  Feast after sacrifice: 4, 7;
    at beginning of spring among Slavonic peoples, 19;
    of “hand-striking” at betrothal, 32 f.
  Fecundity, lotus flower symbol of, 257.
  Fellaheen threshold custom in Palestine, 29.
  Fellows, Sir Charles: cited, 121.
  Feminine in nature, symbol of, 214, 230, 258.
  Fergusson, Dr. James: references to, 103-105, 107, 231, 235-237.
  “Festival, Harvest,” among Indians of lower Mississippi, 147.
  “Festival of New Fire,” 147.
  _Ficus religiosa_, reference to, 259.
  Fielde, Adele M.: cited, 40, 71.
  Fig:
    in religious symbolisms, 230;
    tree representing female, 258.
  Figures of speech, Oriental, obscured by literalism of Western mind,
     238.
  Finger-shaped door-key used in wedding ceremony, 244.
  Finland:
    shaking hands across threshold in, 12;
    high thresholds in, 12;
    threshold as altar in, 32;
    clergyman to step over threshold in, 143.
  Finmac-Coole, print of hand of, 81.
  Finn, James: cited, 67.
  Fire:
    and salt on threshold, 21;
    at entrance to cave or tent, in primitive times, 22 f.;
    on threshold altar in China, 39;
    and blood, significance of, 40;
    reference to, 41 f.;
    references to, 54-56, 158;
    masculine symbol, 198;
    production of sacred, 198;
    doorway, origin of, 226;
    as gift of God, 227.
  Fire-altar:
    center of public worship, 99;
    in Persia, 100,
      in India, 102;
    of family developed into that of community, 101;
    origin of, 226.
  First-fruits of grain-field offered at threshold, 16 f.
  Five:
    fingers held before evil eye, 76,
    extended on receiving praise, 79;
    pronouncing word, in response to praise, 79.
  Flaming torch in Roman marriage ceremonies, 41.
  Flesh:
    of sacrificed animal distributed, 4;
    and blood symbolized by bread and salt, 9.
  “Floor of the door” held sacred in Abyssinia, 131.
  Folk-Lore, London, references to, 8, 40, 42-44.
  Folk-Lore Journal, reference to, 221.
  Folk-Lore Journal, London, references to, 21, 27 f., 34, 50, 56, 196.
  Folk-Lore Record, London, reference to, 38.
  Foot:
    against threshold, “unlucky” to strike, 12 f.;
    importance placed on use of right, 36-38.
  Forculus, door-god of Romans, 97.
  Forlong, Gen. J.G.R.: references to, 230, 237.
  “Fornication,” idolatry called, 213.
  “Foundation:”
    and “threshold” interchangeable terms, 21 f.;
    references to, 47, 50, 53, 158;
    laying in blood in Galam, 51 f.;
    sacrifice in Algiers, 48,
      among Vlachs in Turkey, 52 f.;
      in Archangel, 54;
      in inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar II., 109 f.;
    or Papa, 152.

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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

“Fahazza” in Madagascar, 149.
  False door:
    of tombs in ancient Egypt, 106 f.;
    as gift from sovereign to subject in Egypt, 107.
  Family:
    altar and sacrifices for, in primitive times, 3;
    offering itself for sacrifice in Central Africa, 8 f.;
    life, beginning of, in threshold rite, 194.
  Fathers, Christian, reference to, 93.
  Feast after sacrifice: 4, 7;
    at beginning of spring among Slavonic peoples, 19;
    of “hand-striking” at betrothal, 32 f.
  Fecundity, lotus flower symbol of, 257.
  Fellaheen threshold custom in Palestine, 29.
  Fellows, Sir Charles: cited, 121.
  Feminine in nature, symbol of, 214, 230, 258.
  Fergusson, Dr. James: references to, 103-105, 107, 231, 235-237.
  “Festival, Harvest,” among Indians of lower Mississippi, 147.
  “Festival of New Fire,” 147.
  _Ficus religiosa_, reference to, 259.
  Fielde, Adele M.: cited, 40, 71.
  Fig:
    in religious symbolisms, 230;
    tree representing female, 258.
  Figures of speech, Oriental, obscured by literalism of Western mind,
     238.
  Finger-shaped door-key used in wedding ceremony, 244.
  Finland:
    shaking hands across threshold in, 12;
    high thresholds in, 12;
    threshold as altar in, 32;
    clergyman to step over threshold in, 143.
  Finmac-Coole, print of hand of, 81.
  Finn, James: cited, 67.
  Fire:
    and salt on threshold, 21;
    at entrance to cave or tent, in primitive times, 22 f.;
    on threshold altar in China, 39;
    and blood, significance of, 40;
    reference to, 41 f.;
    references to, 54-56, 158;
    masculine symbol, 198;
    production of sacred, 198;
    doorway, origin of, 226;
    as gift of God, 227.
  Fire-altar:
    center of public worship, 99;
    in Persia, 100,
      in India, 102;
    of family developed into that of community, 101;
    origin of, 226.
  First-fruits of grain-field offered at threshold, 16 f.
  Five:
    fingers held before evil eye, 76,
    extended on receiving praise, 79;
    pronouncing word, in response to praise, 79.
  Flaming torch in Roman marriage ceremonies, 41.
  Flesh:
    of sacrificed animal distributed, 4;
    and blood symbolized by bread and salt, 9.
  “Floor of the door” held sacred in Abyssinia, 131.
  Folk-Lore, London, references to, 8, 40, 42-44.
  Folk-Lore Journal, reference to, 221.
  Folk-Lore Journal, London, references to, 21, 27 f., 34, 50, 56, 196.
  Folk-Lore Record, London, reference to, 38.
  Foot:
    against threshold, “unlucky” to strike, 12 f.;
    importance placed on use of right, 36-38.
  Forculus, door-god of Romans, 97.
  Forlong, Gen. J.G.R.: references to, 230, 237.
  “Fornication,” idolatry called, 213.
  “Foundation:”
    and “threshold” interchangeable terms, 21 f.;
    references to, 47, 50, 53, 158;
    laying in blood in Galam, 51 f.;
    sacrifice in Algiers, 48,
      among Vlachs in Turkey, 52 f.;
      in Archangel, 54;
      in inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar II., 109 f.;
    or Papa, 152.

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