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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

Hinge-goddess of Romans, 97.
  Hinges, reference to, 254.
  Hittite, reference to, 213.
  Hofstad, temple in, 160.
  Hog sacrificed before door in Egypt, 14.
  Holland, strewing of threshold in, 33.
  Holy water at doorway of Roman Catholic churches in America, 147.
  Holy Sepulcher, Church of, 221.
  Homer: cited, 100;f267#, #132 f., 135.
  Hommel, Prof. Fritz: cited, 201.
  Honey:
    smeared on door-posts among Wallachians, 29;
    and water for bride at threshold in Morea, 30;
    and bread placed on bride’s gate-post, 42 f.
  Hooke, N., reference to, 265.
  Hopkins, Prof. Dr. E.W.:
    cited, 6, 62, 198, 231;
    quotation from, 15.
  Hormuz, son of Nurshivan, reference to, 11.
  “Horns of the altar,” meaning of, 58.
  Horus, image of, over temple door to drive away unclean spirits, 127;
    reference to, 179.
  Horse:
    sacrificed at threshold in Syria, 4 f.;
    passing through blood of sacrifice, 7;
    laid in churchyard before burial in Sweden, 56;
    stamped with red hand in Babylonia, 75;
    covered with red hands buried with Indian chief, 85 f.
  Horseshoe:
    nailed to door-sills in Bombay, 17,
      on door-step in Pennsylvania, 21,
      to side-posts for “good luck” in Europe and America, 73 f.;
    often found on ship’s mast, 74.
  Hospitality:
    law of, in India, 5 f.;
    among Arabs, 22.
  Hossein, banners with open hand at commemoration of death of, 78.
  House:
    preceding temple, 3;
    corners of, sprinkled with blood, in Ireland, 21;
    wall broken for removal of body, in India, 23;
    earliest form of Egyptian temple, 100;
    of king both palace and temple, 101 f.;
    to temple, gradual transition from, 101 f.
  House-father:
    as earliest priest, 3;
    among Hindoos, 15.
  House of the Bronze Threshold, 132.
  Household “teraphim,” 109.
  Hovel earliest form of Egyptian temple, 100.
  Huc, Abbé: cited, 125.
  Hughes, Thomas P.:
    cited, 37, 123;
    reference to, 164.
  Human nature and sacredness of threshold, 152.
  Human sacrifice:
    in Zindero and Central Africa, 8 f.,
      in China, 48,
      in Alaska, 50 f.,
      in Mexico, 56,
      at pagoda door in India, 122 f.,
      on altar at temple gate in Tibet, 125;
    in modern times, 47;
    various substitutes for, 53 f.;
    reference to, 144.
  Human skeletons found under towers of ancient Irish, 50 f.
  Hut earliest form of Japanese temple, 101.
  Hwen Thsang, reference to, 156.
  “Hymen’s torch” in marriage ceremony, 41.
  Hyssop, significance of, 214.

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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

Hinge-goddess of Romans, 97.
  Hinges, reference to, 254.
  Hittite, reference to, 213.
  Hofstad, temple in, 160.
  Hog sacrificed before door in Egypt, 14.
  Holland, strewing of threshold in, 33.
  Holy water at doorway of Roman Catholic churches in America, 147.
  Holy Sepulcher, Church of, 221.
  Homer: cited, 100;f267#, #132 f., 135.
  Hommel, Prof. Fritz: cited, 201.
  Honey:
    smeared on door-posts among Wallachians, 29;
    and water for bride at threshold in Morea, 30;
    and bread placed on bride’s gate-post, 42 f.
  Hooke, N., reference to, 265.
  Hopkins, Prof. Dr. E.W.:
    cited, 6, 62, 198, 231;
    quotation from, 15.
  Hormuz, son of Nurshivan, reference to, 11.
  “Horns of the altar,” meaning of, 58.
  Horus, image of, over temple door to drive away unclean spirits, 127;
    reference to, 179.
  Horse:
    sacrificed at threshold in Syria, 4 f.;
    passing through blood of sacrifice, 7;
    laid in churchyard before burial in Sweden, 56;
    stamped with red hand in Babylonia, 75;
    covered with red hands buried with Indian chief, 85 f.
  Horseshoe:
    nailed to door-sills in Bombay, 17,
      on door-step in Pennsylvania, 21,
      to side-posts for “good luck” in Europe and America, 73 f.;
    often found on ship’s mast, 74.
  Hospitality:
    law of, in India, 5 f.;
    among Arabs, 22.
  Hossein, banners with open hand at commemoration of death of, 78.
  House:
    preceding temple, 3;
    corners of, sprinkled with blood, in Ireland, 21;
    wall broken for removal of body, in India, 23;
    earliest form of Egyptian temple, 100;
    of king both palace and temple, 101 f.;
    to temple, gradual transition from, 101 f.
  House-father:
    as earliest priest, 3;
    among Hindoos, 15.
  House of the Bronze Threshold, 132.
  Household “teraphim,” 109.
  Hovel earliest form of Egyptian temple, 100.
  Huc, Abbé: cited, 125.
  Hughes, Thomas P.:
    cited, 37, 123;
    reference to, 164.
  Human nature and sacredness of threshold, 152.
  Human sacrifice:
    in Zindero and Central Africa, 8 f.,
      in China, 48,
      in Alaska, 50 f.,
      in Mexico, 56,
      at pagoda door in India, 122 f.,
      on altar at temple gate in Tibet, 125;
    in modern times, 47;
    various substitutes for, 53 f.;
    reference to, 144.
  Human skeletons found under towers of ancient Irish, 50 f.
  Hut earliest form of Japanese temple, 101.
  Hwen Thsang, reference to, 156.
  “Hymen’s torch” in marriage ceremony, 41.
  Hyssop, significance of, 214.

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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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