dead taken through hole in city wall in, 24; marriage covenant made by tracing woman’s hand on contract, 93; doorways apart from temples in, 104; pilgrims at threshold in sacred shrines of, 125. Kowalewsky, M.: cited, 42. Krasnoslobodsk, marriage customs in, 249. Kropf, Lewis L.: cited, 12, 18, 20. See, also, _Jones and Kropf_. Kurigalzu II., king of Babylon, 154. Kuru-Kshetra, holy ground, 156. “_Kuza bemuchsaz Kuzu_”–name of God, 70. Laban and Jacob agreeing about landmark, 171. Lachish, Tell el-Hesy, site of ancient, 58. Lacouperie, Terrien de: cited, 185, 231. Ladder, Jacob’s, probably stepped-temple structure, 112. “Lady of the great land,”–Beltis Allat, 113. Lakshmi, wife of Vishnoo, represented as seated on serpent, 235. Lamb: sacrificed at door for guest, in Egypt, 4, in Syria, 4, 26; outpoured blood of, in hospitality among Arabs, 23; sacrificed at foundation-laying in Greece, 53; buried under altar in first Christian churches in Swedish tradition, 56; sacrificed on Arab joining another tribe, 58 f.; sacrificed at door of new house of Jew or Muhammadan in Palestine, 76 f. Lamberton, Prof. W.A.: cited, 132, 134. Lamps and laurels on gates in Tertullian’s time, 97 f. Lanciani, Dr. Rodolfo: cited, 56, 257 f. Landmark: sacred boundary of private, 166; local, in form of phallus, 166; in Babylonia, 166; in laws of Hebrews, 169; in India, 169; fixing and honoring of, origin of, 175. Landor, A. Henry Savage-: cited, 24, 94. Lane, Edward William: cited, 26, 37, 129, 245; references to, 123, 244. Lane-Poole, Stanley: cited, 129, 200. Lantevit Major Church, wedding customs at, 141. Lapland, significance of stepping over threshold in, 12. Lares and Penates in Cicero’s time, 41. Latins, marriage custom among, 29. Launching custom of “christening” in England and America, 8. Laurel: wreaths hung in doorway at marriage among Romans, 73; Christians warned against placing, on their gates, 97. Laurie, Dr. Thomas: cited, 124. Law of doorway, 5-10. Laws of Manu, reference to, 6. Layard, Sir Austen H.: cited, 68, 109, 111, 190, 201, 234 f.; his discovery of sculptured image of Assyrian king, 115 f. “Laying on of hands, the,” as symbol of imparting power, 85. Lazarus at gate of Dives, 64. Leaping over threshold, 117. Lebanon, Mt., region receiving European prince, 191. Legend and fact as contributors to proof of custom among Orientals, 77. Legends: of Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, and Adonis, correspondences in, 115; and symbols employed concerning boundary lines, 171 f. Leland, Charles Godfrey: cited, 17 f., 233. _Lèlè_, name for altar, 150 f. Lemm, Oscar von: cited, 128. Lenormant, François: cited, 109. Levites and priests assigned to threshold and foundation, 120. Levitical laws concerning sacrifice not made at “door of tent of meeting,” 118 f.