Hajj procession from, 186. Medals showing altar at threshold, 121. Medicine taken on threshold in Tuscany, 17 f. Medina, mosk of, pieces of idol thrown down at gate of, 123. Mediterranean, boundary marks on shores of, 178. Medusa and serpents, 237. Memorials in door form, in various lands, 107. Mercury: reference to, concerning boundary lines, 171; image of, as boundary landmark, 172. Merodach: god of left side of gate, 95; temple of, threshold plated with gold, 110. Metâwileh, hen sacrificed at building of house among, 45. Metempsychosis connected with threshold covenant, 226. Mexico: Indians of ancient, reference to, 21; sacrificial stone of temple of, 56; ancient, altar in doorway, 108; earliest form of temple in, 144; religions of, and serpent as symbol, 235. Meydoom, stepped pyramid of, in Egypt, 126. “Mezuza,” covenant record at door-way, 69 f. Middle Empire of Egypt: disappearance of door form in, 106; temples of, 155. “Midsummer Day” festival in Russia, 42. “Mihrab,” or prayer niche, probable origin of its form, 108. Mile-posts as landmarks, 176. Min, Egyptian god of generative force, 234. Mineptah I., memorial stone of, 180. Minnesota, threshold custom among Scandinavians in, 259. Mississippi, lower, religious ceremonies among Indians along, 147. “Mizpah,” memorial of covenant, 171. Mnesikles, architect, plan of, 158. Moksha, wooing custom among, 42. “Monastery of Argis,” foundation sacrifice in, 52 f. Monier-Williams, Sir Monier: cited, 156, 198 f., 230, 236. Monoliths in front of door of temple at Yeha, 131. Montezuma: his consecration of altar by blood of captives, 56. Moon-god Sin: Ur-Gur with uplifted hands before, 80; reference to, 161. Mordevins. See _Mordvins_. Mordvins: threshold as altar among, 32; marriage customs of, 41, 249. Morea, threshold custom in, 30. Morier, James: cited, 11 f., 78, 123; quotation from, 189 f. Morlacchi custom of kissing threshold, 31. Morocco, survival of sacrificing at door-way in, 62. Mosaic law, appeal to altar in covenant in, 65. Moses: at gate of camp, 63; meeting Jehovah at doorway, 119; in wilderness of Sinai, 160 f. “Moses, Hand of,” red hand called, 77. Mosk of St. Sophia, stamp of red hand in, 77. Mostur, temple of Thor in, 160. Mt. Lebanon region, European prince received in, 191. Mt. Moriah: temple on, reference to, 161; and Abraham’s offering, 161. Mt. Sinai, reference to, 94. Mountain peaks as boundaries, 178. Muhammad: certificate of protection signed with impression of open hand of, 94; throne of, reached only by kissing threshold, 124. Muhammad II.: his victory over Christians sealed by bloody hand, 77. Muhammad Issoof, letter from king of Mysore to, 94. Muhammadan: substitute for “blood of the grape,” 5; conquest of India, reference to, 123. Muhammadans: