Nimitti-Bel, gate of, in walls of Babylon, 110. Nimroud, blood-stained slabs at entrance to palace of, 68. Nineveh: sanctity of doorway in, 108 f.; sculpture of Assyrian king with uplifted arm found at, 115. Ni-o, prints of gods placed over doors in Japan, 95. Nippur: sanctity of doorway in, 108 f.; altar found between temples in, 111. _Nish_, Assyrian word for swearing, 83. Noetling, Dr., reference to, 77. Northly, Hen., reference to, 140. Norway, Thorolf of, removing to Iceland, 160. “Not by door,” entering house, 6. Notre Dame, marriage at door of church of, 130. November 11 as sacrifice day in Ireland, 21. Nubia: ancient map of gold districts in, 180; reference to, 185. Numa, directions of, concerning boundaries, 173. Nuptial torch in marriage ceremony, 41. Nurshivan and Hormuz, reference to, 11. Nuts presented to bride at threshold in Dalmatia, 31. Oath, uplifted hand in judicial, 83. Obelisk, symbol of Baal, 214. Oberea, queen of Otaheite, 250 f. Offerings: at threshold, 28, 118 f.; to local divinity at threshold-laying, 95; for dead pictured on stele of Middle Empire of Egypt, 106. _Ohel_, applied to private tent and to sacred tabernacle, 101. Ohnefalach-Richter, reference to, 231. Old Empire of Egypt: false door in early tombs of, 106; temples of, 155. Old Testament and New: waters of life in, 115; rites and symbols of, 215. Oldest member of household first to enter new house, 54. Olympian games, references to, 7, 263. Olympus, House of Zeus, 132. _Om mani padme Hūm_, 199. Omaha chief, burial of, 85 f. Ophites, teaching of, 239. Oracle at Delphi, 236. Oran buried alive in foundation of cathedral in Iona, 50. Orestes and Neoptolemus at Delphi, 134. Oriental: sovereigns and boundaries, 177; Christians, covenanting at threshold among, 221; figures of speech obscured by literalism of Western mind, 238. Orissa, importance of threshold in marriage in, 39. Orme, R.: cited, 94. Osiris: annual feast in honor of, 14 f.; references to, 106, 115, 128 f., 179; door of gateway, 127. “_Ostium_” defined, 200. Otaheite, primitive threshold in, 250. Ovid: cited, 172 f. Owens, J.G.: cited, 21. Oxford, Penn., stone landmark at, 183.