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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

“SA, the imposition of the,” representations on monuments of, 85.
  Sacrament of marriage in Greek and Roman Catholic churches, 222.
  Sacramental communion feasts, 226.
  Sacred corner of building in Russia, 54 f.
  Sacredness:
    of threshold among Scandinavians, 6 f.;
    of city gates among Greeks, 7;
    among Hindoos, 11;
    of boundary landmark in classic literature, 17;
    of threshold recognized in architecture and ceremonial, 22, 102;
    among Muhammadans, 123;
    in Persia, 123 f.;
    in Japan, 124 f.;
    in Babylonia and in Egypt, 126 f.;
    of doorway above threshold in Babylonia and Egypt, 126 f.
  Sacrifice:
    for family first made in home, 3 f.;
    in Syria, 3-5;
    at threshold in Egypt, 3, 7 f.;
    in Africa, 9, 27 f.;
    among Arabs, 9, 26, 59;
    among Pipiles, 144;
    in Mexico and Ireland, 21;
    in Morocco, 63;
    at door, of heifer, 4,
      pigeons, 4,
      horse, 4 f.,
      bullock, 4, 7 f.,
      sheep, 4, 7-9, 11, 21, 23, 26 f., 45, 53, 58 f., 63, 76 f.,
      fowl, 4, 9, 21, 27, 45, 53-56, 71 f.,
      goat, 4, 27 f., 45, 59,
      buffaloes, 7,
      human, 8 f., 46-48, 50-54, 56, 122 f., 125, 144 f.,
      pig, 14, 19, 148,
      cow, goose, 21;
    of salt in Japan, 26;
    at threshold to reconcile enemies, 59;
    altar of, location of, 134;
    offered at boundary of empire, 183;
    origin of, 228.
  Sacrificial rules of ancient Hindoos on stepping over threshold, 36 f.
  Safed, sign of hand in houses at, 77.
  Sailer, Dr. T.H.P.: cited, 266.
  St. Catharine, convent of, reference to, 94.
  St. Columba, human sacrifice in walls of cathedral of, 50.
  St. Eric, tomb of, reference to, 140.
  St. John, Spencer: cited, 20, 34.
  St. John’s College, reference to, 48.
  St. Sophia, mosk of, stamp of red hand in, 77.
  Saint’s tomb as place of worship in Egypt, 129.
  Saivism, or Sivaism, predominating in modern Hindooism, 198.
  Sakya Sinha, attaining to Booddha-hood, 156.
  Sale, G.: cited, 164.
  Salt:
    as substitute for blood, 5, 20;
    on threshold in Syria, 5, in Japan, 20;
    stepping over, 5;
    and bread to welcome guest in Russia, 9,
      among Arabs, 22,
      among Erza, 43 f.;
    and fire in Scotland, 21;
    carried into new home in Pennsylvania, 21;
    under threshold in Russia, 32 f.
  Samoa:
    spilling water on doorstep in, 12;
    nuptial customs of, 196, 251;
    boundary lines in, 174;
    father as primitive priest in, 101.
  Samson carrying off gates of Gaza, 255.
  Sandwich Islands, temples in, 150.
  _Saph_, meaning of, 205, 207 f.
  Sarcophagi of Byzantine age showing altar on threshold, 121.
  Sardinia, prominence of door in, 107.
  Sargon I., reference to, 154.
  Sauks, red hand among, 87.
  Savage-Landor, A. Henry. See _Landor_.
  Sayce, Prof. A.H.: cited, 8, 80, 111, 113, 169, 201, 235.
  Scandinavia:
    sacredness of door in, 6 f.;
    reverence for phallic emblems in, 230.
  Scandinavians in America, importance of threshold among, 259.

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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

“SA, the imposition of the,” representations on monuments of, 85.
  Sacrament of marriage in Greek and Roman Catholic churches, 222.
  Sacramental communion feasts, 226.
  Sacred corner of building in Russia, 54 f.
  Sacredness:
    of threshold among Scandinavians, 6 f.;
    of city gates among Greeks, 7;
    among Hindoos, 11;
    of boundary landmark in classic literature, 17;
    of threshold recognized in architecture and ceremonial, 22, 102;
    among Muhammadans, 123;
    in Persia, 123 f.;
    in Japan, 124 f.;
    in Babylonia and in Egypt, 126 f.;
    of doorway above threshold in Babylonia and Egypt, 126 f.
  Sacrifice:
    for family first made in home, 3 f.;
    in Syria, 3-5;
    at threshold in Egypt, 3, 7 f.;
    in Africa, 9, 27 f.;
    among Arabs, 9, 26, 59;
    among Pipiles, 144;
    in Mexico and Ireland, 21;
    in Morocco, 63;
    at door, of heifer, 4,
      pigeons, 4,
      horse, 4 f.,
      bullock, 4, 7 f.,
      sheep, 4, 7-9, 11, 21, 23, 26 f., 45, 53, 58 f., 63, 76 f.,
      fowl, 4, 9, 21, 27, 45, 53-56, 71 f.,
      goat, 4, 27 f., 45, 59,
      buffaloes, 7,
      human, 8 f., 46-48, 50-54, 56, 122 f., 125, 144 f.,
      pig, 14, 19, 148,
      cow, goose, 21;
    of salt in Japan, 26;
    at threshold to reconcile enemies, 59;
    altar of, location of, 134;
    offered at boundary of empire, 183;
    origin of, 228.
  Sacrificial rules of ancient Hindoos on stepping over threshold, 36 f.
  Safed, sign of hand in houses at, 77.
  Sailer, Dr. T.H.P.: cited, 266.
  St. Catharine, convent of, reference to, 94.
  St. Columba, human sacrifice in walls of cathedral of, 50.
  St. Eric, tomb of, reference to, 140.
  St. John, Spencer: cited, 20, 34.
  St. John’s College, reference to, 48.
  St. Sophia, mosk of, stamp of red hand in, 77.
  Saint’s tomb as place of worship in Egypt, 129.
  Saivism, or Sivaism, predominating in modern Hindooism, 198.
  Sakya Sinha, attaining to Booddha-hood, 156.
  Sale, G.: cited, 164.
  Salt:
    as substitute for blood, 5, 20;
    on threshold in Syria, 5, in Japan, 20;
    stepping over, 5;
    and bread to welcome guest in Russia, 9,
      among Arabs, 22,
      among Erza, 43 f.;
    and fire in Scotland, 21;
    carried into new home in Pennsylvania, 21;
    under threshold in Russia, 32 f.
  Samoa:
    spilling water on doorstep in, 12;
    nuptial customs of, 196, 251;
    boundary lines in, 174;
    father as primitive priest in, 101.
  Samson carrying off gates of Gaza, 255.
  Sandwich Islands, temples in, 150.
  _Saph_, meaning of, 205, 207 f.
  Sarcophagi of Byzantine age showing altar on threshold, 121.
  Sardinia, prominence of door in, 107.
  Sargon I., reference to, 154.
  Sauks, red hand among, 87.
  Savage-Landor, A. Henry. See _Landor_.
  Sayce, Prof. A.H.: cited, 8, 80, 111, 113, 169, 201, 235.
  Scandinavia:
    sacredness of door in, 6 f.;
    reverence for phallic emblems in, 230.
  Scandinavians in America, importance of threshold among, 259.

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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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