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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

Schoolcraft, Dr. Henry R.:
    quotation from, 83 f.;
    reference to, 87.
  Schrader, Dr. Eberhard: cited, 103, 177 f., 234.
  Scotland:
    treading upon boundary lines in, 13;
    New Year’s threshold custom in, 20 f.;
    sacredness of threshold in, 34;
    lifting bride over threshold in, 44;
    crowning of kings of, 268.
  Scott, Robert. See _Liddell and Scott_.
  Scottish legend of burying of human being in walls of cathedral, 50.
  Sculpture:
    on lintel in Palestine, 70;
    palm cone in Assyrian, 231;
    pine cone in Assyrian, 257.
  Scutari, woman immured in walls of, 47 f.
  Sea Dyaks, marriage custom among, 34.
  Sea, Islands of:
    spring of life-giving waters in, 151;
    reverence for phallic emblems in, 230.
  Seashore as boundary, 178.
  Seaweed laid on threshold in Aberdeenshire, 20 f.
  Sedan-chair to convey bride to her husband’s home in China, 39 f.
  Seed-sowing, blood sprinkled at door at festival of, 20.
  Seed-time ceremony at threshold, 16.
  Segub, Jericho’s foundation laid in blood of, 47.
  Selden, John: cited, 140.
  _Senghi murad_, “stone of desire,” at Baveddeen, 125.
  Sentiment as origin of persistent popular customs, 36.
  Sephardeem, red hand among, 76.
  Septuagint, references to, 117, 207.
  Sepulcher, Holy, Church of, 221.
  Serpent:
    as guardian of thresholds in Babylon, 110 f.;
    on temple doorway kissed by worshipers, 116;
    as symbol of life, 233 f., 236;
    on boundary stone in Babylonian domains, 234;
    and phallus in Babylonian mythology, 235;
    representative of evil, 235;
    and Æsculapius, 236;
    with Hindoo deities, 236;
    and Medusa, 237;
    worship perversion of threshold covenant, 237;
    indicating desire, 238;
    curse resting on, 239;
    worship in Bangalore, 258 f.
  Servius, Maurus H.: cited, 29 f.
  Seti I., memorial stone of, 180.
  Shagarakti-Buriash, inscription of, 154.
  Shah of Persia entering Teheran, 189.
  Shaking hands across threshold cause of quarrel, 12.
  Shamash, sun-god:
    and his worshipers with uplifted hands, 80;
    gates open for his daily circuit, 105;
    reference to, 201.
  Shanghai, human sacrifice in, 48.
  Shaykhs kissing temple threshold near Nineveh, 116.
  Sheep, sacrifice of:
    on threshold for guest, in Syria, 3 f.;
    in Egypt, 3 f., 8;
    in Central Africa, 9, 27;
    east of Sea of Galilee, 11;
    in Ireland, 21;
    among Copts, 26, 45;
    among Armenian Christians, 27;
    at beginning of railroad at Jaffa, 57;
    to reconcile enemies in Arabia, 60.
  Sherrin, R.R.A.: cited, 107 f.
  Shields painted with red hand among American Indians, 87.
  Shih King, Chinese, on border sacrifices, 185.
  Shimenawa suspended above doors in Japan, 72
  Shintō temples:
    modeled on primitive Japanese hut, 101;
    doorways apart from, 104;
    pilgrims at threshold of, 125;
    reference to, 201.
  Shintōism, sacred symbol of, suspended above door, 72.
  Shintu, tutelar gods of threshold in China, 95 f.

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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

Schoolcraft, Dr. Henry R.:
    quotation from, 83 f.;
    reference to, 87.
  Schrader, Dr. Eberhard: cited, 103, 177 f., 234.
  Scotland:
    treading upon boundary lines in, 13;
    New Year’s threshold custom in, 20 f.;
    sacredness of threshold in, 34;
    lifting bride over threshold in, 44;
    crowning of kings of, 268.
  Scott, Robert. See _Liddell and Scott_.
  Scottish legend of burying of human being in walls of cathedral, 50.
  Sculpture:
    on lintel in Palestine, 70;
    palm cone in Assyrian, 231;
    pine cone in Assyrian, 257.
  Scutari, woman immured in walls of, 47 f.
  Sea Dyaks, marriage custom among, 34.
  Sea, Islands of:
    spring of life-giving waters in, 151;
    reverence for phallic emblems in, 230.
  Seashore as boundary, 178.
  Seaweed laid on threshold in Aberdeenshire, 20 f.
  Sedan-chair to convey bride to her husband’s home in China, 39 f.
  Seed-sowing, blood sprinkled at door at festival of, 20.
  Seed-time ceremony at threshold, 16.
  Segub, Jericho’s foundation laid in blood of, 47.
  Selden, John: cited, 140.
  _Senghi murad_, “stone of desire,” at Baveddeen, 125.
  Sentiment as origin of persistent popular customs, 36.
  Sephardeem, red hand among, 76.
  Septuagint, references to, 117, 207.
  Sepulcher, Holy, Church of, 221.
  Serpent:
    as guardian of thresholds in Babylon, 110 f.;
    on temple doorway kissed by worshipers, 116;
    as symbol of life, 233 f., 236;
    on boundary stone in Babylonian domains, 234;
    and phallus in Babylonian mythology, 235;
    representative of evil, 235;
    and Æsculapius, 236;
    with Hindoo deities, 236;
    and Medusa, 237;
    worship perversion of threshold covenant, 237;
    indicating desire, 238;
    curse resting on, 239;
    worship in Bangalore, 258 f.
  Servius, Maurus H.: cited, 29 f.
  Seti I., memorial stone of, 180.
  Shagarakti-Buriash, inscription of, 154.
  Shah of Persia entering Teheran, 189.
  Shaking hands across threshold cause of quarrel, 12.
  Shamash, sun-god:
    and his worshipers with uplifted hands, 80;
    gates open for his daily circuit, 105;
    reference to, 201.
  Shanghai, human sacrifice in, 48.
  Shaykhs kissing temple threshold near Nineveh, 116.
  Sheep, sacrifice of:
    on threshold for guest, in Syria, 3 f.;
    in Egypt, 3 f., 8;
    in Central Africa, 9, 27;
    east of Sea of Galilee, 11;
    in Ireland, 21;
    among Copts, 26, 45;
    among Armenian Christians, 27;
    at beginning of railroad at Jaffa, 57;
    to reconcile enemies in Arabia, 60.
  Sherrin, R.R.A.: cited, 107 f.
  Shields painted with red hand among American Indians, 87.
  Shih King, Chinese, on border sacrifices, 185.
  Shimenawa suspended above doors in Japan, 72
  Shintō temples:
    modeled on primitive Japanese hut, 101;
    doorways apart from, 104;
    pilgrims at threshold of, 125;
    reference to, 201.
  Shintōism, sacred symbol of, suspended above door, 72.
  Shintu, tutelar gods of threshold in China, 95 f.

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