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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

Tiba, female god of Maui, 150.
  Tibet:
    disemboweling of devotee in, 125;
    Booddhist prayer in, 199.
  Tiglath-Pileser I. and boundary lines, 177.
  Tigris, sources of, boundary marks at, 178.
  Tiki, descendant of Rongo, 152.
  Times, The, London, reference to, 61 f.
  Timsah, Lake, reference to, 180.
  _Tiphsakh_, meaning of, 210.
  Tokens:
    covenant, 66-74;
    of virginity, 243 f.
  Tomb:
    false door of, in Old Empire of Egypt, 106 f.;
    of kings of Persia, inscription relating to sacredness of gate in,
       124;
    of Alee, kissing threshold of, 124;
    of Baha-ed-deen Nakishbend, threshold stone of, 124 f.;
    closed door in, representing deceased going to Osiris, 128.
  Torch, marriage, origin of, 226.
  Touching name of God with finger by Jews, 69 f.
  Towkas, marriage custom at threshold among, 35.
  Treading on threshold forbidden:
    in Persia, Russia, Finland, United States, and among Teutons, 11 f.;
    in Europe and America, 13;
    tabooed by Tatars, 13.
  Tree:
    human sacrifices at foot of, 8 f.;
    pipal, in Upper India, 156;
    a boundary landmark in primitive times, 173 f.;
    symbol of feminine in nature, 214, 230, 238;
    and pillar, symbolism of, 232;
    references to, 237, 259.
  “Tree of Knowledge,” reference to, 156.
  Trees, sacred:
    near doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, and India, 104, 156;
    grove of, in religious symbolisms, 230.
  Tricha, bridge of, story of sacrifice in building of, 52.
  Tristram, H.B.: cited, 260.
  Trumbull, H. Clay: cited, 3-5, 57, 123, 180, 226, 244.
  _Tseereem_, Hebrew word for hinges, 253.
  Tunis:
    bloody hand on walls in, 78 f.;
    symbol of open hand on graves near, 79;
    Jewish custom in, on receiving praise, 79.
  Turkestan, threshold stone at tomb of national saint of, 125.
  Turkey, sacrifice of, in Ireland, 21.
  Turkey:
    blood on threshold in marriage in, 26;
    marriage custom among Greeks in, 30;
    high court of, at palace door, 65;
    banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in, 78.
  Turkish building at Columbian Exposition, sacrifices at foundation of,
     57.
  Turner, Dr. George: cited, 13, 20, 101, 174, 251 f.
  Tuscany:
    threshold in folk customs in, 17 f.;
    exorcism with incense in, 18;
    burning incense on threshold in, 42.
  Tutelary deity, every building in Egypt placed under protection of, 96
     f.
  Tylor, Dr. E.B.: cited, 46, 49, 51 f., 231.

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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

Tiba, female god of Maui, 150.
  Tibet:
    disemboweling of devotee in, 125;
    Booddhist prayer in, 199.
  Tiglath-Pileser I. and boundary lines, 177.
  Tigris, sources of, boundary marks at, 178.
  Tiki, descendant of Rongo, 152.
  Times, The, London, reference to, 61 f.
  Timsah, Lake, reference to, 180.
  _Tiphsakh_, meaning of, 210.
  Tokens:
    covenant, 66-74;
    of virginity, 243 f.
  Tomb:
    false door of, in Old Empire of Egypt, 106 f.;
    of kings of Persia, inscription relating to sacredness of gate in,
       124;
    of Alee, kissing threshold of, 124;
    of Baha-ed-deen Nakishbend, threshold stone of, 124 f.;
    closed door in, representing deceased going to Osiris, 128.
  Torch, marriage, origin of, 226.
  Touching name of God with finger by Jews, 69 f.
  Towkas, marriage custom at threshold among, 35.
  Treading on threshold forbidden:
    in Persia, Russia, Finland, United States, and among Teutons, 11 f.;
    in Europe and America, 13;
    tabooed by Tatars, 13.
  Tree:
    human sacrifices at foot of, 8 f.;
    pipal, in Upper India, 156;
    a boundary landmark in primitive times, 173 f.;
    symbol of feminine in nature, 214, 230, 238;
    and pillar, symbolism of, 232;
    references to, 237, 259.
  “Tree of Knowledge,” reference to, 156.
  Trees, sacred:
    near doorways in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, and India, 104, 156;
    grove of, in religious symbolisms, 230.
  Tricha, bridge of, story of sacrifice in building of, 52.
  Tristram, H.B.: cited, 260.
  Trumbull, H. Clay: cited, 3-5, 57, 123, 180, 226, 244.
  _Tseereem_, Hebrew word for hinges, 253.
  Tunis:
    bloody hand on walls in, 78 f.;
    symbol of open hand on graves near, 79;
    Jewish custom in, on receiving praise, 79.
  Turkestan, threshold stone at tomb of national saint of, 125.
  Turkey, sacrifice of, in Ireland, 21.
  Turkey:
    blood on threshold in marriage in, 26;
    marriage custom among Greeks in, 30;
    high court of, at palace door, 65;
    banners and prayer-rugs inscribed with open hand in, 78.
  Turkish building at Columbian Exposition, sacrifices at foundation of,
     57.
  Turner, Dr. George: cited, 13, 20, 101, 174, 251 f.
  Tuscany:
    threshold in folk customs in, 17 f.;
    exorcism with incense in, 18;
    burning incense on threshold in, 42.
  Tutelary deity, every building in Egypt placed under protection of, 96
     f.
  Tylor, Dr. E.B.: cited, 46, 49, 51 f., 231.

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