Wake, C. Staniland. See _Westropp and Wake_. Wallace, Donald M.: reference to, 176. Wallachia, story of foundation sacrifice in, 52. Wallachians, marriage rite among, 29. Washburn, President, of Robert College: cited, 66 f. Water: and corn offered on threshold, 16 f.; and honey for bride at threshold, 30; poured out in pathway of bridegroom among Greeks of Turkey, 30; of life underneath threshold, in legend of Ishtar, 114; in temple at Jerusalem, 114; holy, at doorway of Roman Catholic churches, 147. Water-spirit, appeasing, in Russia, 19. Weber’s _Die Lehren d. Talmud_, reference to, 239. Wedding ceremonies: among ʾAnazeh Bed´ween, and Armenians in Turkey, 26; in Syria, 26, 28 f., 38, 196; in Egypt, 26, 38, 196; in Cyprus, 27; among Somalis in Central Africa, 27 f.; in South Africa, 28; among fellaheen of Palestine, and Wallachians, 29; among Greeks of Turkey, and in Morea, 30; in Rhodes, 30 f.; in island of Skarpanto and among Morlacchi, in Dalmatia, 31; in portions of Russia, 31 f.; among Mordvins of Russia, 32 f., 41-44; in Holland, 33; in Germany, 33 f., 138 f.; among Sea Dyaks of Borneo, 34; in Central America, 34 f., 45; in Scotland, 34, 44; among Towkas, 35; among Hindoos, 36-38, 40 f.; among Albanians, 37 f.; in India, 38, 40 f.; in Madagascar, 38; in Abyssinia, 38 f., 131; among tribes of West Africa, in ancient Assyria, among Khonds of Orissa, among Tatars, and among Eskimos, 39; in ancient Rome, 39-41; in China, 39-41, 196; in ancient Greece, 39, 41; in England, 44, 139-142; in Ireland, 44, 142; in United States, 44, 147 f.; in France, 139; in Sweden, 140 f.; in Dahomey, Liberia, in various parts of Europe, and in Samoa, 196; among Muhammadans, 247; among Christians at Haleb, 248; in Darfour, 249; in Samoa, 251. Wedding: sacrifice in Cyprus, 27; threshold custom in Skarpanto, 31; in Russia, 31 f.; threshold or hearthstone covenant at, 226. Weeping worship of Tammuz, 115. _Wely_, a saint’s tomb, as place of worship in Egypt, 129. Westropp and Wake: cited, 230. White hand among American Indians, 90. Wife: word for, among Latins, 29; and threshold in Arabic, 200, 256; brush-topped pole, symbol of, 214. Wilkins, W.J.G.: cited, 198, 235 f. Wilkinson, Sir J.G.: quotation from, 68 f.; cited, 81, 96 f., 100, 106, 127 f., 201, 234 f. Williams, S. Wells: cited, 40, 71, 96, 108, 158. Williams, Talcott, quotation from, 62 f. Window: coffin passed out of, to avoid threshold, in Europe and America, 25; opened and door closed at death in Europe and America, 25. Winged sun disk: over doors of temples in Egypt, 127; and serpent in Egypt, 234. Winnebagoes, prominence of hand among, 84. Winter, feast at close of, among Slavonic peoples, 19. Wisconsin, sacredness of threshold among Scandinavians in, 259. Witham in Essex, marriage custom at, 140. “Witness Heap” of covenant between Jacob and Laban, 171. Woman: buried in foundation of bridge of Arta, 52; four ages of, symbolized among American Indians, 89 f.; recognized as primitive altar, 197; form of, pattern of altar form, 197; and door in Hebrew Scriptures, 253; in Arabic and German, 256. Wood, Edward J.: cited, 31, 44, 131, 138, 140-142; quotation from, 139. Wood-apple as witness of marriage, 259. Woolwas, betrothal custom at threshold among, 34. Worms, door of synagogue in, 144. Worship: at door in Egypt, 127 f.; covenant, spirit of all true, 221; origin of rites of, 226; phallic, perversion of purer idea, 230; Hindoo, mode of, 236; of serpent in Bangalore, 258 f. Wright, Julia McNair: cited, 24.