Uganda, charms on threshold and door in, 15. Unchastity atoned for by sprinkling blood on threshold among Dyaks, 20. _Ungere_, Latin for “to anoint,29 #$2#. United States: “Christening” a ship in, 8; high thresholds in houses of, 12; stepping over cracks in pavements in, 13; Bible and salt carried over threshold in, 21; lifting bride over threshold in, 44; situation of front door in, 55; foundation sacrifice in, 57; horseshoes on door-posts in, 73 f.; survivals of primal sacredness of threshold in, 147 f.; boundary marks in, 182; sacredness of threshold among Scandinavians of, 259. Unleavened bread, feast of, 216. _Unxor_, meaning of Latin word, 29. Uplifted hand: in Carthage, 78; in Tunis, 78 f.; represented among deities of Babylonia, Assyria, Phenicia, and Egypt, 79 f.; in seal of Ur-Gur, earliest ruler of “Ur of the Chaldees,” 80; gods Sin, Shamash, and Asshur, with, 80; Babylonian king recognized by, 80; Amenophis IV. before Aten-ra with, 81; Abraham with, 82; Psalmist’s reference to, 82; Isaiah’s reference to God’s, 82; Assyrian and Hebrew words for swearing by, 83; in judicial oath, 83; found on stepped pyramid temples of Polynesia, 83; power imparted to Egyptian king by touch of, 85; in South Sea Islands, 148. Uplifted threshold, 144. Upsal, wedding customs in old temple of, 140. “Ur of the Chaldees:” uplifted hand in seal of earliest ruler of, 80; temple at, 153; Abraham at, 160. Ur-Gur, with uplifted hands before moon-god Sin, 80. Usurtasen III., King: cited, 179. _Uxor_, meaning of Latin word, 29.
Vairorongo, sacred stream of under-world, in Islands of Sea, 152. Vambéry, Arminius: cited, 125. Vari, or “The-very-beginning,” in Islands of Sea, 151. Vātea, part man and part fish, in Islands of Sea, 152. Vatican, bronze pine cone in gardens of, 257. Vāttu, god of threshold in India, 75. Vāttuma, god of threshold in India, 95. _Vāttuma Santhe_, tribute to, god of threshold in India, 95. Vaux, J. Edward: cited, 140. Vedas, references to, 99, 197. Vedi, feminine in Sanskrit, 197. Vedic: law of door-sill, 15; Sutras on stepping over threshold, 36 f.; teachings concerning temples, 155 f. Vermilion paint for sign of red hand among Omahas, 85. Verrall, Margaret de G. See _Harrison and Verrall_. Victor in Olympian games avoiding city gates, 7. Virgil: cited, 29 f.; his description of arrival of Æneas at court of Queen Dido, 130. “Virgin Mary’s Hand” among Christians in Syria, 77. “Virgin of Israel,” 213, 218. Virginity: tokens of, 243 f.; Bible testimony of tokens of, 251. Vishnoo, god: reference to, 95; pagoda of, reference to, 121; foot of, 156; seated on serpent, 235. Vishnooism, concerning temples, 156. “Vishnu-pad,” reference to, 156. Vitruvius: his description of temple, 36. Vlachs, indication of foundation sacrifice in ballad of, 52. _Vlam_, name for “friend of the bridegroom” among Albanians, 37 f. “Vodyaoni,” sacrifice to, in Russia, 19. Volck. See _Mülhau and Volck_. Volga, altar as threshold among people on, 32. Voltaire: cited, 202. Von Löher and Joyner: reference to, 231. Vulgate: reference to, 207.