The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture - H. Clay Trumbull

Abel, his blood-giving, [210] ff.
Abimelech, his covenant:
with Abraham, [265];
with Isaac, [267] f.
Abraham:
The friend of God, [215]-[221];
his blood-giving, [217]-[221];
his faith-testing, [224]-[230];
his covenant with Abimelech, [265] f.
Adoption, blood used in, [195] f.
Ahab’s fate, significance of, [312].
Altar, a table of communion, [167], [292] f.
Amulet:
house of the, [7], [65], [298];
of the covenant, [81] f., [83], [232]-[238].
See Phylactery: Token of covenant.
Anointing with blood:
in Central America, [90] f.;
in Arabia, [120];
in the Arthurian romance, [120] f.;
among the Bheels, [136] f.;
among the Caribs, [137] f.;
among the Central Africans, [138];
among the Chinese, [154];
among the North American Indians, [306] f.;
among the Australians, [336] f.
Antiquity of the blood-covenant, [6], [58] ff., [77] ff., [206], [320].
Ark, the, covering record of blood covenant, [298].
See [Amulet], house of the.
Assiratum, its meaning, [63] ff.
Avenger of blood. See [Goel].
Baal-bereeth:
god-father in circumcision, [218];
god of the covenant, [218], [317].
Banquet, connection of, with sacrifice:
in China, [148] ff.;
in India, [159] ff.;
in Babylonia and Assyria, [167];
among the Bed´ween, [179] f.;
among American Indians, [179] f.
Bed´ween Brotherhoods, [9] f.
See also [Blood-covenant].
Belt:
royal, of Tahiti, [328];
wampum of American Indian, a covenant record, [326] ff.
Blood:
thicker than milk, [10];
not eaten. See [Prohibition of blood].
Vivifying power of, [110] ff.;
belongs to God, [204];
symbolism of, in universal speech, [309] f.;
life-giving, in:
Mexican legend, [111] f.;
Egyptian legend, [111] f.;
Chaldean legend, [112];
Phœnician legend, [112];
Greek legend, [112];
modern science, [115] f.;
sacredness of, in:
Egypt, [99] ff.;
America, [105] ff.;
India, [109], [158] ff.;
China, [109].
See [Offerings of blood].
Blood-baths:
in Egypt, [116] f., [324];
in mediæval Europe, [117] ff.;
in Scandinavia, [121] f.;
in India, [122] f.;
in Bechuana-land, [324].
Blood-covenant:
defined, [4] f.;
a primitive rite, [4], [6], [8];
its sacredness, [6] f.;
influence of, [15];
refused, [21];
recognized, [26] f.;
in Syria, [5] ff.;
in Africa, [12]-[38];
in Europe, [39]-[43];
in China, [43] f.;
in Burmah, [44], [313] f.;
in Madagascar, [44] f., [44]-[49];
in Borneo, [49]-[52];
in Timor, [53] f.;
in Yucatan, [54] f.;
in Brazil, [55];
in Scythia, [58] f., [61] f.;
in South America, [334];
in Egypt, [77]-[84];
traces of, in China, [153];
full symbolism of, [202] f.;
Noah’s, [213];
at Sinai, [238]-[240], [298];
importance commonly undervalued, [297];
a safeguard in Burmah, [315].
Blood-lickers, [11], [59].
See [Drinking of Blood].
Blood-money:
in the East, [260] ff.;
refused by Gibeonites, [324] f.;
accepted:
by Arabs, [325];
by North American Indians, [325].
See [Goel].
Blood-sucking, [8], [30], [43], [92], [114] f.
See [Drinking of blood].
Blood-transference. See [Blood-covenant]; [Transfusion of blood].
Book of the Dead, [78]-[83].
Bracelet, as symbol, [65]-[76].
Bread:
of Rā, [173];
covenant of, [293], [313].
Breaking the grass, [315].
Brébeuf, heart of, [127].
Brotherhoods, blood. See [Blood-covenant].
Bruce, heart of, [107] f.
Burial in brotherhood, [41].
Cain, his blood withholding, [210] ff.
Cameron, Commander, making blood-friendship, [15] ff.
Cannibalism:
religious origin of, [183] f., [184];
in India, [185] f.;
in Feejee, [187];
in North America, [187] f., [308];
in Central and South America, [180] f.;
in Europe, [189] f.
Caste-distinctions lost in communion, [161] ff.
Cataline’s blood-covenant, [60] f.
(See [stamp] on outside cover)
Christ, his blood, fulfillment of human desire, [271]-[286].
Christians, charges of cannabalism against, [321].
Circumcision, a mode of blood-covenanting, [215]-[223], [237];
its modern methods, [218] f.
Clasped hands: a relic of the covenant, [328], [340].
See [Hands].
Classics, references to blood-covenant in, [58]-[65], [267], [297], [312].
Communion:
through blood, [147] ff.;
in China, [148] ff.;
in Assyria, [168] f.;
divine-human, in Egypt, [172].
See [Altar]; [Banquet]; [Union].
In Christ, foretold, [275]-[278];
instituted, [280]-[284];
realized, [285] f.
Covenant, between those of different religions, [7].
See [Blood-covenant].
Covenant of Bread, its symbolism, [293], [313].
Cry of blood from the ground, [212].
Cutting covenant:
meaning of term, [267] f., [322];
between Jacob and Laban, [269];
in one’s own body, [322];
in substitute victim, [322];
both methods in Borneo.
Cuttings in flesh, [218];
in friendship, in Zechariah, [341].
David and Jonathan, covenanting, [269] ff.
Dead, blood-covenant with, [299].
Discerning the communion-body, [172].
Drinking of blood:
in North America, [127];
in Syria, [6];
in Central Africa, [13], [28] ff.;
in Europe, [41], [60] f.;
in Madagascar, [44], [48];
in Borneo, [49] f., [52];
in Timor, [53];
in Scythia, [59], [62], [126];
in Egypt, [83];
in India, [92] f.;
in China, [123] f.;
in France, [124];
in Italy, [124] f.;
in language of Fellaheen, [130];
among the Germans, [320];
in Persia, [321];
in Australia, [336];
charge of, against Jews, [179], [321];
charge of, against Christians, [321].
Drinking the covenant: [9], [17] f., [60], [191] f.;
in Borneo, [102];
in Feejee, [193];
in China, [196];
in Central America, [197];
in Europe, [198] ff.
Eating together, in covenant, [268] f.
Exchange:
of gifts, [14], [16], [20] f., [22], [25] f., [27] f., [32];
of garments, [14], [270];
of arms, [270].
Evolution, or deterioration, [4].
Feathers, red, their significance, [328] f.
See [Red, as a symbol].
Feeding on the god: [176] f.
See [Communion]; [Union].
Fiery cross:
its significance in Arabia, [317] f.;
in Scotland, [319] ff.
Fire, a gift of the gods, [174].
Firstborn, blood of the, [156].
—— sacrifice of:
in China, [150] f.;
in pre-Semitic times, [166].
Food restrictions removed in communion:
in India, [161] ff.;
in Assyria, [168].
Friend, closer than brother, [7] f., [10].
Friendship, blood. See [Blood-covenant].
Girdle. See [Belts].
Ghouls seeking life in blood, [114] f.
Giving blood:
in proof of love, [85]-[92];
in worship, [89]-[93], [96].
Goel, pursuer, not avenger, of blood, [259]-[263];
in Brazil, [325];
in Australia, [325] f.
Golden legend, Blood transference in, [118] ff.
Hand, bleeding, in Tunis, [342].
Hands:
joined in blood, [12], [41] f., [235] f.;
clasped, token of, [328], [340] ff.
Healths, drinking of, relic of blood-drinking, [201] f.
Heart:
sacredness of, in Egypt, [99] ff., [300] ff.;
as life, outside of the body, [103] ff., [301] f.;
sacredness of, in Greece and Rome, [108] f.;
epitome of man, [107];
the symbol of personality, [204];
new, is new life, [303];
the seat of the soul, [304];
living, in petrifactions, [305];
source of life, [99] ff.;
of strength, [135];
of manhood, [135];
of courage, [136].
Heart-eating:
among American Indians, [128];
in British Guiana, [128];
in Australia, [129];
in Africa, [129];
in Borneo, [129].
Heathen communions and the Christian sacrament, [177].
Human sacrifices. See [Sacrifices, human].
Idols, anointed with blood, [176] f., [306] f.
Illustrations of blood-covenant, in Bible, [264]-[271].
Imprecatory oaths, [6], [9], [16], [20], [31], [45] ff., [51], [53], [60] f., [62].
Imputation, doctrine of, [221].
Incest, in marriage of blood-friends, [10], [55] f.
Influence of blood-covenant, [15], [48].
Inspiration through blood:
in Homer, [113] ff.;
in Norseland legends, [119] f.;
on Pacific coast, [140] f.;
in India, [141] f.
Isaac:
his blood proffered, [225]-[230];
his covenant with Abimelech, [267] f.
Isis, blood of, [81] f., [233].
Jacob, his covenant with Laban, [268] f.
Jagan-natha, communion of, [163] f.
Jews, charged with human sacrifices, [178] f., [321].
Jezebel’s fate, significance of, [312] f.
Jonathan and David, covenanting, [269] ff.
Kali, human sacrifices to, [158] f.
Khatan, one bound through bleeding, [222] f.
Krishna, communion of, [163] f.
Leprosy:
blood baths, for cure of, in Syria, [116];
in Egypt, [117], [324];
in mediæval Europe, [117].
Life: blood is, [38], [57], [79] ff., [88] f., [99], [211]-[215], [241]-[263], [299] ff., [306].
—— from divine blood:
in Egypt, [111] f.;
in Mexico, [111] f.;
in Chaldea, [112];
in Phœnicia, [112];
in Greece, [112].
Life-transference in blood-transference, [126] ff.
See [Soul transference]; [Transfusion of blood].
Liver:
a symbol of life, [303] f.;
proposed derivations of the word, [304] f.;
symbolism of:
as a blood-cistern, [303] f.;
as seat of emotion, [304];
as congealed blood, [304] f.;
eaten, like the heart, [306].
Livingstone, Dr., making blood-friendship, [13] ff.
Mandrakes, symbolism of, [111].
Marriage, blood-drinking in, [191] ff., [332].
See [Symbolic substitutes for blood]; [Wedding, ceremonies of].
Marriage-covenant, blood in, [192] f.
Milk-brothers, [11] f.
Moses:
his child’s circumcision, [221] ff.;
his blood-covenant at Sinai, [238] ff.
Name:
a lost, [334];
the new, [337] f.;
restitution for calling, of the dead, [335].
—— represents the life, [334] f.;
in the Society Islands, [334];
among Indians, [334] f.;
among Australians, [335] f.
Names, exchange of, [334] ff.
Nature, transference of, by blood transference: [126] ff.;
among the Caribs, [137] f.;
among the Kaffirs, [138];
among the Yarubas, [138] f.
Necklace, symbolism of, [76] f.
New covenant, Christ’s body and blood in, [299].
Noah’s blood-giving, [212] ff.
Norseland legends, [41] ff., [88] f.
Odin and Lôké, in covenant, [39] ff.
Offerings of blood:
in Egypt, [102] f.;
in America, [106] f.;
in Greece and Rome, [108] f.;
in Phœnicia, [109]:
in India, [109];
in China, [109];
in Arabia, [180].
One soul in two bodies, [38], [80], [92] f., [334].
Ordeal of touch:
in the Nibelungen Lied, [143] f.;
in Denmark, [144] f.;
in Scotland, [145];
in England, [146] f.;
in America, [147].
Otaheite. See Tahiti, under [Union].
Passover, substitute blood of, [231] f.
Phœnicia, blood-giving in, [89] f.
Phylacteries, the token of blood-covenant, [233]-[236];
and amulet, [329].
Preserving blood, as life, [88] f., [337] f.
See [Life, blood is].
Prohibition of blood-drinking: [214] f.;
in the Mosaic law, [240] f.;
reason for, [312].
Prophecy, Blood as a means of, [113] ff.
Quiché god, Tohil, his terms of covenant, [174].
Rā, communion with, in Amenti, [172], [333] f.
Ransoming by blood, [324] ff. See [Goel].
Record of the divine blood-covenant, [298];
of the covenant: among American Indians, [326] ff.
Red, as a symbol of blood:
in Egypt, [102] f., [173];
in China, [196];
the colour, its symbolism, [236] f.
See also, [Feathers, red].
Revenger of blood. See [Goel].
Ring:
symbolism of, [65]-[76], [330] ff.;
in Dayak divorce, [330];
of flesh, [331].
Rosetta-stone of the covenant, [267].
Russia:
customs in, [73];
blood giving in, [96].
Sacrament, Christian:
its relation to heathen communions, [177];
foreshadowed in the Old Testament, [274] f.;
instituted by Jesus, [281] ff.;
not a sacrifice, [292];
a two-fold covenant, [293].
—— of the Holy Food, [164].
Sacredness of blood:
in Egypt, [99] ff.;
in America, [105] ff.;
in India, [155].
See [Offerings of blood].
Sacrifice:
as communion, in China, [149] ff.;
not necessarily expiatory, [166];
of Isaac, [224]-[230].
Sacrifices; Egyptian and Jewish, their resemblance, [300].
—— human:
among the Nahuas, [105] f.;
among the Mayas, [106] f.;
in India, [157] ff., [227];
in Assyria, [166] f.;
of children:
in Guatemala, [174];
in Arabia, [227];
in the Norseland, [227];
in Great Britain, [227] f.
—— human and animal, succession of:
in China, [152];
in India, [155] f.;
in the Brahmanical books, [157] f.
“Sacrificial part,” blood the, [157] f.
Saffron, symbolism of, [77], [165].
—— water:
in wedding, [332];
a substitute for blood, [195] f.
Saul, his phylacteries, [237] f.
Scarabæus, a symbol of heart, [100], [300].
Signing with blood, [93] ff.
Smoking, in inter-union, [51], [309].
Society Islands, brotherhoods in, [56] f.
Soul-transference by blood-transference, [312] f.
See [Life-transference]; [Transfusion of blood].
Spiritual conceptions not innate, [311].
Stanley, Henry M., making blood-friendship, [18]-[38].
Stone, white, and new name, [337].
Stones, living, [119] f., [307] f.
Striking:
a covenant, [59], [62];
hands, in covenant, [236], [341] f.
Substitute-blood offered:
in Borneo, [52], [73];
in Egypt, [72];
in China, [148];
in South America, [177];
in Bible times, [211], [213];
at Sinai, [239]-[258].
See [Symbolic substitutes].
Sucking-brothers, [11] f.
Symbolic substitutes for blood, [191] ff.;
the assiratum, [63] ff.;
arrack, [192];
coffee, [192];
any ordinary spirituous liquor, [193];
saffron, [194], [332];
wine and honey, [196];
chica, [197];
wine, [198] ff.;
whisky, [316].
Symbols, scriptural and ethnic, their relationship, [206].
Table-Altar:
in Assyria, [167];
in the Old Testament, [167] f.;
in the New Testament, [292] f.
Thumbs bound, in covenant, [59], [71], [331].
Token of passover covenant, [232].
See [Phylacteries], the token of blood-covenant.
Touch, life by, of blood, [134] ff.
Transfusion of blood: [38] f.;
modern scientific, [115] f.;
among Egyptians, [116] f.;
among Hebrews, [116];
among Syrians, [116];
in Tasmania, [126];
a cure for insanity, [133] f.
Transmigration of souls, origin of belief in, [310].
Tree:
branch of, in the covenant, [35] ff.;
of the covenant, [53];
the fiery cross in Scotland, [317] ff.;
the war-signal in Arabia, [318].
See [Tree-planting].
Tree-planting in blood-covenant:
in Borneo, [53];
in India, [165];
in Burmah, [313];
in Israel, [316];
traces of, [316] f.
Trial by blood:
in the Nibelungen Lied, [143] f.;
in Denmark, [144] f.;
in Scotland, [145];
in England, [146] f.;
in America, [147].
Turkey, blood-giving in, [85].
Types, insufficiency of, [252]-[258].
Uarda, citation from, [84].
Union, (divine) through blood:
in Egypt, [333] f.;
in the Norseland, [40] f.
—— (divine-human) through blood:
in Phœnicia, [89];
in Armenia, [90];
in India, [92], [156] ff.;
in Central America, [90] f., [175] f.;
in Russia, [95];
in China, [148] f.;
in Assyria, [167] f.;
in Persia, [169] f.;
in Egypt, [170] f.;
in Guatemala, [174];
in the Mosaic ritual, [242]-[248];
Abel’s outreaching for it, [210] ff.;
Noah’s outreaching for it, [213] ff.;
Abraham’s outreaching for it, [217]-[221];
universal longing for it, [272];
realised, through Christ, [273]-[293], [342].
—— (human) through blood:
in Syria, [5]-[12];
in Africa, [12]-[38];
in the Norseland, [41] ff.;
in Madagascar, [44]-[49];
in Borneo, [49]-[52], [73];
in Timor, [52]-[54];
in Yucatan, [54] f.;
in Brazil, [55];
in North America, [55] f., [339] f.;
in the South Sea Islands, [56] f.;
in Scythia, [59] f., [61] f.;
in Armenia, [59] f.;
in Arabia, [62] f.;
in Egypt, [72], [77]-[84];
in India, [156];
in Tahiti, [338];
in Central Africa, [338];
in Burmah, [314] f.
—— (Satanic-human) through blood:
among witches, [93] ff.;
among wonder-workers, [95].
Unity of the human race, [57], [96], [178] f.
Vampires:
seeking life in blood, [114] f.;
in the Old World and the New, [115].
Vicarious blood-absorption: [131] f.;
among the Araucanians, [131];
among the Abyssinians, [132];
among the Australians, [133].
Victim, representing a deity, [177] f., [183] f.
Vivifying power of blood. See [Blood], life-giving.
Wampum-belts, a covenant record, [326].
Water-of-saffron children, [195].
Wedding, ceremonies of, [69]-[74].
Wine, symbolism of, [63] ff., [73].
Witchcraft, blood in, [93] ff.
Witness-heap, [62], [266].
Xolotl, rescues a lost race, [112].
Yajna, great sacrifice of, [161] ff.
Zipporah, her act of blood-giving, [222] f.
Zoroastrians, their communion, [169] f.

SCRIPTURAL INDEX.

TEXT	PAGE
4 : 2-5	[211]
4 : 10, 11	[212]
8 : 20	[213]
9 : 3-6	[214]
12 : 6-8	[268]
13 : 18	[317]
14 : 13	[264], [317]
14 : 22	[235]
15 : 6	[220]
15 : 7-18	[322]
15 : 18	[264]
17 : 1-12	[322]
17 : 2, 7-9, 10, 11, 13	[217]
18 : 1	[317]
21 : 12	[275]
21 : 22-24	[265]
21 : 30, 31, 33	[266]
21 : 33	[317]
22 : 1, 2	[225]
22 : 15, 18	[230]
22 : 18	[267]
26 : 25-29	[268]
26 : 30, 31	[268]
28 : 18-22	[268]
30 : 14-17	[111]
31 : 19-36	[268]
31 : 44-47	[266]
31 : 44-54	[269]
34 : 1-31	[218]
41 : 41, 42	[70]
49 : 11	[191]

2 : 5	[324]
4 : 9	[231]
4 : 20-26	[221], [222]
7 : 17-21	[231]
12 : 1-6	[231]
12 : 7-10	[153]
12 : 7-13	[232]
13 : 3-10, 11-16	[233]
21 : 18-27	[261]
22 : 14-17	[261]
24 : 1-11	[240]
24 : 3-8	[298]
24 : 8	[299]
24 : 5, 6	[213]
29 : 15-25	[213]
33 : 11	[216]

1 : 1-6	[213]
1 : 5, 11, 15	[249]
1 : 10-12	[213]
1 : 13, 17	[247]
1 : 14, 15	[213]
2 : 2, 12	[247]
3 : 8, 26	[247]
4 : 6, 7, 17, 18, 25, 30, 34	[248]
4 : 13, 14	[247]
7 : 26	[241]
8 : 14-22	[249]
8 : 18, 19	[213]
9 : 8-22	[249]
14 : 19, 20	[249]
16 : 3-25	[249]
16 : 14, 15	[248]
17 : 3-6	[243]
17 : 10-12	[241]
17 : 11-14	[287]
17 : 13	[243]
17 : 14	[241], [309]
25 : 25 ff.	[260]
25 : 47 ff.	[260]
27 : 1-8	[261]

35 : 12	[259]
35 : 19, 21, 24, 25, 27	[259]
35 : 9-34	[260]
36 : 30-34	[261]