Hearth, bride at marriage conducted to the, ii. 221;
custom of leading a bride round the, ii. 230, 231;
new-born children brought to the, ii. 232
——, the common, at Delphi, i. 33;
in Greek cities, i. 45
——, the king's, at Rome, ii. 195, 200, 206;
oath by, ii. 265
——, the sacred, of the Herero, ii. 213, 214;
seat of the ancestral spirits, ii. 216, 221