igurative, 101.

_Ebionites_, the first Christians called, 134.

_Ecclesiastics_, the Essenes called, 424.

_Eclectics_, the Essenes called, 424.

_Eclipse_, an, of the Sun, occurred at the death of Jesus, 206;
of Romulus, 207;
of Julius Caesar, 207;
of AEsculapius, 208;
of Hercules, 208;
of Quirinius, 208.

_Edda_, the, of the Scandinavians speaks of the "Golden" Age, 15;
describes the deluge, 27.

_Egypt_, legend of the Deluge not known in, 23;
the Exodus from, 48;
circumcision practiced in, 85;
virgin-born gods worshiped in, 122;
kings of considered gods, 123;
Virgin Mother worshiped in, 329, 330;
the cross adored in, 341.

_Egyptian faith_, hardly an idea in the Christian system which has
not its analogy in the, 414.

_Egyptian kings_ considered gods, 123.

_Egyptians_, the, had a legend of the "Tree of Life," 12;
received their laws direct from God, 60;
practiced circumcision at an early period, 85;
were great astrologers, 142;
were familiar with the war in heaven, 387.

_El_, the Phenician deity, 484;
called the "Saviour," 484.

_Elephant_, the, a symbol of power and wisdom, 117;
cut on the fire tower at Brechin, in Scotland, 198;
in America, 537.

_Eleusinian_, the, Mysteries, 310.

_Eleusis_, the ceremonies at, 310.

_Elijah_ ascends to heaven, 90;
its parallel, 90.

_Elohistic_, the, narrative of the Creation and Deluge differs from
the Jehovistic, 93.

_Elysium_, the, of the Greeks, 11;
meaning of, 101.

_Emperors_, the, of Rome considered divine, 126.

_Eocene period_, the, 29.

_Eostre_, or _Oster_, the Saxon Goddess, 226, 227.

_Epimetheus_, the first man, brother of Prometheus, 10.

_Equinox_, at the Spring, most nations set apart a day to implore
the blessings of their gods, 492.

_Esdras_, the apocryphal book of, 95.

_Essenes_, the, and the Therapeutae the same, 419;
the origin of not known, 419;
compared with the primitive Christians, 420;
their principal rites connected with the East, 423;
the "Scriptures" of, 443.

_Etruscan_, baptism, 320;
Goddess, 330.

_Etruscans_, the, had a legend of creation similar to Hebrew, 75;
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