formed the rite of baptism, 320;
worshiped a "Virgin Mother," 330.

_Eucharist_, the, or Lord's Supper, 305;
instituted before the Christian era, 305;
performed by various ancient nations, 305-312.

_Eudes_, the, of California, worshiped a mediating deity, 131.

_Eusebius_, speaks of the Ebionites, 134;
of Easter, 226;
of Simon Magus, 265;
of Menander the "Wonder Worker," 266;
of an "ancient custom" among the Christians, 316;
the birth of Jesus, 361;
calls the Essenes Christians, 422.

_Eve_, the first woman, 3.

_Evil_, origin of, 4.

_Exorcism_, practiced by the Jews before the time of Jesus, 268.

_Explanation_, the, of the Universal Mythos, 466.

_Ezra_, added to the Pentateuch, 94.

F.

_Faith_, salvation by, taught before the Christian era, 184.

_Fall of Man_, the, Hebrew account of, 4;
parallels to, 7-16;
hardly alluded to outside of Genesis, 99;
allegorical meaning of, 101.

_Fall of the Angels_, the, 386.

_Fasting_, for forty days, a common occurrence, 179;
at certain periods, practiced by the ancients, 177, 392.

_Father, Son and Holy Ghost_, the, of Pagan origin, 369.

_Females_, the, of the Orinoco tribes, fasted forty days before
marriage, 179.

_Festivals_, held by the Hindoos, the Chinese, the Egyptians, and
others, 392.

_Fifty_, Jesus said to have lived to the age of, 515.

_Fig-tree_, the, sacred, 13.

_Fijians_, the, practiced circumcision, 86.

_Fire_, worshiped by the Mexicans and Peruvians, 532.

_Fire Tower_, the, of Brechin, 199.

_Firmicius_ (Julius), says the Devil has his Christs, 183.

_Fish_, the, a symbol of Christ Jesus, 355;
meaning of, 504.

_Fleur de Lis_, or Lotus, a sacred plant, 329.

_Flood_, the, Hebrew legend of, 19;
parallels to, 22-27.

_Flower_, Jesus called a, 487.

_Fo-hi_, of China, born of a Virgin, 119.

_Forty_, a sacred number, 179.

_Fraud_, practiced by the early Christians, 434.

_Frey_, the deity of the Sun, 488;
killed at the time of the winter solstice, 488.

_Freyga_, the goddess, of the Scandinavians, transformed into the
Virgin Mary, 399;
a personification of the earth, 479.

_Friday_, fish day, why, 354.