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Echtach mac Edarlamh, father of
Nuada, 32 Edda, Snorri's, 405-6 Edenhall : luck cup, 173 Edern, son of Nudd, 35 Edessa : Dioscuri, 497 ; inscription,
495, 497 Edgewell oak, 322 Edinburgh : descent of St Kentigern,
330 Edinburghshire, see Dalhousie Castle ;
Dalkeith ; and Edinburgh Egg : Easter eggs, Huculs, 7 Egil's saga, 400-2, 407-8, 412-3,
421-3
Egla saga, 388, 411, 416-7
Egypt : {see also Assuan ; Cairo ; Helwan ; Luxor ; Nile ; Nubia ; Qasr es-Sayyad ; and Qubbet el Hawa) ; ancient religion, 14, 506-7 ; folktale, 506 ; soul-bird, 134 ; tree worship, 199
Einherjar, Odin's host, 409
Elephant : in jataka story, 499-500
Elf-doctors, see Wizards
Elginshire, see Urquhart
Eliwlod, son of Madog, 313
Ell : to measure cow to detect elf- shooting, N.W. Ireland, 203-4
Elm-tree : Howth Castle, 173
Elton, O : review by, — Chambers' The Mediaeval Stage, 379-84
Elves, see Fairies
Elysium, see Hades
Emain Macha : contest for champion- ship, 335 ; Royal House, 160, 168, 337 ; taboos on Cuchulain, 336
Emer, wife of Cuchulainn, 150, 338
Emhain of the Apple-trees, Man- annan's palace, 143-5, ^57' 3°^' 3^8
Emu : Arunta deity with feet of,
134-5 England : [see also iinder names of counties') ; crown, 315; string tricks,
352-73
Entada : seed as amulet, Spain, 467 {plate)
Entraigues : hunting of wren, Christ- mas Eve, 270
Eochaid, son of Lughaid Menn, 170
Eochaid Airem, King, see King Eochaid Airem
Eochaid Juil, 149
Eochu, gift of apple by, 151
Eogan Taidlech, the Splendid, 39-40
Eohy the druid, 70
Epilepsy, treatment of, Bantu, 250
Erin, see Ireland
Erinyes, The, back-footed, 131, 137-8
Errol : vital sympathy of man and
tree, 317-9 Escalibor, Gawain's sword, 343 Essequibo Indians : twins, beliefs
about, 494 Estcourt (Natal), see Amampumuza
tribe Esthonia : driving out the devil, 263 ;
kids &c. thrown on roof, 281 Etain, daughter of Eochaid, 167 Etain, wife of Eochaid, 67, 153, 167 Eterscel, King, see King Eterscel Ethelwulf, King, see King Ethelwulf Euahlayi tribe : Euahlayi Tribe, The : a Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia, by K. Langloh Parker, reviewed, 11 5-9, 291 ; naming of children, 245 ; reincarnation beliefs, 241-2 European Sky-God. The : The Celts, IV-VII, by A. B. Cook, i, 27-71, 141-73, 308-48, 427-53 Evil eye : amulets and charms against, Scotland, 7, Spain and Italy, 455- 64, 466-7, 470, {plates) ; strikes fish if fisher watched, Cairo, 198 Evil spirits, see Demons and evil
spirits Ewe tribes : songs and music, 256 Ewen the Great, 313 Exhibits at meetings, 1-3, 7-8, 257,
385
Exogamy: Australia, 21, no, 242-3, 291-2, 295 ; relatively primitive, 17, 22
Exorcism : of spirit in new hut, S. America, 266-8
Ex votes, see Votive offerings
Eyes : amulets for eye troubles, Italy, 465 ; amulets in form of, Italy and Spain, 462-3 {plate) ; cure for dis- eases of, Cairo, 198; figure as votive offering, Spain, 471
Eyrbyggja saga, 388, 396-7, 403-4, 411, 414, 419-20, 422
Fables, see Beast fables
Fairies: back-footed, India, 136; charmed mistletoe protects from, Perthshire, 319; The Cure of Elf- Shooting in the North-West of Ireland, by Rev. J. Meehan, 130, 200-10; dance under female oak, Monmouthshire, 54 ; flint arrows shot at milch-cows, Leitrim, 202 ;
