Mythology

En-zu: Babyl. Myth. The moon-god Sin is ordinarily designated ideographically En-zuwhich describes him as a lord of wisdom. Eolus: Class. Myth. Son of Zeus and the nymph Menalippa, a god of the winds; it washe who let loose the winds. Eos: Gr. Myth. The goddess of dawn corresponding to the Roman Aurora. Ephesus: In Arabia a talisman consisting of a piece of paper containing the names ofthe Seven Sleepers of Ephesus is still used to ward off ghosts and demons.
Vide Grotto of Ephesus, Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. Ephialtes: In Greece the name given by the ignorant to account for the nightmarewhich results from indigestion. Epiales: In Greece it is a cold shivering fit which precedes an attack of fever. Epidemic: During epidemics open the door only when the person outside has knockedthree times. (Jews of Galicia SCHIFFER, Urquell, ii. 202; Jew. Enc., Vol. XI. p. 600).
Vide Plague. Epigones: Gr. Myth. One of the sons of the seven heroes who were beaten beforeThebes. Epilepsy: Three drops of a sow s milk cure epilepsy (Irish). The skull of a dead personused to make broth in, cures of epilepsy (LEAN, Vol. II., P. 493).
Epilepsy can be cured by wearing a heavy silver ring (East Friesland, WUTTKE, P.
163); or by drinking the blood of a she-ass (STRACKERJAN, Vol. 1, p. 84), or of theexecuted (STRACKERJAN, Vol. 1, P. 83), or the hot blood of a weasel (Tyrol, ALPENBURG,
Mythen, P. 390); or let the patient carry a golden peacock s feather under hisshirt (SCHIFFER, Urquell, v. 290); or let him drink the blood of a black cat; or let hisshirt be buried at the junction of two roads, after it has been pulled over his head andcarried out through the chimney. (Minsk.–Jew. Enc., Vol. V, P. 426).
If all the above remedies fail, the patient will have nothing left but to invoke either St.
Cornelius or St. Valentine. Vide Ben nefilim, Eggshell, Ass, Crucifix. Epimethus: Gr. Myth. Brother of Prometheus. In spite of his brother s advice not toreceive any present from Zeus, he accepted Pandora as his wife, and thus brought sorrow
to the human race. Epitaph: If you would preserve your memory, be warned against reading epitaphs. (US.A.) Erasmus, St.: Cures colic and gripes.

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