Mythology

Erato: Gr. Myth. One of the Muses; she presides over elegiac poetry and is represented
with a lyre.
Erebus: Class. Myth. Father of Charon.
Erinys: Gr. Relig. (pl. Erinyes). One of the avenging spirits who bring retribution upon
those who have violated the laws of natural piety, hospitality, etc. Originally, they were
the revengeful ghosts of the slain; later, they were conceived as snaky-haired women
pursuing the offender, and inflicting madness. They were three in number: Alecto,
Megaera and Tisiphone.
Eriphyle: Gr. Myth. Wife of Amphiraus, who foretold to her husband the disastrous end
of the expedition against Thebes. She was slain by her son Alcmaeon.
Erl King: In Teutonic and Scandinavian folk-lore, a personification of a spirit or natural
power, supposed to work mischief, especially to children.
Dem Vater grauset s, er reitet geschwind,
Er h lt in den Armen das chzende Kind,
Erreicht den Hof mit M h und Not;
In seinen Armen das Kind war tot.
–GOETHE: Erlk nig.
Eros: Gr. Myth. The god of love, corresponding to Cupid of the Romans.
Erymanthean: Gr. Myth. A devastating boar which wandered about in Arcadia. Its capture
was one of the labours imposed upon Hercules.
Erysipelas: The tongue of a fox, worn near the heart, is a preventive against this disease.
(STRACKERJAN, Vol. 1, 85).
Vide Anthony, St.
Eshshata: Jewish Folk-lore. The name of a spirit of fever. (Jew. Enc., Vol. IV. p. 517).
Esprit Follet: The French equivalent of a Puck, Poltergeist, etc.
Eteocles: Gr. Myth. A king of Thebes, son of OEdipus and Jocasta. His refusal to give
up his throne to Polynices led to the expedition of the Seven against Thebes, in which
the brothers killed each other.
Eternal Jew: In popular superstition it is the Jew who hurried on Jesus Christ, when He
was led to crucifixion. As a punishment, he is compelled to wander about the world,
homeless and restless, till the Day of Judgment. (S. BARING GOULD, Myths of the
Middle Ages; EUGENE SUE, Le Juif errant, HAZLITT, p. 618). Also known as the
Wandering Jew.

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