Mythology

June 27, 2007

Mythology Encyclopedia 80

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Ethelbert, St.: Leads to the recovery of lost goods.
Ethra: Class. Myth. Mother of Theseus.
Etzel: In the Nibelungenlied, the second husband of Kriemhild, king of the Huns. Vide
Gunther, Siegfried, Hagen, Kriemhild.
Eucharis: A nymph belonging to the goddess Calypso heroine of an episode of
Telemachus.
Eumeus: Gr. Myth. A faithful servant and guardian of the troops belonging to Ulysses.
Euminides Gr. Myth. A name by which the Erinyes or the Furies are often designated.
Eumolpus: Gr. Myth. A son of Neptune and founder of the famous Eleusian mysteries.
Euphrosyne: Gr. Myth. One of the three Graces.
Euronomus: A grizzly Greek demon who ate the flesh of corpses. He was blue-black in
colour, like a carrion fly, his teeth were bared, and he is represented as sitting on the
skin of a vulture. (Painted by Polygnotus).
Europa: Gr. Myth. A daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, She was carried away to
Crete by Zeus disguised as a bull and became the mother of Minos.
European: The finger-nails of Europeans are in popular belief a deadly poison. (India-CROOKE,
P.R.I., Vol. 1, P. 279).
Eurus: Gr. Myth. God of the east wind.
Euryale: Gr. Myth. One of the Gorgons.
Euryclea: Gr. Myth. The old nurse of Odysseus, who, on his return in disguise, recognized
him by his scar.
Eurydice: Gr. Myth. A nymph beloved of Orpheus. After her death by snake-bite,
Orpheus descended to the nether regions, obtained Pluto s permission to bring herback to earth, but on his way back he turned round, which he was forbidden to do, andshe had to return to Hades. Eurynome: Gr. Myth. A sea-goddess, daughter of Oceanus.
Eurystheus Gr. Mvth. A Mycenaean king to whose service Hercules was bound.

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