INDEX.
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Doane, T. W. (Thomas William)
El, the Phenician deity, 484;
called the "Saviour," 484.
Elephant, the, a symbol of power and wisdom, 117;
cut on the fire tower at Brechin, in Scotland, 198;
in America, 537.
Eleusinian, the, Mysteries, 310.
Eleusis, the ceremonies at, 310.
Elijah ascends to heaven, 90;
its parallel, 90.
Elohistic, the, narrative of the Creation and Deluge differs from the Jehovistic, 93.
Elysium, the, of the Greeks, 11;
meaning of, 101.
Emperors, the, of Rome considered divine, 126.
Eocene period, the, 29.
Eostre, or Oster, the Saxon Goddess, 226, 227.
Epimetheus, the first man, brother of Prometheus, 10.
Equinox, at the Spring, most nations set apart a day to implore the blessings of their gods, 492.
Esdras, the apocryphal book of, 95.
Essenes, the, and the Therapeutæ the same, 419;
the origin of not known, 419;
compared with the primitive Christians, 420;
their principal rites connected with the East, 423;
the "Scriptures" of, 443.
Etruscan, baptism, 320;
Goddess, 330.
Etruscans, the, had a legend of creation similar to Hebrew, 75;
performed 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.