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Easter was the Saxon goddess of the east. A festival was held in her honour each spring, this festival being adopted by the Christian church as modern Easter.
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In Islamic mythology, Eblis (Iblis) is the chief of the evil spirits, the equivalent of the Christian Satan. His original name was Azazil or Haris. He is a Mala'ika which has rebelled against god.
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In Libyan mythology, Echidne (She-Viper) is part beauteous woman and part speckled serpent. She is a goddess of death, the underworld and prophesy.
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In Inuit mythology, Eeyeekalduk is a god of healing. He is depicted as a tiny old man, whose face was a speck of jet and who lived inside a pebble. He cured people by looking at them, drawing the sickness out along his line of sight.
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In Quecha mythology, Ekkekko is the god of good fortune.
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In Canaanite mythology, El was the father of the gods.
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In Syrian and Phoenician mythology, Elagabalus was a sun god. He was represented as a huge conical stone.
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In Tehaelche mythology, Ellal was a benefactor of mankind. Before he was born his father planned to eat him, but Rat hid him and saved him. When he grew up he visited the earth which was ruled by demons, and killed their leader by letting him swallow him whole and then changing into a gadfly and killing the demon with a poisoned sting. Released into the world, he taught man how to make bows and arrows from trees and reeds before riding a swan back into the morning sky.
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In the mythology of the Democratic Republic of The Congo, the Eloko are dwarves who live in the densest and darkest parts of the forest guarding their treasure, which is the fruits and animals of the forest.
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu is the wild man created by the goddess Aruru who becomes a companion to Gilgamesh. After Gilgamesh has provoked the anger of the goddess Ishtar, Enkidu sickens and dies.
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In Christian mythology, epiphany is a festival, otherwise called the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, observed on the 6th of January 'in honour of the adoration of our Saviour' by the three magi, or wise men, who came to adore him and bring him presents, led by the star. As a separate festival it dates from 813.
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In Lapp mythology, Erlik was the first created being. He was made by the sky god Ulgan from a speck of mud floating in the primordial ocean. Hoping that by giving Erlik form he would help in creating the rest of the universe, Ulgan sent him to fetch mud. But Erlik was an unpleasant fellow and tried to cross Ulgan, who banished him to the underworld.
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In Syrian mythology, Eve is a life-giving goddess. The creator of all manifested forms, the mother womb and instructress of humanity.
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The Evil Eye is a power which, according to an old and wide-spread superstition, resides in some people of doing injury to others by a mere look, or a look accompanied by certain words or charms.
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The eye amulet is an Islamic amulet affording protection from 'the evil eye'.
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