Eagles worshipped by the Aino, ii. 200; propitiation of dead, 236 Ears regarded as the seat of intelligence, ii. 148; of dead enemies cut out, 271 _sq._ Earth, Mother, ii. 105 —— the spirit of the, ii. 120 —— -God, i. 69 —— -goddess, ii. 115; distinguished from Demeter, i. 41, 43, 89; in Greek art, 89; human sacrifices offered to, 245, 246, 249, 250 —— -gods, slaves of the, ii. 61, 62 _n._ 1 —— -mothers, i. 173 _n._ Easing nature, a charm used by robbers, i. 235 East Indies, the Rice-mother in the, i. 180 _sqq._ Easter, i. 300 —— Eve, i. 134 —— Islanders, ii. 133 —— Sunday, i. 33 Eater of animals, as epithet of a god, i. 23 Eating the god, ii. 48 _sqq._, 167; among the Aztecs, 86 _sqq._ —— the soul of the rice, ii. 54 Eckstein, Miss L., ii. 317 _n._ 2 Ecstasy induced by smoking, ii. 72 Edonians, the, i. 24 Eels, souls of dead in, ii. 289, 290, 292 Effigies of men and women hung at doors of houses, ii. 94; buried with the dead to deceive their ghosts, 97 _sq._; used to cure or prevent sickness, 100 _sqq._ _See also_ Doll, Images, Puppet Effigy of an ox broken as a spring ceremony in China, ii. 10 _sqq._ Eggs not eaten, ii. 140; charm to make hens lay, 326 Egypt, ancient, stratification of religion in, ii. 35 Egyptian kings, their animal masks, i. 260 —— reapers, their cries, i. 263 —— type of animal sacrament, ii. 312 _sq._, 314 Egyptians, human sacrifices offered by the ancient, i. 259 _sq._; the ancient, their religious attitude to pigs, ii. 24 _sqq._ El Kiboron clan of the Masai, ii. 288 Elans treated with respect by American Indians, ii. 240 Elephant’s flesh thought to make eater strong, ii. 143 Elephants, ceremonies observed at the slaughter of, ii. 227 _sq._, 237; souls of dead in, 289 Eleusine grain, i. 117 Eleusinian Games, i. 70 _sqq._, 110, 180; less ancient than the Eleusinian mysteries, 87 _sq._ —— inscription dealing with first-fruits, i. 55 _sq._ —— mysteries, i. 35, 37 _sqq._, 65 _sqq._ 69 _sq._, 78 _sq._, 161 _sq._, 188; instituted by Demeter, 70 Eleusis, Demeter at, i. 36 _sq._; offerings of first-fruits at, 53 _sqq._; image of Demeter at, 64; prayer for rain at, 69; the Rarian plain at, 36, 70, 74, 234, ii. 15 Eleutherian games at Plataea, i. 80 Elijah, the prophet, i. 233 Elis, Dionysus at, i. 17 Elk treated with respect, ii. 240; embryos of, not eaten, 243 Ellis, William, quoted, i. 312 Elopango, i. 237 Embodiment, human, of the corn-spirit, ii. 333 Emboq Sri, rice-bride, i. 200 _sq._ Embryos of elk not eaten, ii. 243 Emetics used before eating new corn, ii. 73, 75 _sq._, 76; sacred, 74 Empedocles, his doctrine of transmigration, ii. 300 _sqq._; his resemblance to Buddha, 302; his theory of the material universe like that of Herbert Spencer, 303 _sqq._; as a forerunner of Darwin, 306; his posing as a god, 307 Enchanters of crops, foods forbidden to, i. 100 Encounter Bay tribe, i. 126