| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Ephialtes" | Greek | One of the giants, who in the war against the gods was deprived of his left eye by Apollo, and of the right by Heracles. Greek |
| God name "Epos/ Olloatir" | Britain | A god often seen as a male form of Epona |
| Hero name "Erechtheus Erichthonius" | Greek | There can be little doubt but that the names Erichthonius and Erechtheus are identical; but whether the two heroes mentioned by Plato, Hyginus, and Apollodorus, the one of whom is usually called Erichthonius or Erechtheus I. and the other Erechtheus II., are likewise one and the same person, as Muller and others think, is not so certain, though highly probable. Greek |
| Demon name "Erh Lang" | China | God, with a magic dog, who fights the mountain demons. China |
"Erinnyes" | Greek | Erinnyes, Eumenides or Erinys (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. When a formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes "those who beneath the earth punish whoever has sworn a false oath" - "the Erinyes are simply an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath" Greek |
"Erix" | Greek | Son of Goliath and grandson of Atlas. He invented legerdemain. Greek |
| God name "Erkilek" | Inuit / North America | Hunting god. A malev olent deity with the head and nose of a dog and the body of a man. He carries a bow, with arrows contained in a quiver, and is an expert archer.... |
| Goddess name "Eschetewuaraha" | Chamacoco | The goddess of Rain |
| God name "Eschu" | Africa / Yoruba | The god of mischief, is the son of Lusa and Mahu. He supported Legba in giving power of the loa to a mortal as a force of good against the evil unleashed by their brother Sagbata. Africa / Yoruba |
| God name "Essus/ Esus" | Britain / Gaul | A harvest / woodcutter god |
| Goddess name "Estsanatlehi (woman that changes)" | Navaho / USA | Fertility goddess. Probably regarded as the most powerful deity in the Navaho pantheon, she has powers of endless self-rejuvenation. According to tradition, she was created from a small turquoise image into which life was infused through a ritual of the great gods and she is the sister of the goddess YOLKAI ESTAN. She is also the consort of the Sun god TSOHANOAI and the mother of the war god NAYENEZGANI. She is said to live in the west and is benevolent in nature, sending the gentle Rains of summer and the warm thawing winds of spring.... |
| Goddess name "Etain" | Ireland | Goddess of war Ireland |
| Goddess name "Etain/ Echraidhe" | Irish | A goddess of war |
"Euneus" | Greek | A son of Jason by Hypsipyle, in the island of Lemnos, from whence he supplied the Greeks during their war against Troy with wine. Greek |
"Euphorbus" | Greek | A son of Panthous and brother of Hyperenor, was one of the bravest among the Trojans. He was the first who wounded Patroclus, but was afterwards slain by Menelaus, who subsequently dedicated the shield of Euphorbus in the temple of Hera, near Mycenae. Greek |
"Eurotas" | Greek | A son of Myles and grandson of Lelex. He was the father of Sparta, the wife of Lacedaemon, and is said to have carried the waters, stagnating in the plain of Lacedaemon, into the sea by means of a canal, and to have called the river which arose therefrom after his own name, Eurotas. Greek |
| Nymph name "Eurydice" | Greek | A mountain valley nymph with a sad love story[ aren't they all?] |
| King name "Excalibur" | Britain | Liberated from the stone. The sword which Arthur drew out of the stone, whereby he proved himself to be the king. Britain |
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