the ancient, question of their ethnical affinity, [161]

Ekoi of Southern Nigeria, their custom of mutilating men and women at festivals, i. 270 n. 2

El, Phoenician god, i. 13, 16 n. 1;

identified with Cronus, 166

El-Bùgât, festival of mourning for Tammuz in Harran, i. 230

Elam, the kings of, their bones carried off by Ashurbanipal, ii. [103] sq.

Eleusis, Demeter and the king's son at, i. 180;

sacrifice of oxen at, 292 n. 3;

mysteries of Demeter at, ii. [90]

Eli, the sons of, i. 76