perhaps a local form of Diana, ii. 171 sq., 267, 380;

an oak-nymph, ii. 172, 267;

the grove of, ii. 185

Egerius Baebius or Laevius, Latin dictator, dedicated the sacred grove at Nemi, i. 22

Egg broken in water, divination by means of, x. 208 sq.

—— -shells preserved lest chickens should die, viii. 258 n. 2

Egghiou, a district of Abyssinia, rain-making in, i. 258

Eggs eaten by sower to make hemp grow tall, i. 138;

of raven in homoeopathic magic, i. 154;

or egg-shells, painted, in spring ceremonies, ii. 63, 65;