DAEMONOLATRIA
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Eblis
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The "Satan" of the Mohammedans. It was said that he was an inmate of Azaze,
the heaven nearest God, and when the angels were commanded to bow down
before the first man, Eblis was the chief of those who rebelled. They were
cast out of Azaze, and Eblis and his followers were sentenced to suffer
in hell for a long time. It is supposed that he was composed of the elements
of fire, and that he succeeded the peris (fairy-like nature spirits) in
the government of the world. Also called Iblis.
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Egestes
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The Roman personification of poverty. Virgil mentioned her later as a demon
in the underworld.
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Eligor
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See Abigor.
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Eurynome
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Demon belonging to a higher order, Prince of Death. He has enormous, long
teeth, a hideous body covered with sores and fox-skin clothing.
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Ewah
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Ewah is a demon. The very sight of Ewah causes permanent irreversible insanity.
The Ewah was destroyed by an Indian woman named Running Deer.