EBLIS, or FATHER OF DEVILS, in Arabian mythology, the ruler of the evil genii or fallen angels. Before his fall he was called Azazel or Hharis. When Adam was created, God commanded all the angels to worship him; but Eblis replied: °Me thou bast created of smokeless fire, and shall I reverence a creature made of dust?" God was very angry at this insolent answer, and turned the disobedient angel into a Sheytan (devil), and he became the father of devils. He is described as of enor mous size, with a red-striped skin, a ring pierced nose, long hair, large flapping ears and a very long tail. See DEVIL.
abin& Barons Marie von, Austrian author: b. (CouNTEss DUBSKY) Castle Zdislavic, Moravia, 13 Sept. 1830. In 1848 she was married to an of ficer of the Austrian army. Her whole life was spent between Castle Zdislavic and Vienna. Her early products were dramas long since forgotten. She began in 1860 as a playwright with (Mary Stuart in Scotland' (1860), and the tragedy (Marie Roland,' with the one-act dramas 'Doc tor Ritter,' and 'The Disconsolate One,' all of which were but moderately success ful. Her fiction beginning with Princess of Banalia> (1872), a satiric tale, made little im pression; but Countesses' (1885), a story of Austrian high society, met with strik ing favor. Her other writings include
of Village and Castle' ; 'The Child of the Parish' (1887) ; 'The Rival' ; 'Aphorisms' (1880) ; and (Parables, Stories and Poems' (1892) ; 'Margaret& (1891) ; (Drei Novellen' (1892) ;
(1893) ; 'Das Schad liche) and 'Die Totenwacht> (1894) ;