To provide an electric wave absorber that can efficiently absorb various kinds of polarized waves.

A multilayered electric wave absorber 10 is composed of first and second electric wave absorption layers 12 and 14, and the orientation direction (arrow A) of a ferrite for forming the first electric wave absorption layer 12 orthogonally crosses the orientation direction (arrow B) of the ferrite for forming the second electric wave absorption layer 14. One of the first and second electric wave absorption layers 12 and 14 absorbs a horizontally polarized wave extremely well, and the other absorbs a vertically polarized wave extremely well. Also, the first and second electric wave absorption layers 12 and 14 jointly absorb an electric wave where the directions of a circulary polarized wave and the polarized wave are oblique. As a result, the multilayered electric wave absorber 10 can absorb various kinds of polarized waves efficiently.