His mother, Chariclo, begged her to undo her curse, but Athena could not ; she gave him prophecy instead.

His mother, Chariclo, a nymph of Athena, begged Athena to undo her curse, but the goddess could not ; instead, she cleaned his ears, giving him the ability to understand birdsong, thus the gift of augury.

Chariclo begged Athena to give him sight back, but the goddess could not undo her curse.

Endeïs was either the daughter of Chiron and the nymph Chariclo ; the daughter of Pandion of Athens ; or the daughter of the Megarian warlord Sciron.

He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo.

* Ocyrhoe was a daughter of Chiron and Chariclo.

Chariclo, daughter of Cychreus and Stilbe married Chiron and became the mother of Hippe, Endeis, Ocyrhoe, and Carystus.

Chariclo is the name of two nymphs in Greek mythology.

Ashoka was a devotee of ahimsa ( nonviolence ), love, truth, tolerance and vegetarianism.

He was therefore the cause of great disturbance to the topmost devotee, Prahlada Maharaja, until Lord Nrsimhadeva killed him.

On 20 May 1932 Baba arrived in New York and provided the press with a 1, 000-word written statement, which was described by devotee Quentin Tod as his Message to America.

Proclus himself was a devotee of many of the religions in Athens, considering that the power of the gods could be present in these various approaches.

Astrology and alchemy were mainstream science in Renaissance Prague, and Rudolf was a firm devotee of both.

One of those early pioneers was Tom Sims, a devotee of skateboarding ( a sport born in the 1950s when kids attached roller skate wheels to small boards that they steered by shifting their weight ).

A passionate devotee of Isma ' ili beliefs, Hassan-i Sabbah was well-liked throughout Cairo, Syria and most of the Middle East by other Isma ' ili, which led to a number of people becoming his followers.

The idea of the work was suggested to Holst by Clifford Bax, who introduced him to astrology when the two were part of a small group of English artists holidaying in Majorca in the spring of 1913 ; Holst became quite a devotee of the subject, and liked to cast his friends ' horoscopes for fun.

His father was a devotee of the Swaminarayan Sampraday and would often take Patel to the Swaminarayan Temple in Vadtal about 20 km from Karamsad on foot.

He was a " devotee " of the works of many performers, including Alan Arkin and Barbara Harris and directors Mike Nichols and Elaine May.

Another devotee from the film industry is Woody Allen, who was found singing along to Beefheart's music in the audience in New York.

When Sauron sought to corrupt the Elves in the Second Age one of the names he assumed was Aulendil, meaning devotee of Aulë.

Though he did not like the illustration work, Hopper was a lifelong devotee of the cinema and the theatre, both of which became subjects for his paintings.

Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova, another nurse for the royal children, was at first a devotee of Rasputin, but later was disillusioned by him.

According to the Matsya Purana, the king of pre-ancient Aryavarta ( North India ) and a devotee of Vishnu, Satyavrata who later was known as Manu was washing his hands in a river when a little fish swam into his hands and pleaded with him to save its life.

Just as he lifted his axe to severe Shankara's head, Lord Vishnu as Narasimha entered the body OF Shankaracharya's disciple, Padmapada, who was a devotee of Narasimha, and fought the Kapalika, slayed him and thus freed the forest of Kapalikas.

Jalasura was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva.

Then, at the request of Brahma, Prahlada was presented to Narasimha, and finally, he was calmed by the prayers of his devotee.

Ambarish was a great devotee of Vishnu and adhered firmly to the truth.

Raja Rajasekhara was in his previous birth a rich and pious ' Brahmin ' by name Vijayan who was a very strong believer and devotee of Lord Dharma Sastha.

A person who participates in archery is typically known as an " archer " or " bowman ", and one who is fond of or an expert at archery can be referred to as a " toxophilite ".< ref > The noun " toxophilite ", meaning " a lover or devotee of archery, an archer ", is derived from Toxophilus by Roger Ascham —" imaginary proper name invented by Ascham, and hence title of his book ( 1545 ), intended to mean ' lover of the bow '.

The temple can also be named after the devotee who commissioned the construction of the temple, an example being the Bucesvara temple at Koravangala, named after the devotee Buci.

* In the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, Hari is a name of both Krishna or Vishnu meaning " he who steals, or takes away ", referring to how Krishna takes away all distress and anxieties, and lovingly robs the heart of His devotee.

At Mount Abu, he met Raja Ajit Singh of Khetri, who became his ardent devotee and supporter.

The storyline is based on an anecdote that James heard about a Shelley devotee who tried to obtain some valuable letters written by the poet.

The retinue of Indra consists chiefly of the Devas, gandharvas, considered in the epics as the celestial musicians ; and apsaras, lovely nymphs, who are frequently employed by the gods to make the pious devotee desist from carrying his austere practices to an extent that might render him dangerous to their power.

Lord Narasimha also appears as one of Hanuman's 5 faces, who is a significant character in the Ramayana as Lord Raam's ( Rama ) devotee.

# Narada 1. 3. 8 the divine-sage who travels the worlds as a devotee of Vishnu

Returning to their lodgings, they are confronted by Quartilla, a devotee of Priapus, who condemns their attempts to pry into the cult's secrets ( 16-18 ).

Beecham, who had hitherto known nothing of Delius's music, expressed his " wonderment " and became a lifelong devotee of the composer's works.

Cato's new head John A. Allison IV is reported to be an " ardent devotee " of Rand who has promoted reading her books to colleges nationwide.

In the same breath however, it is important to note that Iconoclasm is viewed by Hindus as a " Paisachika Pravrtti " i. e. the manifestation of the devil who has no right to hinder a devotee from attaining his / her God.

Ravana, the ruler of Lanka in the Hindu epic Ramayana, was a staunch Siva devotee, who was the grandson of creator Brahma.

Although he was a devotee of Oswald Spengler ( who was critical of the Nazis ), Yockey was a passionate proponent of the most severe criticism of Jews, and expressed a reverence for German National Socialism, and a general affinity for fascist causes.

Another story recalls princess Lakshminkara, who was a previous incarnation of a devotee of Padmasambhava, cut off her head as a punishment from the king and roamed with it in the city, where citizens extolled her as Chinnamunda-Vajravarahi.

This was also the age of tremendous integration between the Hindu and the Islamic elements in the Arts with the advent of many Muslim Bhakti poets like Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana who was a court poet to Mughal emperor Akbar and was a great devotee of Krishna.

The patterns of dhol have been developed to catalyze the mind of the devotee as is seeking spiritual trance. Someone who plays the Dhol is known as Dholi ().