The Okurowski and Ogrosky or Okur, Okurovsky, Ogrosky, Ogroski, Ogrowski and Kurowski and other surname variations with Kur in the names, show the links to the Mongols, Gypsy, Jews and Orient.

John Dennis Arthur " Biffo " Bindon ( 4 October 1943 – 10 October 1993 ) was an English actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld.

Sharad Pawar is also alleged to have close links with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim through Ibrahim's henchman Lakhan Singh based in the Middle East and close relationship with Shahid Balwa, also a suspect in the 2G spectrum scam.

On March 9, 2004, a special court asked Roy to look into a complaint against " encounter specialist " Daya Nayak for his alleged underworld links and decide whether to sanction prosecution under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.

Other hybrid creatures appear in Greek mythology, always with some liminal connection that links Hellenic culture with archaic or non-Hellenic cultures:

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" Scholarship in Comparative Literature include, for example, studying literacy and social status in the Americas, studying medieval epic and romance, studying the links of literature to folklore and mythology, studying colonial and postcolonial writings in different parts of the world, asking fundamental questions about definitions of literature itself.

In Greek mythology, Hyacinth was given various parentage, providing local links, as the son of Clio and Pierus, King of Macedon, or of king Oebalus of Sparta, or of king Amyclas, progenitor of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta.

Frau Holda is matron of all of women's domestic chores, but none so much as spinning, an activity with strong magical connotations and links to the other world: see Weaving ( mythology ).

According to Roman mythology, which links Lavinium more securely to Rome, the city was named by Aeneas in honor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and his wife, Amata.

The design of cards in the Cyber Dragon and Cyberdark series has links to Chinese mythology, with such references present throughout his deck, including mentions of the Chinese dragon, Qilin, and Fenghuang.

Because of the movement of people from Ulster to west Scotland, which resulted in close linguistic links between Ulster and the west of Scotland much of Gaelic mythology was imported to Scotland and possibly some of it written in Scotland.

In recent years, he has explored the links between old Indian, Eurasian and other mythologies ( 1990, 2001-2010, resulting in a new scheme of historical comparative mythology that covers most of Eurasia and the Americas (" Laurasia ", cf.

Some streets are named after great writers such as Bronte Place, Shelley Street, Twain Street and Homer Street which also links to other street names from Greek mythology such as Troy Place, Hera Place, Nestor Street, Ixion Street, Eros Place and Atlas Place.

The fall of Rome, the discovery of precious metals, and the Protestant Reformation were all links and could only be explained and understood by comprehending the links that preceded and those that followed.

They, too, have links with the city's ills.

Then he played nine imaginary holes of golf, choosing his handicap, his irons, his stance, his opponents, and his weather in detail, but the green of the links seemed faded in the light of his business worries.

There may be possible economies at any one of a number of links in your marketing and distribution chain.

On April 19, secessionist mobs in Baltimore that controlled the rail links attacked Union troops traveling to the capital.

The man-made Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific.

Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and asserting its own national interests in Central Africa through military and diplomatic intervention.

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The Bosphorus, which links the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, is about long and averages in width but narrows in places to less than.

The Dardanelles Strait, which links the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, is approximately long and increases in width toward the south.

A multitude of airports around the Alps ( and some within ), as well as long-distance rail links from all neighbouring countries, afford large numbers of travellers easy access from abroad.

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Trade links with the rest of the Australian states were established with the Murray River being successfully navigated in 1853 by Francis Cadell, an Adelaide resident.

This page lists some links to ancient philosophy.

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( Rick ) Sutcliffe's collection of Alternate History links.

Proline is the only proteinogenic amino acid whose side-group links to the α-amino group and, thus, is also the only proteinogenic amino acid containing a secondary amine at this position.

The annual French Festival takes place throughout Acapulco city and offers a multitude of events that cement cultural links between Mexico and France.

It was in this reign that an important change in the government of the Danubian Principalities was introduced: previously, the Porte had appointed Hospodars, usually native Moldavian and Wallachian boyars, to administer those provinces ; after the Russian campaign of 1711, during which Peter the Great found an ally in Moldavia Prince Dimitrie Cantemir, the Porte began overtly deputizing Phanariote Greeks in that region, and extended the system to Wallachia after Prince Stefan Cantacuzino established links with Eugene of Savoy.

This article contains information about Aga Khan III, and also links to the 1922 update with further information about Aga Khan III.

By doing so, it links the holy past to the historical present and represents Alfred's law-giving as a type of divine legislation.

Her symbolic role in this unique mission to the Spanish Court was intended to emphasize the international links which were forged by her 16th-century ancestor, Ieyasu Tokugawa.

Enki promises to help and confines Abzu in irrigation canals and places him in the Kur, beneath his city of Eridu.

Samuel Noah Kramer, believes that behind this myth of Enki's confinement of Abzu lies an older one of the struggle between Enki and the Dragon Kur ( the underworld )

In later Babylonian myth Kur is possibly an Anunnaki, brother of Ereshkigal, Enki, and Enlil.

The god Enki ( lord of the underworld sea of fresh water and Sumerian equivalent of Babylonian god Ea ) warns Ziusudra, the ruler of Shuruppak, to build a large boat ; the passage describing the directions for the boat is also lost.