In order to distinguish esoteric currents based primarily on sources from late Antiquity and the European Middle Ages, from e. g. Islamic or Jewish currents with similar features, the more precise term " Western esotericism " is often employed.

The rhyme books differ in some details, but overall show many of the features characteristic of modern Mandarin dialects, such as the reduction and disappearance of final plosives and the reorganization of the Middle Chinese tones.

In the Middle Ages The Black Man was not a man with African features, but rather a man colored black and dressed in black.

Other scholars argue that the primary stimulus for agriculture and domesticated animals ( as well as mud-brick architecture and other Neolithic cultural features ) in Egypt was from the Middle East.

One of the most pronounced features of early Renaissance European art music was the increasing reliance on the interval of the third ( in the Middle Ages, thirds had been considered dissonances ).

A promotional picture taken after Larry Fine's death in 1975 features a very ill Moe Howard ( who died shortly thereafter ) flanked by Curly Joe DeRita to the left and Emil Sitka to the right. Plans were in the works for longtime foil Emil Sitka to replace Larry as the " Middle Stooge " in 1971, but nothing ever came of that idea other than the proposed publicity still reproduced here.

It was a frontier dialect of Old Baltic, which preserved many archaic features which had been lost in the Middle Baltic group.

( 2005 ) described Skeemella from the Middle Cambrian of Utah as having affinity to Vetulicolia, but also as having arthropod features, thus confounding assignment of Vetulicolia to Deuterostomia.

Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures from the Early Middle Ages.

Because of the dominance of Christianity in Europe throughout the Middle Ages, many features of the Christian year became incorporated into the secular calendar.

The Middle Jurassic marine formations are also extremely rich in marine invertebrates and drifted floral remains, while the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous units display basinal and carbonate platform features ( Bucur, 1997 ).

Celtic Christianity or Insular Christianity refers broadly to certain features of Christianity that were common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.

Romani is conservative in maintaining almost intact the Middle Indo-Aryan present-tense person concord markers, and in maintaining consonantal endings for nominal case – both features that have been eroded in most other modern languages of Central India.

Whatever their origin, the prayers were quite widely circulated in the late Middle Ages, and became regular features in Books of Hours and other devotional literature.

Camp Saffran's Middle Ridge area features a high ropes " COPE " challenge course and zip line.

Gehry's design features exhibition galleries, education and research space, a conservation laboratory, a center for contemporary Arab, Islamic and Middle Eastern culture, and a center for " art and technology ".

* Ken Follett's novel The Pillars of the Earth features Cherbourg as the hometown of Jacques Cherbourg, a Frenchman washed ashore in England during the European Middle Ages.

Modern facilities include two elementary schools ( Miller-Driscoll Elementary School ( pre-k-2 ), Cider Mill ( 3-5 ) School ), one middle school ( Middlebrook Middle School ( 6-8 )), and one high school ( Wilton High School ), which features accelerated classes for gifted students, music and visual arts courses, and a well-appointed resource center.

Since 1989, the Stillwater Middle School and Taisei Junior High School in Kameoka have participated in a sister school relationship, which features an active teacher-student exchange program.

In terms of its grammatical structures, Romani is conservative in maintaining almost intact the Middle Indo-Aryan present-tense person concord markers, and in maintaining consonantal endings for nominal case – both features that have been eroded in most other modern Indo-Aryan languages.

Yue pronunciation and vocabulary are quite similar to the official language of the Tang dynasty, and its pronunciation and vocabulary has preserved some features and elements from the Middle Chinese that was spoken during the Tang.

The islands ' human heritage includes numerous unique architectural features from the historic and prehistoric periods, although the earliest written records of island life date from the Late Middle Ages.

Most features of modern Mongolic languages can thus be reconstructed from Middle Mongol.

A fictional Middle Eastern state often lies somewhere on the Arabian peninsula, has substantial oil-wealth and will have a sultan, or features a stereotypically Muslim Extremist culture, widespread terrorism and poverty, and a country name ending in-istan.

This is attributed to Hopkins who taught himself Welsh and used sprung verse, bringing some features of Welsh poetic metre into his work.

Erec and Enide and Cligès are tales of courtly love with Arthur's court as their backdrop, demonstrating the shift away from the heroic world of the Welsh and Galfridian Arthur, while Yvain, the Knight of the Lion features Yvain and Gawain in a supernatural adventure, with Arthur very much on the sidelines and weakened.

However, many languages use mixtures of bases, and other features, for instance 79 in French is soixante dix-neuf ( 60 + 10 + 9 ) and in Welsh is pedwar ar bymtheg a thrigain ( 4 +( 5 + 10 )+( 3 × 20 )) or ( somewhat archaic ) pedwar ugain namyn un ( 4 × 20 − 1 ).

Although most historians have dismissed the terms of the Indenture as being highly ambitious and fanciful, R. R. Davies noted that certain internal features underscore the rootedness of Glyndŵr's political philosophy in Welsh mythology: in it, the three men invoke prophecy, and the boundaries of Wales are defined according to Merlinic literature.

Another of Tolkien's favourites was Welsh, and features of Welsh phonology found their way into Sindarin.

Ler, like his Welsh counterpart, is a god of the sea, though in the case of the Gaelic myths his son Manannán mac Lir seems to take over his position and so features more prominently.

Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain, a series of fantasy novels inspired by Welsh myths, features a character named Gwydion, based somewhat on the Gwydion of myth, but markedly different in terms of moral character.

Additionally, the Welsh story Peredur son of Efrawg, a version of the Percival story with several striking deviations, features the hero visiting a mysterious castle, but he does not find the Grail there, but rather a severed human head.

* Andrjei Sapkowski's books from the Geralt de Rivia cicle features a form of Wild Hunt heavily based on the Welsh myth on the Cwn Annwn.

The song " Life Begin Again " features a duet with Welsh folksinger Julie Murphy, emphasising Plant's recurring interest in Welsh culture ( Murphy would also tour in support of Plant ).

The kingdom may have been ruled from the site that later became the English Bamburgh, which certainly features in Welsh sources as Din Guardi.

Furthermore, the track " Hireath " features a section called " Spoken Word ", in which Nicky Wire talks about Welsh identity.

S4C's remit is to provide a service which features a wide range of programmes in the Welsh language.

The 1974 episode " A Day Out ", which features a prison work party, was filmed in and around the Welsh village of Penderyn, the prisoners ' ' ditch ' being excavated by a JCB.

The impact crater Pwyll ( named after the Pwyll of Welsh mythology ) is thought to represent one of the youngest features on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

This release also features ex Henry Cow saxophonist / flautist Geoff Leigh, vocalist Lucianne Lassalle, poet Zoë Skoulding and the members of the Welsh group Ectogram.

Though much of Welsh mythology has been lost, shapeshifting magic features several times in what remains.

It features the " Mollies " ( fairy-like beings ) who live in close relationship with the land and their Korgi friends, who are based on and resemble the Pembroke Welsh corgi.

Scottish cuisine includes Arbroath Smokie and Haggis ; Irish cuisine features the Ulster fry and Irish Stew and Welsh cuisine is noted for Welsh rarebit.

The town's music scene appears regularly on national radio, in 2007 it featured on BBC Radio 1's Steve Lamacq show, and regularly features on the Welsh music portion of the station.