Alfheim (, " elf home ") is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology and appears also in Anglo-Scottish ballads under the form Elfhame ( Elphame, Elfame ) as a fairyland, sometimes modernized as Elfland ( Elfinland, Elvenland ).

Enki, the Water-Lord then " caused to flow the ' water of the heart " and having fertilised his consort Ninhursag, also known as Ki or Earth, after " Nine days being her nine months, the months of ' womanhood '... like good butter, Nintu, the mother of the land, ... like good butter, gave birth to Ninsar, ( Lady Greenery )".

The show also aired on RTÉ Two in Ireland, and in Australia on Nine Network ( season 1 ) and ABC Television ( seasons 2 and 3 ).

* In The Club Dumas, author Arturo Pérez-Reverte introduced the grimoire The Nine Doors of the Kingdom of Shadows ( also called The Ninth Gate ) as well as the Delomalanicon.

In the European Middle Ages, Hector figures as one of the Nine Worthies noted by Jacques de Longuyon, known not only for his courage but also for his noble and courtly nature.

Although the war was long and difficult ( it was also called the Nine Years War ), its results were inconclusive.

In the first 9 days of the lunar 9th month festival, an oil lamp of 9 branches may also be lit to honour both the Northern Dipper and 2 other assistant stars ( collectively known as the Nine Emperor Stars ), sons of Dou Mu appointed by the Taoist Trinity ( the Three Pure Ones ) to hold the Books of Life and Death of humanity.

Miles breaks into Ryoval's laboratory, but is caught and imprisoned in a utility sublevel where they are also keeping Canaba's dangerous specimen, " Nine ".

Parkes also worked with Nine Inch Nails on the album With Teeth by providing additional programming on " All The Love In The World " and remixing the single " The Hand That Feeds.

At around the same time Grundy's created a new teen-oriented soap, The Young Doctors, which also screened on Channel Nine starting late 1976.

In the American Star Trek science-fiction franchise, the Maquis are a 24th Century paramilitary organization or terrorist group first introduced in the 1994 episode " The Maquis " of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, who subsequently also appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.

" Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: First Contact and Dr. Phlox from Star Trek: Enterprise all use variations of the line, which has also made its way into many other shows such as Stargate Atlantis, Robot Chicken, Terra Nova, and Friends.

The Starfleet Engineering Corps ( also called the Starfleet Corps of Engineers ) is mentioned in several episodes in conjunction with projects such as hollowing out the underground laboratory complex inside the Regula I asteroid in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the design of the Yellowstone-class Runabout in the alternate timeline in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Non Sequitur ", and devising a defense against the Breen energy-dampening weapon in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " When It Rains ..." As a result of these successes, Starfleet engineers have gained a reputation as the undisputed masters of technological adaptation and modification.

It is also collected in The Nine Billion Names of God and The Lost Worlds of 2001.

The false stereotype of XYY boys and men as violent criminals has also been used as a plot device in the horror films Il gatto a nove code in February 1971 ( dubbed into English as The Cat o ' Nine Tails in May 1971 ) and Alien³ in May 1992.

The game is also known as Nine Man Morris, Mill, Mills, Merels, Merelles, and Merrills in English.

It is also called " Nine Holes ".

Mattacks also played on Nine ( 1974 ), but left halfway through the making of the follow-up Rising for the Moon following an altercation with engineer Glyn Johns.

The USS Defiant, introduced in the third season of Deep Space Nine, was said to use ablative armor in addition to shields ; this technology also appeared in the alternate time line of the early 25th century shown in the Star Trek: Voyager series finale " Endgame ", where it withstood repeated assaults by Borg weaponry and tractor beams.

Actor Andrew J. Robinson has also stated that his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, Elim Garak, was partially influenced by Bixby's character.

Debra Byrne has also had a successful career on stage starring in " Cats ", " Les Miserables ", " Sunset Boulevard ", " Mary Poppins " and many others, and currently stars in 2012 Nine Network television drama series " Tricky Business ".

The Nazgûl ( from Black Speech nazg, " ring ", and gûl, " wraith, spirit " ( presumably related to gul, " sorcery "); also called Ringwraiths, Ring-wraiths, Black Riders, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

When Gandalf first told Frodo Baggins about the Rings of Power in The Fellowship of the Ring, he said, " The Nine he had gathered to himself ; the Seven also, or else they are destroyed.

Railroading has also been a popular theme, with ballads such as " Wreck of the Old 97 " and " Nine Pound Hammer " ( from the legend of John Henry ) being exemplary.

Some of the Committee's duties include the confirmation of a new Praetor, and to hear criminal charges brought against Romulan Senators ( in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges ", the Continuing Committee convened to hear evidence of treason on the part of Senator Kimara Cretak ).

Nine other passengers and crew had managed to float off a lifeboat from the stern section before it too sank, and were picked up in the night by a passing Montrose sloop and brought into South Shields that same night.

Honoured for his services at William's coronation with the earldom of Marlborough, he served with further distinction in the early years of the Nine Years ' War, but persistent charges of Jacobitism brought about his fall from office and temporary imprisonment in the Tower.

The accusations were eventually dismissed as a fabrication and Fenwick executed – the King himself had remained incredulous – but it was not until 1698, a year after the Treaty of Ryswick brought an end to the Nine Years ' War, that the corner was finally turned in William's and Marlborough's relationship.

The KLH Nine was designed in the mid-1950s by Arthur A. Janszen, and thousands were sold after the design was brought over to KLH in 1959 and put into regular production.

Salinger's Nine Stories and The Catcher in the Rye to Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, the perceived madness of the state of affairs in America was brought to the forefront of the nation's literary expression.

Hendra brought in John Lloyd, producer of Not The Nine O ' Clock News.

Nine ships brought the déportés back to France.

Nine years after the original proposal was brought up, the New Jersey State Legislature developed a charter for a new turnpike from Trenton to New Brunswick.

Nine hundred feet of wall was brought down between the Sacred and Piraeic gates on the southwest side of the city.

In 1600 Mountjoy went to Ireland as Lord Deputy in succession to Essex and, with the able assistance of Sir George Carew, brought the Nine Years War to an end with ruthless scorched-earth tactics in the stronghold of the rebel Hugh O ' Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone in Ulster.

Siddig's performance in A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia ( 1992 ) brought him to the attention of Rick Berman who was creating the new series " Star Trek: Deep Space Nine " ( 1993 ).

Nine months later, Maudling had proved his usefulness and Macmillan brought him into the Cabinet ( 17 September 1957 ) where he acted more as a Minister without Portfolio: he had specific responsibility for persuading the six members of the embryonic European Economic Community, who had recently signed the Treaty of Rome, to abandon their proposal for a customs union in favour of a wider free-trade area where each country would preserve their own external tariffs.

In the episode Mortal Coil he loses this faith after being clinically dead for several hours, and having no vision of an afterlife, after being brought back to life with Borg technology employed by Seven of Nine.

When a damaged Cardassian ship shows up near Deep Space Nine, Sisko has it brought in and he and O ' Brien greet the passengers.

Nine Inch Nails, the " one-man-band " formed by Trent Reznor, brought the genre to mainstream audiences with albums such as the Grammy-winning Broken and the best-selling The Downward Spiral, accompanied by their groundbreaking performance at Woodstock ' 94.

The conclusion of the Nine Years War ( 1594 – 1603 ), again lost by the Gaelic Irish, brought some stability to Ireland however the commencement of the plantations from 1606 set the scene for the great 1641 rebellion.

Ironically a segment of The Nine Ages of Nakedness had ended with Marks ’ alter-ego ‘ The Great Marko ’ being brought up before a crooked Judge ( Cardew Robinson ) on obscenity charges.

They developed from a group called the Nine O ' Clock Service in Sheffield, England in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was brought to the United States and further developed by Fox in the mid 1990s.

Featured roles in films such as the 2000 comedy film The Whole Nine Yards brought her to a much wider recognition.

Frustrated, he finally fired Wright and Forrest and brought in Maury Yeston in 1989, with whom he had worked in Nine, to compose six new songs and revise others ( including rewriting over half the lyrics in the show ).

In 2002, the company was brought back to life, distributing primarily films produced by Nine Films and Television, Channel 9's film production arm, and major independent studios, such as Lions Gate Entertainment.

In 1969, Whitfield produced a version for the Temptations " psychedelic soul " album, Cloud Nine, in which he " brought compelling percussion to the fore, and relegated the piano well into the wings ".

Channel Nine also wanted more " star power " in the show, so Gary Sweet was brought in as Luke Harris ( and Roxane Wilson decided to leave ), and Rebecca Gibney – now out of a job without Halifax f. p.