Though there is a popular myth that one must be a 40 year old Jewish man, and learned in the Talmud before one is allowed to delve into Kabbalah, Chaim Vital says exactly the opposite in his introduction to Eitz Chaim.

In the book's introduction, Schwartz states that the word " myth ", as used in the book, " is not offered to mean something that is not true, as in the current popular usage ".

Walter Burkert notes that though the story of Hippodamia's abduction figures in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and on the chest of Cypselus ( c. 570 BCE ) that was conserved at Olympia, and though preparations for the chariot-race figured in the east pediment of the great temple of Zeus at Olympia, the myth of the chariot race only became important at Olympia with the introduction of chariot racing in the twenty-fifth Olympiad ( 680 BCE ).

570 BCE ) that was conserved at Olympia, and though preparations for the chariot-race figured in the east pediment of the great temple of Zeus at Olympia, the myth of the chariot race only became important at Olympia with the introduction of chariot racing in the twenty-fifth Olympiad ( 680 BCE ).

Krappe believes Balor comes from a very ancient myth, perhaps, he suggests, going back to fertility rites at the time of the introduction of agriculture, of a woman ( the earth ) shut away by an old man ( the old year ), impregnated by another man, whose child ( the new year ), then kills the old man.

The mythology of the British Islands: an introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry and romance.

The mythology of the British Islands: an introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry and romance.

Buschman showed that migration explained the introduction of the lovebug into Florida and other southeastern states, contrary to the urban myth that the University of Florida created them by manipulating DNA to control mosquito populations.

This greatly resembles the " creation myth " narrated during the game's introduction:

Shelley's own introduction to the play explains his intentions behind the work and he defends the artistic freedom he has taken in his adaptation of Aeschylus ' myth:

This introduction is followed by the story of the first man, Keyumars, who also became the first king after a period of mountain dwelling.

New to this version were lasers and SuperMags as well as a couple of new skies and the introduction of scanned mountain ranges.

Technology and design advances in mountain snowmobiles have skyrocketed since 2003 with Ski-Doo's introduction of the " REV " framework platform.

Pollution, habitat destruction and fragmentation, over harvesting ( in the form of illegal poaching ), agriculture, and the introduction of diseases are some of the usual suspects ; the mountain gorilla suffers from all of these.

Though not indigenous wildlife to the Black Hills ( except mountain sheep ), these animals are what is left of the escapees of Custer State Park from a previous introduction from Canada.

The reoccupation of mountain areas started in the 12th century, intensifying the 16th century with the introduction of maize, bean and potato from the Americas.

Nauroz Khan became Nawab and leader of the Zehri tribe in the Jhalawan area of Kalat at a time before the introduction of electricity or motor vehicles, head of a largely nomadic people in a harsh mountain / desert environment, but with a rich tradition of Baluchi, Persian and Muslim culture.

According to the introduction, for as long as he could remember, 17 year old Gwydion has been held captive by Manannan as his servant, cooking and cleaning for him in his home atop a large mountain in Llewdor.

Next was the introduction of the Micro Drive 94 / 56mm BCD five-bolt compact mountain bike crankset, which saved weight, increased ground clearance, and permitted lower gearing for hill-climbing.

The distribution of mountain galaxias species has been massively fragmented by the introduction of brown trout ( Salmo trutta ) and rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ).

The introduction to the Sermon on the Plain also has Jesus go up into a mountain in Luke 6: 12, but he goes there merely to pray and descends before beginning his preaching.

This take also has a noticeably different spoken-word introduction, with Rocky coming from " a little town in Minnesota ", rather than the album version's " black mountain hills out Dakota ", and McCartney's faux-Western accent is more pronounced.

The race saw the introduction of mountains in the Tour de France, and René Pottier excelled in the first mountain, although he could not finish the race.

The introduction of mountain stages had also been successful, so this year not only the Vosges were included, but also the Massif Central.

In this play tension is maintained until the very end, when Euripides negotiates a peace and Mnesilochus is released from his bonds, yet the play is still typical of an Old Comedy in its introduction of ' unwanted visitors ' in the latter part of the play-here they include Menelaus, Perseus and Echo i. e. Euripides disguized as characters from his own plays.

The retention of a tradition confronted with such a crisis necessitates the introduction of new spiritual forces into the situation.

These boys acknowledged an introduction to anybody by gently pressing one of his hands in both of theirs, while they gazed, misty-eyed with care, into the eyes of the person they were meeting.

A rough ostinato figure, heard first in the introduction to the inn scene, characterizes him amusingly and reappears whenever he comes into the action:

Her father, James Upton, was the Upton mentioned by Hawthorne in the famous introduction to the Scarlet Letter as one of those who came into the old custom house to do business with him as the surveyor of the port.

There was keen competition between the two from the introduction of the The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing | Algebra into Europe in the 12th century until its triumph in the 16th.

The tubes allow introduction of a small camera, surgical instruments, and gases into the cavity for direct or indirect visualization and treatment of the abdomen.

They were concept albums, and typically began with an instrumental introduction which faded into the first song, often had an instrumental piece in the middle of the second LP side, and concluded with a quiet, melancholic, or powerful song.

About a fifth of the law code is taken up by Alfred's introduction, which includes translations into English of the Decalogue, a few chapters from the Book of Exodus, and the " Apostolic Letter " from Acts of the Apostles ( 15: 23 – 29 ).

Alfred's first translation was of Pope Gregory the Great's Pastoral Care, which he prefaced with an introduction explaining why he thought it necessary to translate works such as this one from Latin into English.

Dürer's introduction of classical motifs into Northern art, through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists, has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance.

Instruments have divided Christendom since their introduction into worship.

Until the introduction of gunpowder into western warfare artillery depended upon mechanical energy to operate and this severely limited the kinetic energy of the projectiles while also requiring the construction of very large apparatus to store sufficient energy.

After introduction into the vacuum system, the sample is reduced to cryogenic temperatures ( typically 20-100 K ) and manipulated such that the needle's point is aimed towards an ion detector.

The European brass industry continued to flourish into the post medieval period buoyed by innovations such as the 16th century introduction of water powered hammers for the production of battery wares.

The flow of fresh water into the sea from approximately two-hundred rivers and the introduction of salt from the South builds up a gradient of salinity in the Baltic Sea.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

When pro-reform forces came into power in the spring 1997, an ambitious economic reform package, including introduction of a currency board regime, was agreed to with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and the economy began to stabilise.

In 1913, inspired by the introduction of women into Olympic swimming, designer Carl Jantzen made the first functional two-piece swimwear, a close-fitting one-piece with shorts on the bottom and short sleeves on top .< ref name = heritage >

Whereas in the past, the National and American leagues had separate administrative organizations ( which, for example, allowed for the introduction of different rules such as the designated hitter ), under Selig, Major League Baseball consolidated the administrative functions of both leagues into the Commissioner's Office in 2000.

* Realignment of teams into three divisions per league, and the introduction of playoff wild card teams ( 1994 )

Toward the end of the 1920s, the introduction of sound into movies made possible dramatic new film styles and the use of verbal humour.

Within a few years of nationalisation, a number of progressive measures had been carried out which did much to improve conditions in the mines, including better pay, a five-day workweek, a national safety scheme ( with proper standards at all the collieries ), a ban on boys under the age of 16 going underground, the introduction of training for newcomers before going down to the coalface, and the making of pithead baths into a standard facility.

The introduction of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman in 1938 turned comic books into a major industry, and is the start of the Golden Age of comics.

A less accessible but rather efficient method is introduction of a radioactive isotope into the reaction and monitoring how it changes over time and where it moves to ; this method is often used to analyze redistribution of substances in the human body.

Mobile communications have improved because of the introduction of wireless carriers into this developing country.