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Many cultures around the world have stories about groups of nine women.In Great Britain they occur in a variety of situations. In Scotland there are references to Nine Maidens, purportedly a group of, [clarification needed] [1] and there were a number of wells dedicated to them, [2] but like all similar groupings would appear to have had their origin in pre-Christian times.
On the side of Belstone Tor, near Oakhampton [sic], is a small grave circle called "Nine Stones." It is said to dance every day at noon. [5] The stones are said to have originally been nine maidens who were cast into stone and damned to dancing every noon for eternity as a punishment for dancing on the Sabbath. Equally, the story has involved ...
Nine Maidens may refer to: Boskednan stone circle, traditionally known as the Nine Maidens; Nine Maidens stone circle, near Belstone on Dartmoor; Nine Maidens stone row, near St Columb Major in Cornwall; Nine Maidens Downs, near Four Lanes in Cornwall; The Nine Maidens, an album by John Renbourn; Nine maidens (mythology), a theme in mythology
The nine sorceresses or nine sisters (Welsh: naw chwaer) are a recurring element in Arthurian legend in variants of the popular nine maidens theme from world mythologies. . Their most important appearances are in Geoffrey of Monmouth's introduction of Avalon and the character that would later become Morgan le Fay, and as the central motif of Peredur's story in the Peredur son of Efrawg part of ...
The row comprises nine stone megaliths and is situated in a field alongside the A39 between St Columb Major and Wadebridge.The row is approximately 108 metres (354 ft) long, with stones varying in height from 0.8 metres (2.6 ft) (a stump) to 2.1 metres (6.9 ft). [2]
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration ruled in 2015 that picamilon does not fit any of the dietary ingredient categories in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, [7] [9] namely that it is not a vitamin; a dietary mineral; an herb or other botanical; an amino acid; a dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary ...
Prescription products can be immediate release (Niacor, 500 mg tablets) or extended release (Niaspan, 500 and 1000 mg tablets). Niaspan has a film coating that delays release of the niacin, resulting in an absorption over a period of 8–12 hours.
It was a combination of the lipid-modifying drug/vitamin niacin in extended release form and the statin drug lovastatin (trade name Mevacor). [1] The combination preparation was developed by Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2006, subsequently transferred to AbbVie Inc. when that company was spun off from ...