Immortal

Immortal

Immortality is a concept of eternal life. Immortality, Immortal or Immortals may also refer to:

People

* Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, a group of medieval Japanese poets
* Immortals, members of the Académie française
* Immortal Guards (disambiguation) including:
** Persian Immortals, elite troops under the Achaemenean dynasty
** The Immortals, Nihang warriors or Sikh Akalis who have played the pivotal role in Sikh military history
* List of people who have claimed to be immortal

Legendary or religious figures

* Eight Immortals of Taoism
* Immortals, immortal gods, including most on this list of deities

Forms of immortality

* Biological immortality
* Immortal DNA strand hypothesis

Entertainment

Film and television

* "Immortel (Ad Vitam)", a 2004 film by Enki Bilal, titled "Immortal" in English
* Immortal (Highlander), sword-wielding characters from the live-action "Highlander" film and television series
* "The Immortal" (TV series), a 1970–1971 American television series
* "The Immortal" (Canadian TV series), a 2000–2001 Canadian television series
* The Immortal (Buffyverse), a character in the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" universe

Music

Artists and labels

* Immortal (band), a Norwegian black metal musical group
* The Immortals (band), a Belgian electronic band
* The Immortal (band), a Canadian techno artist
* Immortal Technique, a hip-hop MC and political activist
* Immortal Records, a record label

Albums

* "Immortal" (Cynthia Clawson album), a 1986 release
* "Immortal" (album), the 1996 debut by Beth Hart
* "Immortal" (Pyramaze album), a 2008 release

ongs

*"Immortality" (Pearl Jam song), a 1995 single on the album "Vitalogy"
*"Immortality" (Celine Dion song), a 1998 single on the album "Let's Talk About Love"
* "Immortality!!!", a gabber-track by DJ Delirium & DJ Buzz Fuzz, it samples Steppenwolf's "Born to be wild".
* "My Immortal", a song by Evanescence on the 2003 album "Fallen"
* "Immortal", a song by Clutch on the 2001 album "Pure Rock Fury"
* "Immortal", a song by Adema on the 2002 EP "Insomniac's Dream"
* "Immortal", a song by The Rasmus on the 2005 album "Hide from the Sun"
* "Immortal", a song by clutch "

Literature

* "The Immortal", a 1949 short story by Jorge Luis Borges
* "The Immortals" (novel), a 1996 novel by Tracy and Laura Hickman
* "Immortal" (Buffy novel), a 1999 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" novelization by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder

Comics

* The Immortal "(Invincible)", an Image Comics superhero character
* "Immortal" (comics), a 2006 online graphic novel by Dean Haspiel

Games

* Immortal game, a chess game played in 1851 by Adolf Anderssen against Lionel Kieseritzky
* "The Immortal" (computer game), a 1990 isometric action-adventure game
* Necron Immortals in the "Warhammer 40,000" universe.
* Protoss Immortals, a biomechanical unit in "Starcraft 2"
* , a role playing game originally published by Precedence Entertainment, now by Jikkarro Enterprises
* Lost Odyssey, a role playing game featuring immortal characters

ee also

* "Lahn al-Kholood", a.k.a "Immortal Song", an Egyptian 1952 romance film
* "My Immortal", a song by American alt-rock band Evanescence


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