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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 (French: immortels), members of the Académie française
The Immortals (rugby league), a group of Australia's best Rugby League players
Immortal Guards, including:
The Persian Immortals, existing in Persia under the Achaemenean dynasty
Immortals (Byzantine), established under the Byzantine emperor Michael VII
The Immortals, the Iranian Imperial Guard, existing in Persia and Iran in the 20th century under the Pahlavi 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

Immortality in fiction

Film and television

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

Music

Artists and labels

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

Albums

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

Songs

"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
"Immortal", a song by Clutch on the 2001 album Pure Rock Fury
"Immortal", a song by Adema on the 2002 EP Insomniac's Dream
"My Immortal", a song by Evanescence on the 2003 album Fallen
"Immortal", a song by The Rasmus on the 2005 album Hide from the Sun
"Immortal", a 2008 single by The Crüxshadows

Literature

"The Immortal", a 1949 short story by Jorge Luis Borges
Immortal (Buffy novel), a 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer novelization by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
The Immortals (Grey Griffins novel), fourth book of the Grey Griffins series by Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis, announced for 2009 release
Immortals (anthology), a 1998 anthology edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
Immortality (novel), a 1990 novel by Milan Kundera.

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
Immortal: Invisible War, a role playing game by Ran Ackels first published in 1994 by Precedence Entertainment
Necron Immortals, a unit in Warhammer 40,000
Protoss Immortals, a biomechanical unit in Starcraft 2

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Immortal" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech.

Translation(s) in other languages: Spanish: Inmortal, French: Immortel, Korean: 임모탈, Japanese: イモータル, Turkish: İmmortal.


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