Aether

Aether, æther or ether may refer to:

Metaphysics and mythology

• Aether (classical element), the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere
• Aether (mythology) was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, in Greek mythology

Science and engineering

• Aether (classical element), a concept, historically, used in science (as a medium) and in philosophy (as a substance)
  • Aether theories in alchemy, natural philosophy, and very early modern physics which suppose a "fifth element"
  • Luminiferous aether, in early physics considered to be the medium through which light propagates
• Ether, a class of chemical compounds, or specifically:
  • Diethyl ether, which has the common name "ether"

Games

• Aether (video game), a 2008 puzzle game
• Aether, a fictional planet, main setting for the 2004 video game Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• Aether, a name of a move used in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• Aether, a gather-able object in Aion
• Aether, a sub-species form of Sariel in the PlayStation Portable game God Eater
• Aether, written on the walls in Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies and Call of Duty: Black Ops der riese.
• The Aether, a user created custom mod for Minecraft.
• The Aetherium, a chaotic, mechanized dimension parallel to Earth seen in the 1999 video game Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine

Music

Artists

• Ether (band), Welsh rock band (1996–1999)
• Ether, US-based Australian rock group better known as Memento, disbanded 2007

Albums

• Aether (album),a 2001 album by Australian jazz trio The Necks
• Ether (Babble album), 1996
• Ether (Fischer-Z album), 2002

Songs

• "Ether," a song from the 1979 album Entertainment! by Gang of Four
• "Ether" (song), a 2001 "diss" rap song by American rapper Nas
• "Aether", a track from the 1998 album Lead and Aether by Finnish funeral doom metal band Skepticism
• "Aether", a track from the 2009 album Without Sinking by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Other

• Ether (Book of Mormon prophet), a prophet from the Book of Mormon
• Ether, North Carolina

See also

• Ethernet