Ariel

Not to be confused with Aerial (disambiguation), Arial, or Airiel.

The name Ariel (Hebrew, "Lion of God") is a prophetic name for Jerusalem found in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish, Christian and secular literature.

Ariel may refer to:

Places

• Ariel, one of the names for Jerusalem
• Ariel (city), an Israeli settlement and a city in the central West Bank
• Ariel University Center of Samaria, Israeli university
• Ariel (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, a town and its namesake lake in the United States

People

• Ariel (given name), any of several real or fictional people of that name

• Ariel, stage name of female pro wrestler Shelly Martinez

Fictional characters

• Ariel (The Tempest), a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
• Ariel (anime), an anime video series
• Ariel (angel), an angel in Judaism, Christianity (Gnostic) and occult lore
• Ariel (The Little Mermaid), the title character of the 1989 film The Little Mermaid

Film

• Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
• Ariel (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki

Publications

• Ariel (novel), a science fiction novel by Russian author Alexander Beliaev
• Ariel (newspaper), the in-house magazine of the BBC
• Ariel, an Israeli literary magazine since 1962
• Ariel's Crossing, a novel by American writer Bradford Morrow
• Ariel (book), the last book of poetry by Sylvia Plath
  • "Ariel" (poem), poem by Plath this book is named for
• Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, a periodical published in the 1970s in book form
• Ariel (campus newspaper), the former campus newspaper at the University of Minnesota
• Ariel, published in 1900, a highly influential work by Uruguayan essayist José Enrique Rodó
• Ariel, literary arts magazine at Washington and Lee University
• Ariel, a comedic newspaper by Israel Zangwill
• Ariel, a novel by French writer Andre Maurois
• Ariel, a 1983 post-apocalyptic fantasy by Steve Boyett

Television

• Ariel, a planet visited in "The Last Sunset", an episode of Space: 1999
• "Ariel" (Firefly episode), an episode of the television series Firefly

Music

• Meir Ariel (1942–1999), Israeli singer-songwriter
• Ariel (band), an Australian rock band of the mid-1970s
• Ariel (Canadian band), a Quebec-based French Canadian band
• "Ariel" (song) by Dean Friedman
• Ariels, an album by electronica band Bent
• "Ariel", a song by The Cure unreleased until remastered on their album The Top
• "Ariel", a song by the British hard rock band Rainbow on their album Stranger in Us All
• Ariel, an EP by downtempo band Alpha
• "Motion of Ariel", a song by The Loud Family on their album Attractive Nuisance
• "Ariel", a song by Babes In Toyland from the album Nemesisters
• "Ariel", a song by Diane Birch from the album Bible Belt
• "Ariel", a song by October Project
• "Ariel", a song by Braid on the album Frame and Canvas

Commercial products

• Ariel, a Beanie Baby bear produced by Ty, Inc. in memory of Ariel Glaser
• Ariel (laundry), a washing powder brand

Vehicles

• Ariel (American automobile)
• Ariel Atom, a sports car with an exoskeletal chassis
• Ariel Ltd, a modern British car company
• Ariel Motorcycles a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
• Ariel (vehicle), a former manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, and cars, including a car of the same name
• Ariel 3, the first artificial satellite designed and built in the United Kingdom

Ships

• Ariel (clipper), a British clipper ship
• Ariel (schooner), a 4-masted schooner built by Matthew Turner
• HMS Ariel, any of ten ships of the Royal Navy
• ST Ariel, a tugboat
• USS Ariel, any of five ships of the United States Navy

Other

• Ariel Gazelle, another name for the Dorcas Gazelle
• Operation Ariel, the British military evacuation from western France in World War II

See also

• Arielle (given name)
• Aerial (disambiguation)
• Arial, a font
• Ari (lion)
• Ari (name)