Enigma
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An enigma is a type of riddle generally expressed in radical or allegorical language that requires ingenuity and careful thought for its solution.
Enigma, aenigma, or enigmatic may also refer to:
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[edit] Music
- Enigma Records, a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s
- Enigma (UK band), a 1980s band
- Enigma (musical project), an electronic music project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu
- Enigmatic (album), a 1970 Czesław Niemen album
- Enigma (Ill Niño album), the fourth studio album by the metal band Ill Niño
- Enigma (Keith Murray album), 1996
- "Enigma", a song by Trapt from 2002's Trapt (album)
- "Enigma", a song by Amorphis from 2007's Silent Waters (Amorphis album)
- "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", a 1978 song by Amanda Lear
- "Aenigma", a song by Luca Turilli from his Prophet of the Last Eclipse album
- Enigma Variations, a musical work by Edward Elgar
[edit] Film and television
- Enigma (2009 film), a short film by the Shumway Brothers
- Enigma (1983 film), a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill
- Enigma (2001 film), a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
- Enigma (TV series), a Biography Channel TV series
- "Enigma" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
- "Enigma" (NCIS), an episode of NCIS
- Enigma (Derren Brown), a televised tour show
- Aenigma (film), a 1987 film by Lucio Fulci
- Enigma, a character in the TV series Nip/Tuck (Season 6: Ep. 2)
[edit] Publications
- Enigma (novel), a novel by Robert Harris
- "Enigma" and "An Enigma", two poems by Edgar Allan Poe
- Enigma, the second novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
- The Enigma, a monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League
- Enigma, a mathematical puzzle published in New Scientist
[edit] Comics/manga
Main article: Enigma (comics)
- enigma, a manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump
[edit] Medieval literature
- Aenigmata, collection of riddles by Symphosius
- Enigmata by Aldhelm
- Enigmata Eusebii by Hwaetberht
- Enigmata by Tatwine
- Enigmata by Saint Boniface
[edit] Video games
- Enigma (video game), a computer game
- Enigma, a fictional region in Wing Commander (video game)
- Enigma, a fictional rune word in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
- Enigma, the main antagonist in Spy Fiction (video game)
- Enigma, a fictional hero in the "Warcraft 3" custom game Defense Of The Ancients
- Enigma, a fictional berry in Pokémon (video game series)
[edit] Other uses
- Aenigma (genus), a genus of jumping spiders from South Africa
- Aenigma (beetle), a genus of beetles
- Enigma machine, any of a family of related electro-mechanical rotor machines used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages during World War II
- The Enigma, a performer in the Jim Rose Circus
- Enigma, Georgia, a town in Georgia, USA
- Enigma (yacht), one of the world's largest private superyachts
- Enigma (roller coaster), a roller coaster in Pleasurewood Hills
- Enigma Titanium, a British bicycle company
- Enigma tornado outbreak (1884), among the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history
- Enigma, the codename for Red Hat Linux 7.2
- Enigma Motorsport, a British motor-racing team
[edit] See also
- Paradox
- Paradox (literature)
- Publius Enigma, an unsolved Internet-based puzzle
- Puzzle
- The Riddler, a character from the Batman universe whose real name is Edward Nigma
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