Firebird
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Firebird and fire bird may refer to:
Contents |
[edit] Music
- The Firebird, ballet for which Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) composed the music
- Firebird (band), late 1990s/2000s blues-based power trio
- The Firebirds, a rock and roll band from Bristol
- Firebird (trumpet), trumpet with valves and slide invented by Maynard Ferguson
- Gibson Firebird, solid-body electric guitar from the early 1960s
- Firebirds (album), a jazz album by Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons
[edit] Folklore
- Bennu, Egyptian firebird
- Huma (mythology), Persian firebird
- Simurgh, Persian phoenix
- Phoenix (mythology), sacred firebird found in the mythologies of many cultures
- Firebird (Russian folklore) (Жар-Птица)
[edit] Fiction
- Firebirds (anthology), a collection of short stories for young adults by Firebird Books
- Firebird (Marvel Comics), character in Marvel Comics publications
- Firebird (Amalgam Comics), amalgamated character appearing in the Amalgam comic books jointly published by both DC and Marvel Comics
- Firebird (Tyers novel), a science fiction novel by Kathy Tyers
- Firebird (Lackey novel), a novel retelling the Russian folk tale, by Mercedes Lackey
- Fire Birds, a 1990 action film directed by David Green
- Firebird Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., launched January 2002
[edit] Software
- Firebird (database server), database management system forked from the open sources of InterBase from Borland
- Firebird, defunct games software label owned by Telecomsoft
- Hino Tori, computer game known as Firebird in Europe, developed by Konami, Japan in 1987
- Mozilla Firebird, former name of the Mozilla Firefox browser
- Firebird BBS, one of two main telnet-based systems developed in Taiwan
- Firebirds (computer game), computer game for the ZX Spectrum released in 1983
- Firebird (chess engine), open source software
[edit] Sport
- Albany Firebirds, American Arena Football team
- Indiana Firebirds, former Arena Football team
- Queensland Firebirds, Australian netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland
- UDC Firebirds, University of the District of Columbia Athletics program
- Wellington Firebirds, New Zealand First-Class cricket team based in Wellington
- Firebird International Raceway, dragstrip and motorsports park in Phoenix, Arizona
[edit] Birds
Various species with brilliant red or orange plumage:
[edit] Automobiles
- Pontiac Firebird, American muscle car
- General Motors Firebird, series of concept cars
[edit] Weapons
- AAM-A-1 Firebird, an American air-to-air missile of the 1940s
[edit] Aircraft
- Northrop Grumman Firebird, a reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman
 |
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
