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Contents 1 People 1.1 Legendary or religious figures 2 Forms of immortality 3 Entertainment 3.1 Film and television 3.2 Music 3.2.1 Artists and labels 3.2.2 Albums 3.2.3 Songs 3.2.4 Fans 3.3 Literature 3.4 Comics 3.5 Games 4 See also

Immortality is a concept of eternal life.

Immortality, Immortal or Immortals may also refer to:

[edit] 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

[edit] Legendary or religious figures

• Eight Immortals of Taoism
• Immortals, immortal gods, including most on this list of deities

[edit] Forms of immortality

• Biological immortality
• Immortal DNA strand hypothesis

[edit] Entertainment

• Immortality in fiction

[edit] 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

[edit] Music

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 song by The Crüxshadows on the 2008 single Immortal

[edit] Fans

• "Immortals",a term for the fans of the Heavy Metal band Manowar who are totally without equal, in terms of their loyalty to their band.

[edit] 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

[edit] Comics

• The Immortal (Invincible), an Image Comics superhero character
• Immortal (comics), a 2006 online graphic novel by Dean Haspiel

[edit] 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
• Necron Immortals, a unit in Warhammer 40,000
• Protoss Immortals, a biomechanical unit in Starcraft 2
• Immortal: Invisible War, a role playing game originally published by Precedence Entertainment, now by Jikkarro Enterprises

[edit] See also

• Lahn al-Kholood, a.k.a Immortal Song, an Egyptian 1952 romance film
• The Immortals (disambiguation)
• Immortel (disambiguation)

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