Enigma
Overview
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:
Riddle
A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and...
generally expressed in radical or allegorical language that requires ingenuity and careful thought for its solution.
Enigma, aenigma, or enigmatic may also refer to:
- "Aenigma", a song by Luca Turilli from his Prophet of the Last EclipseProphet of the Last EclipseProphet of the Last Eclipse is the second album in a solo trilogy by symphonic power metal songwriter Luca Turilli of the band Rhapsody of Fire. It was released on November 26, 2002 by Limb Music Productions. The ten tracks tell a story about the world Zaephyr and its destruction...
album - Enigma (musical project)Enigma (musical project)Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...
, an electronic music project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu - Enigma RecordsEnigma RecordsEnigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company...
, a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s - Enigma (UK band), a 1980s band
- Enigma (Keith Murray album), 1996
- Enigma (Ill Niño album)Enigma (Ill Niño album)-Singles:* "The Alibi of Tyrants" – The video was filmed live at the 2007 With Full Force festival in Germany....
, the fourth studio album by the metal band Ill Niño - "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)"Enigma " - a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1978.- Song information :"Enigma" was released as the third single from Lear's second album, Sweet Revenge. Depending on territory, "Run Baby Run", "Hollywood Flashback" or "Gold" made the single B-side, all from Sweet Revenge. Different...
", a 1978 song by Amanda Lear - "Enigma", a song by Trapt from their TraptTrapt (album)Trapt is the debut album from the Rock band Trapt. With three hit singles, the album ascended to #42 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA on May 15, 2003 then platinum on November 24 of that same year, making it Trapt's most successful album to date...
album - "Enigma", a song by Amorphis from their Silent Waters album
- Enigmatic (album)Enigmatic (album)Enigmatic - Czesław Niemen's rock album released in 1970. It is considered to be the best Polish rock album ever.Inspired in 1968 by Wojciech Młynarski Niemen decided to make his new album with polish poetry as lyrics...
, a 1970 Czesław Niemen album - Enigma VariationsEnigma VariationsVariations on an Original Theme for orchestra , Op. 36, commonly referred to as the Enigma Variations, is a set of a theme and its fourteen variations written for orchestra by Edward Elgar in 1898–1899. It is Elgar's best-known large-scale composition, for both the music itself and the...
, a musical work by Edward Elgar
- Enigma (2009 film)Enigma (2009 film)Enigma is a 2009 science-fiction short film. It is written and directed by the Shumway Brothers .-Plot:Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis become an unsolvable mystery. All hands on board have been killed...
, a short film by the Shumway Brothers - Enigma (1983 film)Enigma (1983 film)Enigma is a 1983 motion picture directed by Jeannot Szwarc, and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey and Kevin McNally.-Plot:...
, a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill - Enigma (2001 film)Enigma (2001 film)Enigma is a 2001 British film about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II. The film, directed by Michael Apted, stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet. The film's screenplay was by Tom Stoppard, based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris...
, a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel - Enigma (TV series)Enigma (TV series)Enigma is a Canadian documentary TV series about enigmas throughout history developed by Reel Time Images and VisionTV Reel Time Images. Each episode is 47 minutes and focuses on a riddle, a puzzle, or mystery, which the documentary sets out to solve or illuminate.-Episodes:# Aleister Crowley: The...
, 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
- Enigma (1977 film), a film starring Guy DolemanGuy DolemanGuy Doleman was a New Zealand actor.He is perhaps best known for his role as "Count Lippe" in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, and as "Colonel Ross" in the three film adaptations of Len Deighton's "Harry Palmer" novels, starring Michael Caine, in the 1960s...
- Aenigma (film)Aenigma (film)-Plot:After her snobby schoolmates accidentally send her into a coma, poor little Kathy has only one way to get even--with her mind. Eva, another schoolgirl, falls under the spell of Kathy's vengeful psyche, which is capable of horrible destruction using telekinesis and even killer snails to do her...
, a 1987 film by Lucio Fulci - Enigma (game show), a Finnish television show by YLE FST5
- Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy, a DVD showcasing the pro-wrestling career of Jeff HardyJeff HardyJeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he is a former two–time TNA World Heavyweight Champion...
- Enigma, a character in the TV series Nip/TuckNip/TuckNip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
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