Lucifer (disambiguation)
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Lucifer
is most frequently another word for Satan
, but can also be the primary fallen angel. It may also refer to:
People and characters
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Lucifer
Traditionally, Lucifer is a name that in English generally refers to the devil or Satan before being cast from Heaven, although this is not the original meaning of the term. In Latin, from which the English word is derived, Lucifer means "light-bearer"...
is most frequently another word for Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
, but can also be the primary fallen angel. It may also refer to:
People and characters
- Hendrick LuciferHendrick LuciferHendrick Jacobszoon Lucifer was a Dutch-born pirate and brute.Hendrick's last name, Lucifer, referred not to a lighting stick, but to the fallen angel Lucifer, and was most likely used as a nickname due to his use of fire and smoke to surprise enemies.- Greatest success and death :In 1627,...
, famous pirate and brute - Saint LuciferSaint LuciferLucifer Calaritanus was a bishop of Cagliari in Sardinia known for his passionate opposition to Arianism. He is venerated as a Saint in Sardinia, though his status remains controversial.-Life:...
, a 4th century bishop - Lucifer, an early bishop of Siena
- The ring name of Tim Burke (wrestler)Tim Burke (wrestler)Timothy James "Tim" Burke , known by his ring name Lucifer, was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter who competed in numerous East Coast and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions during the 1990s and early 2000s; among the promotions he appeared in included the Atlantic Wrestling...
- Lucifer, pseudonym for composer Mort GarsonMort GarsonMort Garson who was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an electronic musician best known for his albums that predominantly feature Moog synthesizers.-Early life:...
Music
- Lucifer (band), a Japanese rock group
- Lucifer (rock band)Lucifer (rock band)Lucifer was a British solo rock project active in the early 1970s, the alias of Denys Irving. Howard Marks clearly states in his 1997 autobiography that Lucifer was the solo work of Denys Irving, with financial assistance from Marks....
, a 1970s UK outsider rock project - "Lucifer (Bob Seger song)Lucifer (Bob Seger song)"Lucifer" is a song written by Bob Seger featured on the album Mongrel. It reached #84 on the Pop Singles chart in 1970. Many Seger fans consider this to be one of Seger's best. Ben Edmonds, in his review of Mongrel, called "Lucifer" "easily the strongest cut on the record, and a great song in...
", a song by Bob Seger - Lucifer, a hip-hop song by Jay-ZJay-ZShawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
- Lucifer's Angel, a rock song by The Rasmus
- Lucifer, a song by Polish metal band BehemothBehemoth (band)Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
- Lucifer, an instrumental title from the album Eve by The Alan Parsons ProjectThe Alan Parsons ProjectThe Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians....
- Lucifer (Shinee album), an album by the Korean boy group SHINeeSHINeeShinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...
.- "LuciferLucifer (Shinee song)"Lucifer" is a song performed by South Korean boy band Shinee. The song was written by Yoo Young-jin, who also penned the lyrics of many other songs performed by Shinee.-Korean version:...
", a promotional single from the album.
- "Lucifer
Publications
- Lucifer (comics)Lucifer (comics)Lucifer, in comics, may refer to:*Lucifer , a comic book series and character from DC Comics's Vertigo line*Lucifer , a comic book supervillain from the Marvel Universe...
can refer to:- Lucifer (DC Comics)Lucifer (DC Comics)Lucifer is a DC Comics character that starred in an eponymous comic book published under the Vertigo imprint, whose entire run was written by Mike Carey...
, a comic book series and character from the Vertigo line - Lucifer (Marvel Comics)Lucifer (Marvel Comics)Lucifer is the name of two unrelated comic book characters from Marvel Comics. One is an alien supervillain of the X-Men and the other is a villain of Ghost Rider and is referred to as the Prince of Darkness.-Lucifer :...
, a comic book supervillain from the Marvel universe - Lucifer (Trident Comics), a comic by Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott, published by Trident ComicsTrident ComicsTrident Comics was a comic book publishing company based in Leicester, UK, specializing in black and white comics created by new British talent...
- Lucifer (DC Comics)
- Lucifer the LightbearerLucifer the LightbearerLucifer the Lightbearer was an individualist-anarchist journal published by Moses Harman in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally produced by a local branch of the National Liberal League as the Valley Falls Liberal , Harman changed the title after he assumed sole editorship in...
, an anarchist journal - Lucifer (magazine)Lucifer (magazine)Lucifer was a journal published by Helena Blavatsky. The first edition was issued in September 1887 in London.-History:The journal was first published by Blavatsky. From 1889 until Blavatsky's death in May 1891 Annie Besant was a co-editor. Besant then published the journal until September 1895,...
Science
- Lucifer (cipher)Lucifer (cipher)In cryptography, Lucifer was the name given to several of the earliest civilian block ciphers, developed by Horst Feistel and his colleagues at IBM. Lucifer was a direct precursor to the Data Encryption Standard...
, a block cipher which was the forerunner to DES - Lucifer (prawn)Lucifer (prawn)Lucifer is a little-known and degenerate genus of prawns, the only genus in the family Luciferidae. Lucifer has a long body, but many fewer appendages than other prawns, with only three pairs of pereiopods remaining, all without claws. It also bears no gills. The females, uniquely among prawns,...
, a genus of sea life - 1930 Lucifer1930 Lucifer1930 Lucifer is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 29, 1964 by E. Roemer at Flagstaff .- External links :*...
, an asteroid
Fiction
- Lucifer is the title of a play written by Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
in the 17th century, about the fallen angel - Lucemon, an angel Digimon based on Lucifer in appearance of forms and fall from grace story who is meant to be the main antagonist of Digimon Frontier
- In 2010: Odyssey Two2010: Odyssey Two2010: Odyssey Two is a 1982 best-selling science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It is the sequel to the 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, but continues the story of Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation with the same title and not Clarke's original novel. The book is a part of Clarke's...
, the sun formed from JupiterJupiterJupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,... - In A Canticle for LeibowitzA Canticle for LeibowitzA Canticle for Leibowitz is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., first published in 1960. Set in a Roman Catholic monastery in the desert of the southwestern United States after a devastating nuclear war, the story spans thousands of years as...
, the term for nuclear war or weaponry - Lucifer (Battlestar Galactica)Lucifer (Battlestar Galactica)Lucifer is a fictional character from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series. Lucifer is the robot assistant to Count Baltar, voiced by Jonathan Harris of Lost in Space fame....
, a Cylon character in Battlestar Galactica - Lucifer (Cinderella), the family cat in Disney's animated movie "Cinderella"
- SD Lucifer, a spaceship in Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
- Lucifer is the king of Dem in the videogame Demikids
Others
- The morning star (iubar, phosphorus), see Eosphorus
- LuceafărLuceafarLuceafăr in Romanian is the name of the "morning star" which in Romanian folklore is associated with demons but is also linked to the Greek Titan Hyperion...
, the Romanian name for the planet Venus (thought to be associated with demons in Romanian folklore) - A now obsolete word for matchMatchA match is a tool for starting a fire under controlled conditions. A typical modern match is made of a small wooden stick or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface...
es, especially the non-safety type tipped with potassium chlorate and antimony sulphide - A Belgian Pale alePale alePale ale is a beer which uses a warm fermentation and predominantly pale malt. It is one of the world's major beer styles.The higher proportion of pale malts results in a lighter colour. The term "pale ale" was being applied around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with coke, which resulted in a...
originally brewed by Brouwerij Riva - Lucifer, the second of Jake "The Snake" RobertsJake RobertsAurelian Jake Smith, Jr. is a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...
' three snakes