Black Sun (disambiguation)
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Black Sun may refer to:
- Black Sun (alchemy), used to refer to the sun in hermetic and alchemic study
- Black Sun (occult symbol), a symbol of esoteric or occult significance
- Black Sun (mythology)Black Sun (mythology)The Black Sun in Mesoamerican mythology has many mystical meanings, among them it is connected to the god Quetzalcoatl and his penetration in the Underworld through the west door after his diurnal passage on the sky. Amidst the Mexicas there were two suns, the young day sun and the ancient sun,...
, Mesoamerican mythology - Black Sun (sculpture)Black Sun (sculpture)Black Sun is a 1969 sculpture by Isamu Noguchi located in Seattle, Washington's Volunteer Park. The statue is situated on the eastern edge of the park's man-made reservoir, across from the Seattle Asian Art Museum...
, a sculpture by Isamu Noguchi in Seattle's Volunteer Park - Black Sun, a painting by Mikalojus Konstantinas ČiurlionisMikalojus Konstantinas CiurlionisMikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , also known as M. K. Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings...
- Black Sun, a former virtual reality 3D chat platform, renamed to BlaxxunBlaxxunblaxxun interactive originally named "Black Sun Interactive" was one of the first companies to develop a 3D community platform designed for the Internet using VRML and highly scalable multi-user server environments.- Company History :...
later - Sort sol (bird flock)Sort sol (bird flock)thumb|300px|right|A formation of [[starling]]s in the marshlands near [[Tønder]], [[Denmark]].Sort sol is a nature phenomenon in the marshlands in southwestern Jutland, Denmark, in particular the marsh near Tønder and Ribe...
(Danish for "black sun"), a seasonal flocking of birds
Film and television
- Black Sun (1964 film), directed by Koreyoshi KuraharaKoreyoshi Kuraharawas a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing Antarctica , which won several awards and was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival...
- Black Sun: The Nanking MassacreBlack Sun: The Nanking MassacreBlack Sun: The Nanking Massacre, also called Men Behind the Sun 4, is a 1994 Hong Kong film directed by Mou Tun Fei and is in many ways considered to be a follow up to the 1987 shockumentary film, Men Behind the Sun...
, a 1994 film - Black Sun (film), a documentary film
- Men Behind the Sun, also known as Black Sun:731, a 1988 Hong Kong film
- Black Sun (Space: 1999), an episode of the 1970s television series Space: 1999Space: 1999Space: 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident on 13 September 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and...
- Black Sun, the Nazi moonbase in the upcoming film Iron SkyIron SkyIron Sky is an upcoming Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. The film stars Udo Kier and Tilo Prückner...
- Black Sun, a 1996 film about the WewelsburgWewelsburgFor the village of Wewelsburg see Village of WewelsburgWewelsburg is a Renaissance castle located in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the village of Wewelsburg which is a quarter of the city Büren, Westphalia, in district of Paderborn in the Alme Valley. The castle has the...
mosaic - Black Sun (Il Sole Nero), a 2007 Italian film by Krzysztof ZanussiKrzysztof ZanussiKrzysztof Zanussi, is a Polish producer and film director.He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop...
- The Day of Black Sun, a two-part episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3)Season Three of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an American animated television series on Nickelodeon, first aired its 21 episodes from September 21, 2007 to July 19, 2008...
Literature
- Black Sun (Goodrick-Clarke book)
- The Black Sun (James Twining)The Black Sun (James Twining)The Black Sun is a 2005 historical novel by British author James Twining dealing with Nazism and occultism, Die Glocke and stolen Jewish art....
- Schwarze Sonne (book)
- Black Sun (Edward Abbey novel)
- Black Sun PressBlack Sun PressThe Black Sun Press was an English language book publisher founded in 1927 as Éditions Narcisse by poet Harry Crosby and his wife Caresse Crosby , American expatriates living in Paris...
- Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby, by Geoffrey WolffGeoffrey WolffGeoffrey Wolff is an American novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Among his honors and recognition are the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and fellowships of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Academy in Berlin , and the Guggenheim...
- Black Sun RisingBlack Sun RisingBlack Sun Rising, published in 1991, is a fantasy novel by C. S. Friedman. It is the first book in the Coldfire Trilogy, followed by When True Night Falls.-Plot introduction:...
, a 1991 novel - Black Sun, a book by Julia KristevaJulia KristevaJulia Kristeva is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, sociologist, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She is now a Professor at the University Paris Diderot...
- Black Sun (manga)Black Sun (manga)is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Uki Ogasawara. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga on 4 November 2008.-Reception:...
Music
- Black Sun EmpireBlack Sun EmpireBlack Sun Empire is the stage name of a team of Dutch disc jockeys and Drum & Bass music producers Rene Verdult and brothers Milan and Micha Heyboer....
, a drum & bass group- Black Sun Empire RecordingsBlack Sun Empire RecordingsBlack Sun Empire Recordings is a Dutch Drum and Bass record label run by production trio Micha Heyboer, Milan Heyboer & Rene Verdult aka Black Sun Empire. This record label mainly releases material from the owners, however the label has released material for various artists such as: Ill.Skillz,...
- Black Sun Empire Recordings
- Blacksun FestivalBlacksun Festivalthumb|200px|right|Scan of the 2005 Blacksun Festival program cover.The Blacksun Festival was an annual 3-day goth and industrial music international festival held in New Haven, Connecticut spread out between several different venues. The festival started in 2005...
, a music festival - Sort Sol (band), a Danish band
Albums
- Black Sun (Primal Fear album)
- Black Sun (Ra album)Black Sun (Ra album)Black Sun is the third studio album from the hard rock band Ra, released on September 23, 2008. A single, Broken-Hearted Soul, from Black Sun was released Christmas Day 2007, later becoming available on iTunes June 17, 2008. Black Sun was released to iTunes on September 16, 2008...
- The 2011 LP by Kode9Kode9Kode9 is a London-based electronic music artist, DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub record label. An MC, The Spaceape, is a frequent collaborator...
& the Spaceape
Songs
- "Black Sun", a song from the 1990 album Aion (Dead Can Dance album)
- "Black Sun: Draconian Trilogy", a song from the 1998 album Vovin (album)
- "Black Sun", a song from the 1994 album The Cult (album)The Cult (album)The Cult is the sixth studio album from English rock band, The Cult. It was released in October, 1994 on Beggars Banquet Records and it is also the band's last album on Sire Records in the USA. It is also commonly referred to as the "Black Sheep" record, due to the image of a Manx Loaghtan black...
- "Black Sun", a song by Darkest Hour from the 2009 album The Eternal Return (albumThe Eternal Return (album)The Eternal Return is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Darkest Hour released on June 23, 2009 through Victory Records. The album was produced by Brian McTernan who had previously produced Darkest Hour's debut album The Mark of the Judas in 2000...
- "Black Sun", a song from the 2002 album Children of the Black SunChildren of the Black SunAn album by Non, the primary project of musician Boyd Rice, released by Mute Records in 2002. Consists of seven tracks all of which are minimalist ambient noise compositions. One track, for instance, includes a French horn and a number of other instruments crescendoing while playing only one note,...
, by Non - "Schwarze Sonne" (song), a single from the 2003 album Die Prophezeiung by the trance group E Nomine
In popular culture
- Black Sun (Star Wars), a crime syndicate the Star Wars universe
- CyricCyricCyric is a deity in the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting, a branch of Dungeons & Dragons. Cyric has many titles, including the Prince of Lies, the Dark Sun, the Black Sun, the Mad God, and the Lord of Three Crowns...
, known as The Black Sun, a god in the Forgotten Realms universe - Black Sun, a virtual nightclub in the novel Snow CrashSnow CrashSnow Crash is Neal Stephenson's third novel, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics, and philosophy....
- Black Sun, the name Gorgom uses to refer to Kamen Rider Black (character)Kamen Rider BLACK (character)is the primary and eponymous protagonist in the 1987-1988 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Black, later evolving into Kamen Rider Black RX of Kamen Rider Black RX...
- Black Sun, an object in The City and the StarsThe City and the StarsThe City and the Stars is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. It is a complete rewrite of his earlier novella, Against the Fall of Night.-Overview:...
- Black Sun, a weapon in the video game Supreme Commander (game)
- Black Sun, an entity in the film The Fifth ElementThe Fifth ElementThe Fifth Element is a 1997 French science fiction film directed, co-written, and based on a story by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich...
- Black Sun Cult of Set, in Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
- Schwarze Sonne, Nazi moonbase in Iron SkyIron SkyIron Sky is an upcoming Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. The film stars Udo Kier and Tilo Prückner...
See also
Black Sun may be confused with:- Black Star (disambiguation)
- Dark Sun (disambiguation)
- Dark Star (disambiguation)