Angel (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Literature 2 Comics 3 Games 4 Film 5 Television 6 Theatre 7 Music 8 People 9 Places 10 Sports 11 Other 12 See also 13 Etymology

Angel may refer to:

• Angel, a supernatural entity in many religions. This is the original meaning.
  • Angels in art, widely depicted in many cultures
  • Angel of death, a specific manifestation in some religions

[edit] Literature

• "The Angel", a Hans Christian Andersen short story
• Angel, a 1957 novel by the novelist Elizabeth Taylor
• Frank Angel, hero of a series of Western books by Frederick H Christian
• Angels (novel), a 1983 Denis Johnson novel
• Angels: God's Secret Agents, a book about angels

[edit] Comics

• Angel (Timely Comics), a character from the Golden Age of Comic Books
• Angel Salvadore, a character who first appeared in New X-Men
• Archangel (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero formerly known as Angel, best known as a member of the X-Men
• Angels (Marvel Comics) are supernatural characters, based on the angels of various religions, appearing in Marvel Comics

[edit] Games

• Engel (role-playing game), (the German word for angel), a role-playing game
• Angel (King of Fighters), a character from King of Fighters
• Angel: a Chimerian creature in Resistance: Fall of Man

[edit] Film

• Angel (1937 film), a 1937 film, directed by Ernst Lubitch and starring Marlene Dietrich
• Angel (1982 film), a 1982 film, directed by Neil Jordan
• Angel (1984 film), a 1984 teen sexploitation film
• Angel Rodriguez, a 2005 film named Angel before its release
• Angel, a girl dog in Disney's Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure

[edit] Television

• Angel (Buffyverse), originally a supporting character from the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, star of solo series Angel
  • Angel (TV series), a spin-off from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series featuring that character
  • "Angel" (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Angels (TV series), a British television series set in a hospital
• Angel (Lilo & Stitch) (aka Experiment 624) from Lilo & Stitch: The Series
• Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion), a monster in the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Angel Interceptor, a type of air/space craft in the TV series Captain Scarlet
• PVT Avery "Angel" King, a soldier from the TV show Over There
• Angel, a female supporting character in the anime series The Big O
• Angel, a female character in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.

[edit] Theatre

• Angel (musical), a 1978 Broadway musical based on the Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward, Angel
• Angel Dumott Schunard, a character in the musical Rent
• Christine believes the Phantom to be the Angel of Music in The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

[edit] Music

• Albums:
  • Angel, an album by the Ohio Players
  • Angels (album), the 2007 album of Finnish horror rock/gothic rock band The 69 Eyes

• Performers:
  • Angel (singer), a Californian singer, formerly of teen band No Secrets
  • Angel (band), a 1970s progressive rock band from Washington, DC
  • The Angels (band), an American band
  • The Angels (Australian band), an Australian band
  • Angels and Airwaves, an American band
  • Angels, a Japanese violin duo who performed on the Area 88 soundtrack
• Songs:
  • "Angel" (Jimi Hendrix song), a 1971 song by Jimi Hendrix from his posthumous album The Cry of Love
  • "Angel", a 1973 song by Aretha Franklin from the album Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
  • "Angel," a 1983 R&B hit for Anita Baker, from her solo debut album, The Songstress
  • "Angel", a 1997 trip hop song by Massive Attack from the album Mezzanine, with vocals by Horace Andy
  • "Angel" (Madonna song), a 1985 song by Madonna from the album Like A Virgin
  • "Angel" (Angela Winbush song), a 1987 song by Angela Winbush from the album Sharp
  • "Angel" (Aerosmith song), a 1987 song by Aerosmith from the album Permanent Vacation
  • "Angel" (Eurythmics song), a 1990 song by Eurythmics from the album We Too Are One; not to be confused with the duo's 1985 hit "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)"
  • "Angel" (Fleetwood Mac song), a song by Fleetwood Mac from the album Tusk
  • "Angel" (Sarah McLachlan song), a 1997 song by Sarah McLachlan from the album Surfacing
  • "Angel" (Shaggy song), a 2000 song by Shaggy from the album Hot Shot which was partially based on the song "Angel of the Morning"
  • "Angel," a 2000 song by Lionel Richie, from his album Renaissance
  • "Ángel," a 2003 song by Belinda Peregrín from the album Belinda
  • "Angel" (The Corrs song), a 2004 song by The Corrs, from their album Borrowed Heaven
  • "Angel" (Pharrell Williams song), a 2005 song by Pharrell Williams from the album In My Mind
  • "Angel", a 2005 song by Judas Priest from the album Angel of Retribution
  • "Ange", a song by Moi dix Mois from the 2003 album Dix Infernal
  • "Angel of the Morning", a 1968 song by Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts, often covered, most successfully by Juice Newton
  • Angels (Amy Grant song), a 1984 song by Amy Grant
  • "Angels", a 1997 song by Robbie Williams from the album Life thru a Lens, later covered by Jessica Simpson on the second issue of her album In This Skin
  • "Angels (Within Temptation song)", a song by Within Temptation from the 2004 album The Silent Force
  • "Engel" (the German word for angel), a song by Rammstein from the 1997 album Sehnsucht

• Companies:
  • Angel Records, a record label
  • Angel Music Group, a record label
  • Angel Air, a record label

[edit] People

• List of people by name: Angel for persons with the surname Angel
• All pages beginning with Angel, for persons with the given name Angel

[edit] Places

• The Angel, Islington, an area of north London, also represented in the British edition of the game Monopoly
• Angel tube station, the London Underground station at The Angel, Islington
• The Angles, a kingdom of Germanic-speaking peoples called Angulus in the Historia Britonum and identified with the district Angeln in the German province of Schleswig
• The German name of the Úhlava river in the Czech Republic

[edit] Sports

• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, a Major League Baseball team based in Anaheim, California
• Angel Medina, also known as Spanish Angel, or simply Angel, a former professional wrestler
• Angel Williams, a professional wrestler and valet (manager)

[edit] Other

• Angel (coin), a gold coin first used in France in 1340
• Angel of the North, a sculpture in Gateshead in northern England
• Angel, a line of perfumes by Thierry Mugler
• Hell's Angels, an international motorcycle club
• Guardian Angels, an international street safety group
• Businesses and products:
  • Angel (paintball), an electropneumatic paintball gun manufactured by WDP in the United Kingdom
  • ANGEL Learning, a software company
• Codenames:
  • ANGELS is a radio brevity code indicating altitude of friendly aircraft
  • Angel, the United States Secret Service codename for Air Force One
  • Angel 7, acrobat plane formation^{[citation needed]}
• Slang:
  • Angel investors, or simply "angels", affluent individuals who provide capital for business start-ups
  • Destroying Angels, a nickname for members of the poisonous mushroom genus Amanita
  • Angel, a large diffuse radar echo, often caused by a flock of birds, in British radar operator's jargon
  • Angel, a nickname for a military aircraft.
  • Angels, a term often used in US military aviation to refer to a friendly aircraft's altitude (ie, a plane at "Angels 11" is at 11,000 feet) above another friendly aircraft.

[edit] See also

• Dark Angel (disambiguation)
• Fallen angel (disambiguation)

[edit] Etymology

See Etymology of "Angel".