Mystery

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Mystery, The Mystery, mysteries, The Mysteries, or mysterious may refer to: Something that cannot be explained or comprehended. Any action, affair, or event so obscure or concealed as to arouse suspense, curiosity, or fear is a mystery.

Places

The Mystery, Wavertree Playground of England

People

Mystery (pickup artist) (born 1971), stage name of entertainer Erik Von Markovik

Religion and Ancient Culture

Greco-Roman mysteries, ancient religious cults whose rituals were not revealed to outsiders; the most famous were the Eleusinian Mysteries
Mystery play, such as the Passion play
Sacred mysteries, beliefs which cannot be explained by normal reasoning, or esoteric teachings which are kept secret from the non-initiated

Vessels

Mystery (log canoe), a Chesapeake Bay log canoe
Mystery (lugger), a Mount's Bay lugger which made a voyage from Cornwall to Australia in 1855
- Spirit of Mystery, a modern recreation of Mystery
USS Mystery, the name of more than one proposed or actual United States Navy ships

Animals

Mysterious (horse) (1970–1988), Thoroughbred racehorse

Books

Mystery fiction, a genre of detective fiction
The Mystery, 1907 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Mysteries (novel or Mysterie, an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun
Mystery (novel), a 1990 novel by American author Peter Straub
Mystery, a cat character in Emily the Strange

Film

Mystery film, a genre in cinema
Mystery (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film
Mystery (2014 film), a 2014 Chinese suspense thriller adventure film
Mystery, Alaska (1999), a comedy-drama film

Television

Mystery (television), a children's television show
Mystery!, a long-running PBS program showcasing British detective fiction
Mystery TV, a Canadian digital television channel
"Mystery" (Pee-wee's Playhouse), an episode of the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse

Music

Artists

Mystery (band), a Canadian progressive-rock band formed in 1986

Albums

Mystery (Mystery EP), the 1992 debut album by the Canadian progressive-rock band Mystery
Mystery (Vanilla Fudge album), a 1984 album by the American psychedelic-rock band Vanilla Fudge
Mystery (Faye Wong album), a 1994 album by the Chinese singer Faye Wong
Mystery Guest (album), a 2008 album by the Taiwanese Mandopop singer Yoga Lin
Mysterious (1988), an album by the Japanese singer Shizuka Kudō
Mystery (2006), an album by the Taiwanese-American Mandopop singer Evonne Hsu

Songs

Mystery (The Manhattan Transfer song), a song written by Rod Temperton, by the American a cappella group The Manhattan Transfer 1984, covered by Anita Baker
"Mystery" (Live song), a song from the 2006 album Songs from Black Mountain by the alternative-rock band Live
"Mystery", a song from the album The Last in Line (1984) by the American heavy-metal band Dio
"Mystery", a comic song written and performed by Hugh Laurie for the British sketch-comedy television series A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995)
"Mystery", a song from the album Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One (1999) by the psychedelic-rock band The Olivia Tremor Control
"Mysterious" (song), a song from the 2005 album Jentina by the British hip hop/R&B rapper and singer-songwriter Jentina
"Mysterious", a song from the 1999 album Eye II Eye by the German heavy-metal band Scorpions