Mystery
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"To establish contact with the [[mystery|mysterious]] forces which rule the world, to come to terms with them, to obtain their co-operation or complicity, such is the objective of all those who devote themselves to [[magic]] and to whom, rightly or wrongly, people attribute [[supernatural]] powers and a special gift of receptivity to everything [[marvellous]]."--''[[A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural]]'' (1961) by Maurice Bessy | "To establish contact with the [[mystery|mysterious]] forces which rule the world, to come to terms with them, to obtain their co-operation or complicity, such is the objective of all those who devote themselves to [[magic]] and to whom, rightly or wrongly, people attribute [[supernatural]] powers and a special gift of receptivity to everything [[marvellous]]."--''[[A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural]]'' (1961) by Maurice Bessy | ||
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+ | "Here was indeed a [[mystery]] which I felt it impossible to explain."--Edgar Allan Poe in "[[The Gold-Bug]]", collected in ''[[Tales of Mystery & Imagination]]'' | ||
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[[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by Odilon Redon, a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669) by Blaise Pascal]] | [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by Odilon Redon, a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' (1669) by Blaise Pascal]] | ||
[[Image:Paget holmes.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Sherlock Holmes]] (right) and Dr. Watson]] | [[Image:Paget holmes.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Sherlock Holmes]] (right) and Dr. Watson]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Edgar Allan Poe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Edgar Allan Poe]], author of ''[[Tales of Mystery & Imagination]]'']] | ||
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A '''mystery''' is something [[secret]] or [[unexplainable]]; [[unknown]]; someone or thing with an [[obscure]] or [[puzzling]] nature. | A '''mystery''' is something [[secret]] or [[unexplainable]]; [[unknown]]; someone or thing with an [[obscure]] or [[puzzling]] nature. | ||
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===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
- | *[[Mystery (fiction)]], a genre of detective fiction | ||
* [[Mysteries (novel)|''Mysteries'' (novel)]] or ''Mysterier'', an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun | * [[Mysteries (novel)|''Mysteries'' (novel)]] or ''Mysterier'', an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun | ||
*[[Mystery play]], a form of medieval European dramatic theatre dealing with religious themes | *[[Mystery play]], a form of medieval European dramatic theatre dealing with religious themes | ||
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*[[Mystery film]] | *[[Mystery film]] | ||
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"To establish contact with the mysterious forces which rule the world, to come to terms with them, to obtain their co-operation or complicity, such is the objective of all those who devote themselves to magic and to whom, rightly or wrongly, people attribute supernatural powers and a special gift of receptivity to everything marvellous."--A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural (1961) by Maurice Bessy "Here was indeed a mystery which I felt it impossible to explain."--Edgar Allan Poe in "The Gold-Bug", collected in Tales of Mystery & Imagination |
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A mystery is something secret or unexplainable; unknown; someone or thing with an obscure or puzzling nature.
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Etymology
From Middle English mysterie, from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (musterion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mustēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (mueō, “I initiate”), from μύω (muō, “I shut”).
Mystery, mysteries, or mysterious may refer to:
Religion
Culture
Genres
- Mystery film, a genre in cinema
Literature
- Mysteries (novel) or Mysterier, an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun
- Mystery play, a form of medieval European dramatic theatre dealing with religious themes
Film and television
- Mystery!, a long-running PBS program showcasing British detective fiction
See also