Mystery
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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
- Sacred Mysteries
- Mystery play, a form of medieval European dramatic theatre dealing with religious themes
Culture
Genres
- Mystery (fiction), a genre of detective fiction
- Mystery film, a genre in cinema
Literature
- Mystery, a cat character in Emily the Strange
- Mystery, a 1990 horror novel by Peter Straub
- Mysteries (novel) or Mysterier, an 1892 existentialist novel by Knut Hamsun
- "Mystery" (Pee-wee's Playhouse), an episode of the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse
Film and television
- Mystery!, a long-running PBS program showcasing British detective fiction
- Mystery TV, a Canadian digital television channel
- Mystery (television), a children's television show
Music
- Mysterious, a 1988 release by Shizuka Kudō
- Mystery (Vanilla Fudge album), a 1984 release by Vanilla Fudge
- Mystery (Faye Wong album), a 1994 release by Faye Wong
- Mystery, a 2006 release by Evonne Hsu
- Mystery (Yoga Lin album), a 2008 release by Yoga Lin
- "Mysterious", from the 1999 album Eye II Eye by Scorpions
- "Mysterious" (song), from the 2005 album Jentina by Jentina
- "Mystery", from the 1984 album The Last in Line by Dio
- "Mystery" (Live song), from the 2006 album Songs from Black Mountain by alternative rock group Live
- "Mystery", from the album Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One by The Olivia Tremor Control
- "Mystery", a comic song written and performed by Hugh Laurie for the television series A Bit Of Fry And Laurie
People
- Mystery (pickup artist), the stage name of entertainer Erik Von Markovik (b. 1971)
See also
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