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'''Mystery''' may also refer to: | '''Mystery''' may also refer to: |
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The word mystery is etymologically derived from the Greek verb myein (“to close”), referring to the lips and the eyes. In common usage, a mystery is a description for something which is inconceivable, unknown, or unexplainable.
Mystery may also refer to:
- Mystery fiction, a genre of detective fiction, in print, on the stage, or on film
- Mystery may also refer to murder mystery or Crime fiction.
- Mystery play, a form of dramatic theatre that deals with religious themes
- Mystery (TV channel), a Canadian digital television channel
- Mystery!, a long-running PBS program showing British detective fiction
- "Mystery" (song), a song by Hugh Laurie as seen in series one of the television series A Bit of Fry and Laurie
- Mystery (album) is an album by Vanilla Fudge.
- Mystery (album Hsu) is an album by Evonne Hsu.
- Mystery Strange, a fictional cat belonging to Emily Strange
- Mysteries (novel) (Mysterier), an 1892 novel by Norwegian Knut Hamsun
- Mystery (seduction guru) (real name: Erik Von Markovik), creator of the Mystery Method of seduction
- "Mystery" (Pee-wee's Playhouse), an episode of the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Mystery (novel), a horror novel by Peter Straub
- Mystery, a fictional band depicted in the film Detroit Rock City
See also
- Ancient Mysteries, a documentary television series
- Earth mysteries
- Esoteric history, mysteries originating in the ancient world
- History's Mysteries, a documentary television series
- Mysteries of Memory, an Understanding (TV series) episode
- Mysteries of the Bible, a documentary television series
- Mystery religion, a belief system based around a mystery
- Mystery shopping
- Sacred Mysteries
Sites
- Disclose.tv Open directory for mystery videos
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