Absalom (disambiguation)
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Absalom may refer to:
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Fictional characters
- Absalom (comics)Absalom (comics)Absalom is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. He was created by writers Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza, and penciller Mark Pacella. His first appearance was in X-Force #10.- Character's background :...
, fictional character created by Marvel Comics and a mutant member of the immortal Externals. - Absalom (One Piece), a fictional character in Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece
- Absalom, fictional character in Cry, The Beloved CountryCry, The Beloved CountryCry, the Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York City in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there...
by Alan Paton - The CaterpillarCaterpillar (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)The Caterpillar is a fictional character appearing in Lewis Carroll's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.-Appearance in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:...
, a fictional character in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland.
Literature
- "Absalom", science fiction story by Henry Kuttner anthologized in the collection Tomorrow, the StarsTomorrow, the StarsTomorrow, the Stars is an anthology of speculative fiction short stories, presented as edited by Robert A. Heinlein and published in 1952.Heinlein wrote a six-page introduction in which he discussed the nature of science fiction, speculative fiction, escapist stories, and literature. None of the...
. - Absalom, Absalom!Absalom, Absalom!Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. It is a story about three families of the American South, taking place before, during, and after the Civil War, with the focus of the story on the life of Thomas Sutpen.-Plot...
, novel by William Faulkner - Absalom and AchitophelAbsalom and AchitophelAbsalom and Achitophel is a landmark poetic political satire by John Dryden. The poem exists in two parts. The first part, of 1681, is undoubtedly by Dryden...
, landmark poetic political satire. Absalom was the name given by John Dryden to the Duke of Monmouth, son of Charles II of England
Places
- Avshalom, IsraelAvshalom, Israel-External links:* Negev Information Centre...
, a communal settlement in southern Israel - Avshalom, SinaiAvshalom, SinaiAvshalom was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula.Avshalom was founded in 1973, next to Sadot. It was named Merkaz Sadot and later Yad On...
, a former Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula - Mount AbsalomMount AbsalomMount Absalom is the southernmost and highest mountain of the Herbert Mountains, in the central part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Henry W.L. Absalom, member of the Scientific Committee on the Commonwealth...
, Antarctica - Yad AvshalomYad AvshalomTomb of Absalom , also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, Israel...
, an ancient tomb in the Kidron Valley near Jerusalem
Ship
- Absalom (1853), a wooden Ketch that was wrecked at the Macleay River bar New South Wales Australia on 29 March 1863