Avatar is a concept in Hinduism representing a material manifestation of a deity.

Avatar(s) or The Avatar(s) may also refer to:

Books and print media

  • Avatar (novel), an 1856 novel by Théophile Gautier
  • Avatar (newspaper), a Boston underground newspaper (1967–1968), last owned by the Mel Lyman Family
  • The Avatar, a novel by Poul Anderson (1978)
  • Avatar Press, a comic book publisher
  • Avatars (series), a trilogy of fantasy novels by Tui T. Sutherland
  • The Avatar Series, a series of fantasy novels set in the Forgotten Realms
  • Avatar, two novels of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch
  • Avatar, a character in God's Debris and The Religion War by Scott Adams
  • Avatar, a novel by John Passarella set in the fictional universe of the television series Angel
  • The Avatars, a fictional race in David Gemmell's Echoes of the Great Song

Film and television

Film

<!-- Please do not add links to the various pages within the 2009 Avatar film franchise. The main page is sufficient. See WP:DISAMBIGUATION#Partial title matches -->

  • Avatar (1916 film), an Italian film directed by Carmine Gallone
  • Avatar, a character in the Ralph Bakshi film Wizards (1977)
  • Avatar (2004 film), a Singaporean film starring Genevieve O'Reilly
  • Avatar (franchise), the science fiction franchise directed by James Cameron that includes the following films:
  • Avatar (2009 film), the first film of the franchise
  • Avatar: The Way of Water, the second film of the franchise
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film of the franchise
  • Avatar 4, the fourth film, in development, of the franchise
  • The Last Airbender (film), a 2010 film based on the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender

Television

<!-- Avatar: Legend of Korra is unlikely going to referred just as "Avatar". putting it in would not follow WP:PTM-->

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender, a 2005 animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (franchise), the franchise that started with the above series
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024 TV series), a live-action adaptation of the animated series
  • "Avatar" (Batman: The Animated Series), an episode of Batman: The Animated Series
  • "Avatar" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
  • "Avatar" (The X-Files), an episode of The X-Files
  • Avatars (Carnivàle), a fictional race of creatures in Carnivàle
  • Avatars (Charmed), a fictional group of beings in Charmed
  • "Avatar", an episode of the television series Highlander: The Series
  • Avatar, a fictional golden sword in the television series Encantadia
  • The Avatar, a character in the Ōban Star-Racers universe
  • "Captain Avatar", a character in the Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) universe

Games

  • Avatar (PLATO system video game), a 1979 computer role-playing game
  • AVATAR (MUD), a fantasy online role-playing game
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (video game)
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game
  • Avatar: Legends of the Arena, a 2008 video game for Microsoft Windows by Nickelodeon
  • James Cameron's Avatar: The Game, an adaptation of the 2009 film
  • Avatar (Ultima), the main character in the Ultima game series
  • Avatar (Xbox), a service that allows users to create graphical avatars
  • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, a 2023 open-world action-adventure video game based on James Cameron's Avatar film series

Music

  • Avatar (Swedish band), a Swedish melodic death metal band
  • Avatar (Avatar album), the third album released by Swedish metal band Avatar
  • Avatar (Angels and Agony album)
  • Avatar (Comets on Fire album)
  • Avatar Records, an American independent record label
  • Avatar Records (electronic music), an Israeli record label
  • Savatage or Avatar, an American heavy metal band
  • "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar", a song by the cast of The Guild
  • Avatar, a box set by Pete Townshend, benefitting the Avatar Meher Baba Trust
  • "Avatar", a song by Dead Can Dance from Spleen and Ideal
  • "Avatar", a song by Manilla Road from Mark of the Beast
  • "Avatar", a song by The Swans from The Seer

Other uses

  • Avatar (computing), the graphical representation of a user, also known as profile picture
  • Avatar (horse), an American racehorse
  • Avatar (spacecraft), a conceptual spaceplane planned by India's Defense Research and Development Organization as well as Indian Space Research Organization, among others
  • Avatar, Iran, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
  • Avatar Recording Studios, a recording studio in New York City
  • Avatar Technologies, a defunct American computer systems company based in Massachusetts
  • Avatar Systems, a defunct American computer storage company based in California
  • ARP Avatar, a guitar synthesizer
  • Avatar Course, a series of LGAT self-development courses
  • Avatar, a superuser on some Unix operating systems
  • Avatar, a wrestling gimmick portrayed by American professional wrestler Al Snow
  • AVATAR or A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response, an experiment on the Artemis II mission
  • Ikrandraco avatar, a species of pterosaur
  • Ommatoiulus avatar, a species of millipede

See also

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (disambiguation)
  • Avatharam (disambiguation), alternative transliteration of avatar
  • Avatara Purusha (disambiguation)
  • Avtaar, a 1983 Indian film starring Rajesh Khanna
  • Avataran, an Indian Assamese-language film
  • Abtar (disambiguation)
  • Abatar (film), a 1941 Indian Bengali-language film
  • Avtar, an Indian male given name
  • Incarnation