Black Swan (disambiguation)

Black swan is the common name for Cygnus atratus, an Australasian waterfowl.

(The) Black Swan(s) may also refer to:

Film and television

• The Black Swan (film), a 1942 swashbuckler film
• Black Swans (film), a 2005 Dutch drama film
• Black Swan (film), a 2010 psychological horror film starring Natalie Portman
• "Black Swan", an episode of FlashForward
• "The Black Swan", an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Literature

Novels and short stories

• The Black Swan (Sabatini novel), a 1932 pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini
• The Black Swan (Mann novel), a 1954 short book by Thomas Mann
• The Black Swan, a 1975 novel by Rachel Cosgrove Payes
• Black Swan, a 1987 novella by Christopher Hope
• The Black Swan, a 1990 novel by Philippa Carr, the 16th book of her fiction series Daughters of England
• Black Swans: Stories, a 1993 book by Eve Babitz
• "The Black Swan", a 1994 work of short fiction by Grace Andreacchi
• "Black Swans", a 1997 essay by Lauren Slater
• The Black Swan (Lackey novel), a 1999 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
• The Black Swan: A Memoir of the Bronx, a 2000 memoir by Jerome Charyn
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, a 2007 book about uncertainty by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Other uses

• Black Swan (comics), a German Marvel Comics mercenary and enemy to Deadpool and Agent X
• Black Swan (imprint), an imprint of Transworld Publishers, UK

Music

Artists

• Elizabeth Greenfield (1809–1876), or The Black Swan, an American singer
• The Black Swans, an American indie rock band
• Blackswan, a South Korean girl group

Albums

• Black Swan (album), an album by Athlete
• blkswn, an album by Smino, or its title track
• The Black Swan (Bert Jansch album)
• The Black Swan (Story of the Year album), or its title track
• The Black Swan (The Triffids album)

Songs

• "Black Swan", a 2020 song by BTS from Map of the Soul: 7
• "Black Swan", a song by Tori Amos from several singles including Past the Mission
• "Black Swan", a 2006 song by Belladonna from Metaphysical Attraction
• "Black Swan", a 2005 song by Greg Dulli from Amber Headlights
• "Black Swan", a 2007 song by Megadeth from some versions of United Abominations
• "Black Swan", an aria in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium
• "Black Swan", a 2006 song by Thom Yorke from The Eraser
• "Black Swan", a 2020 song by TWRP, from the album Over the Top

Labels

• Black Swan Records, a 1920s US record label
• Black Swan Records (UK), a 1960s UK record label

Pubs and hotels

• The Black Swan, Oldstead, an inn in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, England
• The Black Swan, York, a pub in York, England
• Black Swan Hotel, Devizes, an inn in Devizes, Wiltshire, England

Ships

• HMS Black Swan (L57), a sloop of the Royal Navy launched in 1939
  • Black Swan-class sloop
• Black Swan-class sloop-of-war, a proposed British Royal Navy warship class

Stage

• Black Swan State Theatre Company, a theatre company of Western Australia
• Black Swan Theatre, a performance venue for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
• The Black Swan or Odile, a character in Swan Lake by Peter Tchaikovsky

Other uses

• Black Swan (dredge), a bucket dredge used in Perth, Western Australia, 1872–1911
• Black Swan (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
• Black Swans (special forces), a special forces unit in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Black Swan Data, a London-based technology and data science company
• Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, now The Lester Prize, an Australian art prize
• Black Swan Project, the code name of a shipwreck recovery project
• The Black Swan, a character in the 2000 PC game Crimson Skies
• Black Swan Nickel Mine, a mine in Western Australia

See also

• Black swan emblems and popular culture
• Black swan problem, the problem of induction in philosophy
• Black swan theory, a term developed by Nassim Taleb to label unexpected, rare events
• Faulty generalization, including the black swan fallacy
• Inverted Swan, a stamp featuring a printing error

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