Bliss
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Bliss is a common noun meaning 'extreme happiness'. It may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Bliss (name), list of people with the name
Culture
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Bliss (novel) (1981), by Peter Carey
- Bliss, a 2005 novel by Fiona Zedde
- Bliss, a 2005 novel by Danyel Smith
- Bliss (short story) (1920), by Katherine Mansfield; republished in:
- Bliss (short story collection): and Other Stories (1920) by Katherine Mansfield
Fictional entities
[edit]- Bliss (Marvel Comics), member of the Marvel Comics mutant group The Morlocks
- Bliss (Starman), incubus who appeared in the DC Comics series Starman
- Bliss (The Powerpuff Girls), a character from the 2016 series The Powerpuff Girls
- Dee Bliss, fictional character on the Australian soap Neighbours
- Bliss Colby, fictional character of the American prime time soap opera The Colbys
- The Bliss, a telepathic ability in the 2009 series V
- Blissenobiarella, also known as Bliss, a character in Asimov's Foundation series
- Bliss, a fictional hallucinogenic drug in the 2018 video game Far Cry 5
Film
[edit]- Bliss (1917 film), starring Harold Lloyd
- Bliss (1985 film), directed by Ray Lawrence, adapted from the Peter Carey novel
- Bliss (1997 film), starring Terence Stamp, Sheryl Lee and Craig Sheffer
- Bliss (2006 film), aka Fu Sheng, Chinese film produced by Fruit Chan
- Bliss (2007 film), aka Mutluluk, directed by Abdullah Oguz, adapted from the Zülfü Livaneli novel
- Bliss (2011 film), a biographical film about the early years of New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield
- Bliss (2017 film), a Philippine thriller film
- Bliss (2019 film), a horror film written and directed by Joe Begos
- Bliss (2021 film), a science fiction film written and directed by Mike Cahill
Television
[edit]- Bliss (TV channel), a British music television channel playing classic hits
- Bliss, a 1995 British television film written and directed by Les Blair
- Bliss (1995 TV series), British ITV series
- Bliss (2018 TV series), a 2018 British-American produced television series
- Bliss (Canadian TV series), a 2002 Canadian produced dramatic television series that ran from 2002 to 2004
- "Bliss" (Star Trek: Voyager), episode from the fifth season
Music
[edit]Composers
[edit]- Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor
Bands
[edit]- Bliss (British band), an English pop group
- Bliss (Danish band), a Danish music band
- Jonathan Notley, aka MC Bliss, part of the Australian hip hop group Bliss n Eso
Albums
[edit]- Bliss (12 Rods album) (1993), by indie rock band 12 Rods
- Bliss (Birdbrain album) (1995), the debut album by post-grunge band Birdbrain
- Bliss (Vanessa Paradis album) (2000), by French pop singer Vanessa Paradis
- Bliss (Nikki Webster album) (2002), the second studio album by Nikki Webster
- Bliss (Tone Damli album) (2005), Norwegian singer Tone Damli's first studio album
- Bliss (Tech N9ne album) (2023), by American rapper Tech N9ne
- The Bliss Album...? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) (1993), an album by P.M. Dawn
- Bliss! (1973), by Chick Corea, originally called Turkish Women at the Bath
EPs
[edit]- Bliss, a 2019 EP by Australian musician Kian
Songs
[edit]- "Bliss" (Th' Dudes song), a 1980 song by New Zealand rock band Th' Dudes
- "Bliss" (Tori Amos song), a 1999 song by Tori Amos
- "Bliss" (Muse song), a 2001 song by the English rock band Muse
- "Bliss" (Mariah Carey song), a song on Mariah Carey's 1999 Rainbow album
- "Bliss", song on trio Blaque's Blaque Out album
- "Bliss (I Don't Wanna Know)", a song on Hinder's Extreme Behavior album
- "Bliss", a Paul Gilbert song from his Burning Organ album
- "Bliss", a song by Delirious? from their album Mezzamorphis
- "Bliss", a song by Still Remains, from the album Of Love and Lunacy
- "Bliss", a song by Phish, from the album Billy Breathes
- "Bliss", a song by Alice Peacock
- "Bliss", a song by Nelly Furtado on the vinyl version of The Ride
Other uses in culture
[edit]- Bliss (magazine), a UK teen magazine
- Bliss (opera), a 2010 opera based on Peter Carey's novel of the same name
- Bliss (video game), a 2005 adult computer game
- Bliss, a newspaper comic by Harry Bliss
Brands and companies
[edit]- Bliss (charity), a special care baby charity
- Bliss (spa), a spa and retail product company
- Bliss, bite-sized chocolates manufactured by The Hershey Company
- Bliss, a type of synthetic cannabis
Technology
[edit]- BLISS, system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University
- Bliss (photograph), computer wallpaper included with Microsoft Windows XP
- Bliss (virus), computer virus that infects Linux systems
- BLISS (cryptography), a post-quantum digital signature scheme
Places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Bliss, Kentucky
- Bliss, Idaho
- Bliss, Missouri
- Bliss, New York
- Bliss, Oklahoma
- Bliss Corner, Massachusetts
- Bliss Township, Michigan
- Fort Bliss, Texas
Elsewhere
[edit]- Bliss (crater), small lunar impact crater that is located just to the west of the dark-floored crater Plato
- Bliss Bay, Greenland
- Bliss Street, Beirut, Lebanon
Transportation
[edit]- Bliss (yacht), a superyacht built by Palmer Johnson in 2014
- Gradient Bliss, a Czech paraglider design
- Bliss (automobile), from the early 1900s
- Norwegian Bliss, a cruise ship
Other uses
[edit]- Bliss (typeface), a font family
- Chicago Bliss, a team in the Lingerie Football League
- Blissymbols, an ideographic writing system
- Bliss bibliographic classification