The Twelve may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*The Twelve, a fictional organisation in the ''
Killing Eve
''Killing Eve'' is a British spy thriller television series, produced in the United Kingdom by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America and BBC Three. The series follows Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), a British intelligence investigator tasked with capturi ...
'' TV series and ''Codename Villanelle'' book series on which it is based
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''The Twelve'' (comics), a Marvel Comics limited series
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''The Twelve'' (novel), by Justin Cronin, 2012
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"The Twelve" (poem), a Russian poem by Alexander Blok, 1918
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Apocalypse: The Twelve'', a Marvel Comics crossover storyline
*''The Twelve'', an anthem by
William Walton, with text by W.H. Auden
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''The Twelve'' (Belgian TV series), a 2019 Belgian television series
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''The Twelve'' (Australian TV series), a 2022 Australian remake of the Belgian series
Religion
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Anunnaki
The Anunnaki (Sumerian: , also transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deities of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. In the earliest Sumerian writings about them, which c ...
, or twelve gods of the underworld, in ancient Hittite religion
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Quorum of the Twelve
In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve (also known as the Council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council of the Twelve Apostles, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies or ( quorums) of the church hie ...
, or the Twelve, one of the governing bodies of the Latter Day Saint movement
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Twelve Apostles, or the Twelve, the primary disciples of Jesus
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The Twelve Imams, the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam
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Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( he, שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, translit=Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit=Tribes of Israel) are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, throu ...
, descended from the twelve sons of prophet Jacob
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Twelve Minor Prophets, authors of religious works in the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament
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Twelve Olympians, the major deities of the Greek pantheon
Other uses
*"The Twelve", a group of Swedish women including
Ellen Key who improved working class ladies' manners
* Twelve
astrological signs of the zodiac
See also
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12 (disambiguation)
Twelve or 12 may refer to:
* 12 (number)
* December, the twelfth and final month of the year
Years
* 12 BC
* AD 12
* 1912
* 2012
Film
* ''Twelve'' (2010 film), based on the 2002 novel
* ''12'' (2007 film), by Russian director and actor Nikita ...
*''El Libro de los Doce'' ('The Book about the Twelve'), a book about the Cuban revolution by
Carlos Franqui
Carlos Franqui (December 4, 1921 – April 16, 2010) was a Cuban writer, poet, journalist, art critic, and political activist. After the Fulgencio Batista coup in 1952, he became involved with the 26th of July Movement which was headed by Fidel ...
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