The Black Swan

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 film starring Natalie Portman
*"Black Swan", an episode of '' FlashForward''
*"The Black Swan", an episode of '' Curb Your Enthusiasm''

Literature

*Black Swan (imprint), an imprint of Transworld Publishers, UK
* ''The Black Swan'' (Lackey novel), a fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey
* ''The Black Swan'' (Mann novel), a short book by Thomas Mann
* ''The Black Swan'' (Sabatini novel), a 1932 pirate adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini
*'' The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable'', a 2007 book about uncertainty by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
*Black Swan (comics), a German Marvel Comics mercenary and enemy to Deadpool and Agent X
*"The Black Swan", a 1994 work of short fiction by Grace Andreacchi
*"Black Swans", a 1997 essay by Lauren Slater

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''

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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