Ruin (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Ruins are the remains of man-made architecture.
Ruins or ruin may refer to:
History
[edit]- The Ruin (Ukrainian history), a period in Ukrainian history after the death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657
Geography
[edit]- Ruin, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
- Ruin Rural District, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran
- The Ruins (mansion), A historic mansion an iconic Philippine tourist attraction in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Films
[edit]- Ruins, a 1967 independent film by Clarke Mackey
- Ruins (film), a 2004 Slovenian film
- The Ruins (film), a 2008 horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name
Television
[edit]- "Ruin" (Gotham), an episode of Gotham
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins, 18th season of The Challenge
- "The Ruins", an episode of Voltron: Legendary Defender
Literature
[edit]- Ruins (novel), a 2012 novel from the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card
- Ruins, a 2014 novel by Dan Wells in the Partials Sequence series
- "The Ruin", an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon poem
- "The Ruin (Dafydd ap Gwilym poem)", a 14th-century Welsh poem
- The Ruins (novel), a 2006 horror novel set in the Yucatán, by Scott Smith
Music
[edit]Groups and labels
[edit]- Ruin (American band), an American thrash metal band
- Ruins (Australian band), an Australian black metal band
- Ruins (Italian band)
- Ruins (Japanese band), a Japanese drum-bass duo
- Ruin (punk band), an American punk band
Albums
[edit]- Ruin (album), a 2007 album by British metal band Architects
- Ruins (Dread Zeppelin album), 1996
- Ruins (Grouper album), 2014
- Ruins, a 2016 album by British psychedelic rock band Wolf People
- Ruins (First Aid Kit album), 2018
Songs
[edit]- "Ruins" (instrumental), by Henry Cow
- "Ruins", a song by English folk rock, singer-songwriter Cat Stevens
- "Ruins", a song by Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi
- "Ruins", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox
- "Ruin", a song by Shawn Mendes from Illuminate
- "Ruin", a song by Squarepusher from Music Is Rotted One Note
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Ruin (video game), a video game from SCE and Idol Minds cancelled mid-development
- Ruin, a.k.a. Professor Hamilton, a DC supervillain in Superman comics
- Ruins (comics), a 1995 comic book published by Marvel, written by Warren Ellis
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins, season 18 of the MTV reality TV game show
- Ruin, the upcoming expansion for Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
See also
[edit]- Runes, letters of the Runic alphabets