# Origin

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**Origin**(**s**) or **The Origin** may refer to:

## Arts, entertainment and media

### Comics and manga

Main article: [Origins (comics)](/source/Origins_(comics))

- [*Origin* (comics)](/source/Origin_(comics)), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
- [*The Origin* (Buffy comic)](/source/The_Origin_(Buffy_comic)), a 1999 *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* comic book series
- [Origins (*Judge Dredd* story)](/source/Origins_(Judge_Dredd_story)), a major *Judge Dredd* storyline running from 2006 through 2007
- [*Origin* (manga)](/source/Origin_(manga)), a 2016 manga by Boichi
- *[Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin](/source/Mobile_Suit_Gundam:_The_Origin)*, a 2002 manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
- *[Wolverine: Origins](/source/Wolverine:_Origins)*, a Marvel Comics series
- *[Atharva – The Origin](/source/Atharva_%E2%80%93_The_Origin)*, a 2022 Indian superhero comic

### Film

- [*Origin* (film)](/source/Origin_(film)), a 2023 film written and directed by Ava DuVernay
- *[Origin: Spirits of the Past](/source/Origin:_Spirits_of_the_Past)*, a 2006 anime movie also known as *Gin-iro no Kami no Agito*
- *[X-Men Origins: Wolverine](/source/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine)*, a 2009 superhero film, prequel to the *X-Men* film trilogy
- [*Out of Darkness* (2022 film)](/source/Out_of_Darkness_(2022_film)), originally titled *The Origin*, a British horror film directed by Andrew Cumming

### Television

- [*Origin* (TV series)](/source/Origin_(TV_series)), 2018 science-fiction TV series
- ["Origin" (*Angel*)](/source/Origin_(Angel)), a fifth-season episode of *Angel*
- [Origin (*Stargate*)](/source/Origin_(Stargate)), the religion of the Ori
- ["Origin" (*Stargate SG-1*)](/source/Origin_(Stargate_SG-1)), a ninth-season episode of *Stargate SG-1*
- *[Origins: The Journey of Humankind](/source/Origins:_The_Journey_of_Humankind)*, a National Geographic TV series
- ["The Origin" (*Dark*)](/source/The_Origin_(Dark)), episode 4 of season 3 of the *Dark* TV series
- ["The Origins" (*The Amazing World of Gumball*)](/source/The_Origins_(The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball)), a two-part fourth-season episode of *The Amazing World of Gumball*

### Gaming

- [Origin (service)](/source/Origin_(service)), a video game digital distribution service and platform from Electronic Arts
- [Origin Systems](/source/Origin_Systems), a former video game developer
- Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in *[Tales of Phantasia](/source/Tales_of_Phantasia)* and its prequel, *Tales of Symphonia*
- Origins, spirits that are attached to The Mystics in *[Legaia 2: Duel Saga](/source/Legaia_2:_Duel_Saga)*
- [Origins Award](/source/Origins_Award), presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
- [Origins Game Fair](/source/Origins_Game_Fair), an annual board game event in Columbus, Ohio
- *[Assassin's Creed Origins](/source/Assassin's_Creed_Origins)*, part of the *Assassin's Creed* franchise
- *[Batman: Arkham Origins](/source/Batman:_Arkham_Origins)*, part of the Batman game franchise
- *[Dragon Age: Origins](/source/Dragon_Age:_Origins)*, a 2009 role-playing video game and first installment of the *Dragon Age* series
- *[F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin](/source/F.E.A.R._2:_Project_Origin)*, the sequel to *F.E.A.R.* by Monolith
- *[Rayman Origins](/source/Rayman_Origins)*, a 2011 installment in the *Rayman* series
- *[Sonic Origins](/source/Sonic_Origins)*, a 2022 video game collection in the *[Sonic the Hedgehog](/source/Sonic_the_Hedgehog)* series
- *[Silent Hill: Origins](/source/Silent_Hill:_Origins)*, the fifth installment of the *Silent Hill* survival horror series and prequel to the original 1999 game
- Origins, the final zombies map released for [Call of Duty: Black Ops 2](/source/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops_2)
- Origin, the final dungeon of *[Xenoblade Chronicles 3](/source/Xenoblade_Chronicles_3)*

### Literature

#### Fiction

- [*Origin* (Baxter novel)](/source/Origin_(Baxter_novel)), a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
- [*Origin* (Brown novel)](/source/Origin_(Brown_novel)), a 2017 novel by Dan Brown, the fifth installment in the *Robert Langdon* series
- *Origin*, a 2007 novel by [Diana Abu-Jaber](/source/Diana_Abu-Jaber)
- *Origins*, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by [Kate Thompson](/source/Kate_Thompson_(author))
- [*The Origin* (novel)](/source/The_Origin_(novel)), a biographical novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone

#### Nonfiction

- [*Origins* (Cato)](/source/Origins_(Cato)), Cato the Elder's lost work on Roman and Italian history
- *Origins*, a book on evolution by [Richard Leakey](/source/Richard_Leakey) and [Roger Lewin](/source/Roger_Lewin)

#### Periodicals

- [*Origin* (magazine)](/source/Origin_(magazine)), an American poetry magazine
- *Origins*, a theological journal published by [Catholic News Service](/source/Catholic_News_Service) (CNS)
- *Origins*, a peer-reviewed creation science journal of the [Geoscience Research Institute](/source/Geoscience_Research_Institute) (GRI)

### Music

- [*The Origin* (Einhorn)](/source/The_Origin_(Einhorn)), a 2009 opera/oratorio by Richard Einhorn

#### Groups

- [Origin (band)](/source/Origin_(band)), an American metal band formed in 1997
- [The Origin (band)](/source/The_Origin_(band)), an American rock and power pop band 1985–1992
- Origin, a jazz group led by [Chick Corea](/source/Chick_Corea)

#### Albums

- [*Origin* (Borknagar album)](/source/Origin_(Borknagar_album)), 2006
- [*Origin* (Dayseeker album)](/source/Origin_(Dayseeker_album)), 2015
- [*Origin* (Evanescence demo album)](/source/Origin_(Evanescence_demo_album)), 2000
- [*Origin* (Origin album)](/source/Origin_(Origin_album)), 2000
- [*Origin* (Omnium Gatherum album)](/source/Origin_(Omnium_Gatherum_album)), 2021
- [*Origin* (Jordan Rakei album)](/source/Origin_(Jordan_Rakei_album)), 2019
- *Origin*, an EP by [Kelly Moran](/source/Kelly_Moran_(musician)), 2019
- [*The Origin* (album)](/source/The_Origin_(album)), by The Origin, 1990
- [*Origins* (Bridge to Grace album)](/source/Origins_(Bridge_to_Grace_album)), 2015
- [*Origins* (Eluveitie album)](/source/Origins_(Eluveitie_album)), 2014
- [*Origins* (God Is an Astronaut album)](/source/Origins_(God_Is_an_Astronaut_album)), 2013
- [*Origins* (Imagine Dragons album)](/source/Origins_(Imagine_Dragons_album)), 2018
- [*Origins* (Dan Reed Network album)](/source/Origins_(Dan_Reed_Network_album)), by [Dan Reed Network](/source/Dan_Reed_Network), 2018
- *Origins*, by [Steve Roach](/source/Steve_Roach_(musician)), 1993
- *The Origins*, by [Ganja White Night](/source/Ganja_White_Night), 2018

#### Songs

- "Origin", by In Vain from their 2018 album *[Currents](/source/Currents_(In_Vain_album))*
- "Origin", by Neurosis from their 2007 album *[Given to the Rising](/source/Given_to_the_Rising)*
- "The Origin", by Born of Osiris from their 2013 album *[Tomorrow We Die Alive](/source/Tomorrow_We_Die_Alive)*
- "The Origin", by Haggard from their 2008 album *[Tales of Ithiria](/source/Tales_of_Ithiria)*

## Businesses and organizations

- [Atos Origin](/source/Atos_Origin), a company formed by the merger of BSO and Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division
- [Origin Energy](/source/Origin_Energy), an Australian gas and electricity company
- [Origin Enterprises](/source/Origin_Enterprises), Irish agribusiness multinational
- [Origin PC](/source/Origin_PC), a personal computer manufacturer
- [Origins (cosmetics)](/source/Origins_(cosmetics)), a plant-based skin care and fragrance company of Estée Lauder
- [Toyota Origin](/source/Toyota_Origin), a limited edition Toyota automobile released in Japan
- Origin (3D printing), a San Francisco-based 3D printing company acquired by [Stratasys](/source/Stratasys)

## Philosophy and religion

- *[Creatio ex nihilo](/source/Creatio_ex_nihilo)*, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
- [Creation myth](/source/Creation_myth), a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it
- [Origin myth](/source/Origin_myth), a story or explanation that describes the beginning of some feature of the natural or social world
- Origin story, or [pourquoi story](/source/Pourquoi_story), a fictional narrative that explains why something is the way it is
- *Origins*, a theological journal published by [Catholic News Service](/source/Catholic_News_Service) (CNS)

## Science, technology and mathematics

### Biology and medicine

- [Origin (anatomy)](/source/Origin_(anatomy)), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
- [Abiogenesis](/source/Abiogenesis), the study of how life on Earth arose from inanimate matter
- [Noogony](/source/Noogony), the study of the origin of concepts in the mind
- [Origin of humanity](/source/Origin_of_humanity), the study of human evolution
- [Origin of replication](/source/Origin_of_replication), the location at which DNA replication is initiated
- [Paleoanthropology](/source/Paleoanthropology), the study of human origin
- [Pedigree (dog)](/source/Pedigree_(dog)), registered ancestry

### Computing and technology

- [Dalsa Origin](/source/Dalsa_Origin), a digital movie camera
- Origin of a URI, as used in the [Same-origin policy](/source/Same-origin_policy)
- [Origin (data analysis software)](/source/Origin_(data_analysis_software)), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
- [Origin OS](/source/Origin_OS), a China-only mobile operating system by Vivo
- [Original equipment manufacturer](/source/Original_equipment_manufacturer) (OEM), any company which manufactures products for another company's brand name
- [SGI Origin 200](/source/SGI_Origin_200), a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
- [SGI Origin 2000](/source/SGI_Origin_2000), a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
- [SGI Origin 3000](/source/SGI_Origin_3000), a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics that succeeded the Origin 2000
- Origination, a concept in [Voice over IP](/source/Voice_over_IP) telephony

### Mathematics

- [Origin (mathematics)](/source/Origin_(mathematics)), a fixed point of reference for the geometry of the surrounding space - Most commonly, the point of intersection of the axes in the [Cartesian coordinate system](/source/Cartesian_coordinate_system)
- Origin, the pole in the [polar coordinate system](/source/Polar_coordinate_system)

### Time

- Origin, a general point in [time](/source/Time)
- Origin, an epochal date or event, see [epoch](/source/Epoch_(reference_date))
- Origin, in astronomy, an [epochal moment](/source/Epochal_moment), i.e., a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body

### Other

- Origin, in [cosmogony](/source/Cosmogony), any theory concerning the origin of the universe
- Origin, in [cosmology](/source/Cosmology), the study of the universe and humanity's place in it

## Sports

- [International Origin](/source/International_Origin), an annual series of rugby league football matches between England and the Exiles
- [City vs Country Origin](/source/City_vs_Country_Origin) (1911–2017), an annual Australian rugby league football match
- [State of Origin series](/source/State_of_Origin_series) (often simply "Origin"), an annual best-of-three rugby league series between two Australian state representative sides

## Other uses

- Origin, or [genealogy](/source/Genealogy), the origin of families
- Origin, or [etymology](/source/Etymology), the origin of words
- Origin, or [toponymy](/source/Toponymy), the origin of place names
- [Deal origination](/source/Deal_origination)
- [Loan origination](/source/Loan_origination)

## See also

- [Begin (disambiguation)](/source/Begin_(disambiguation))
- [Creation (disambiguation)](/source/Creation_(disambiguation))
- [Origen (disambiguation)](/source/Origen_(disambiguation))
- [Original (disambiguation)](/source/Original_(disambiguation))
- [Point of origin (disambiguation)](/source/Point_of_origin_(disambiguation))
- [Source (disambiguation)](/source/Source_(disambiguation))
- [Start (disambiguation)](/source/Start_(disambiguation))

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