# Ariel

Ariel may refer to:

## Film and television

* Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* Ariel (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
* Ariel (1992 film) [ru], a Russian film directed by Yevgeni Kotov
* ARIEL Visual and ARIEL Deluxe, a 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto
* "Ariel" (Firefly episode) (2002)
* "Ariel" (Once Upon a Time), a 2013 episode of Once Upon a Time
* Ariel (The Little Mermaid), a fictional character from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid
* Ariel (TV series), a 2024 television series inspired by The Little Mermaid
* Ariel, a fictional planet visited in an episode of Space: 1999

## Literature

* Ariel (The Tempest), a character in the play the Tempest by William Shakespeare
* "Ariel" (poem), a 1965 poem by Sylvia Plath
** Ariel (poetry collection), a 1965 collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath containing the eponymous poem
* T. S. Eliot's Ariel poems, a series of poems by T. S. Eliot
* Ariel (novel), a 1941 science fiction novel by Alexander Beliaev
* Ariel (novel series), a 1986 science fiction novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto
* Ariel (essay), a 1900 work by José Enrique Rodó
* Ariel, a 1923 biography of Shelley by André Maurois
* Ariel, a 1983 post-apocalyptic fantasy by Steve Boyett

## Journals and magazines

* Ariel (newspaper), the in-house magazine of the BBC
* Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, a periodical published in the 1970s in book form
* Ariel (campus newspaper), a former campus newspaper at the University of Minnesota
* Ariel, a comedic newspaper by Israel Zangwill

## Music
### Bands

* Ariel (Australian band)
* Ariel (Russian band)

### Albums

* Ariels (album), a 2004 album by Bent
* Ariel, an EP by Alpha

### Songs

* "Ariel" (song), a 1977 song by Dean Friedman
* "Ariel", a song by Anathema from Distant Satellites
* "Ariel", a song by Babes in Toyland from Nemesisters
* "Ariel", a song by Diane Birch from Bible Belt
* "Ariel", a song by Braid from Frame & Canvas
* "Ariel", a song by the Cure from The Top
* "Ariel", a song by Rainbow from Stranger in Us All

### Classical

* Ariel, a 1971 vocal work by Ned Rorem
* Ariel, a ballet by Roberto Gerhard

## Naval vessels

* Ariel-class gunboat, a class of Royal Navy gunboats
* HMS Ariel, numerous Royal Navy ships and a training shore establishment
* USS Ariel, various United States Navy ships

## Places

* Ariel (moon), a moon of Uranus
* Ariel (Israeli settlement), an Israeli settlement in the central West Bank
* Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, United States, a village and lake
* Ariel, Washington, United States, an unincorporated community

## Transport
### Cars and motorbikes

* Ariel (American automobile)
* Ariel Motor Company, a modern British car company
* Ariel Motorcycles, a former manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, and cars, including a car of the same name

### Ships

* Ariel (clipper), a British clipper ship
* Ariel (schooner), a 4-masted schooner built by Matthew Turner
* ST Ariel, a tugboat

### Other

* Great Western Railway Broad Gauge 2-2-2, 'Ariel' 1837.
* Sud-Ouest Ariel, a light helicopter built in France

## Other uses

* Ariel (DJ), DJ and record producer
* Ariel (angel) (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל, romanized: ʾÁrīʾēl) literally means "lion of God". found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha.
* Ariel (name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
* Ariel (detergent), a fabric care brand
* ARIEL, an ESA space mission to study exoplanet atmospheres
* The Ariel, a pair of apartment buildings on Broadway, New York City
* Ariel programme, a British satellite research programme
* Ariel School, an independent school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe
* Ariel University, an Israeli university
* Operation Ariel, the British military evacuation from western France in World War II
* Dorcas gazelle or ariel gazelle