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Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics and manga

• Origin (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
• The Origin (Buffy comic), a 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series
• Origins (Judge Dredd story), a major Judge Dredd storyline running from 2006 through 2007
• Origin (manga), a 2016 manga by Boichi
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, a 2002 manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
• Wolverine: Origins, a Marvel Comics series
• Atharva – The Origin, a 2022 Indian superhero comic

Films

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

Television

• Origin (TV series), 2018 science-fiction TV series
• "Origin" (Angel), a fifth-season episode of Angel
• Origin (Stargate), the religion of the Ori
• "Origin" (Stargate SG-1), a ninth-season episode of Stargate SG-1
• Origins: The Journey of Humankind, a National Geographic TV series
• "The Origin" (Dark), episode 4 of season 3 of the Dark TV series
• "The Origins" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a two-part fourth-season episode of The Amazing World of Gumball

Gaming

• Origin (service), a video game digital distribution service and platform from Electronic Arts
• Origin Systems, a former video game developer
• Origin, King of the Summon Spirits in Tales of Phantasia and its prequel, Tales of Symphonia
• Origins, spirits that are attached to The Mystics in Legaia 2: Duel Saga
• Origins Award, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair
• Origins Game Fair, an annual board game event in Columbus, Ohio
• Assassin's Creed Origins, part of the Assassin's Creed franchise
• Batman: Arkham Origins, part of the Batman game franchise
• Dragon Age: Origins, a 2009 role-playing video game and first installment of the Dragon Age series
• F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the sequel to F.E.A.R. by Monolith
• Rayman Origins, a 2011 installment in the Rayman series
• Sonic Origins, a 2022 video game collection in the Sonic the Hedgehog series
• 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
• Origin, the final dungeon of Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Literature

Fiction

• Origin (Baxter novel), a 2001 science fiction book by Stephen Baxter
• 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
• Origins, a fantasy novel in the Fourth World series by Kate Thompson
• The Origin (novel), a biographical novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone

Nonfiction

• Origins (Cato), Cato the Elder's lost work on Roman and Italian history
• Origins, a book on evolution by Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin

Music

• The Origin (Einhorn), a 2009 opera/oratorio by Richard Einhorn

Groups

• Origin (band), an American metal band formed in 1997
• The Origin (band), an American rock and power pop band 1985–1992
• Origin, a jazz group led by Chick Corea

Albums

• Origin (Borknagar album), 2006
• Origin (Dayseeker album), 2015
• Origin (Evanescence demo album), 2000
• Origin (Origin album), 2000
• Origin (Omnium Gatherum album), 2021
• Origin (Jordan Rakei album), 2019
• Origin, an EP by Kelly Moran, 2019
• The Origin (album), by The Origin, 1990
• Origins (Bridge to Grace album), 2015
• Origins (Eluveitie album), 2014
• Origins (God Is an Astronaut album), 2013
• Origins (Imagine Dragons album), 2018
• Origins (Dan Reed Network album) [de], by Dan Reed Network, 2018
• Origins, by Steve Roach, 1993

Songs

• "Origin", by Neurosis from their 2007 album Given to the Rising

Periodicals

• Origin (magazine), an American poetry magazine
• Origins, a theological journal published by Catholic News Service (CNS)
• Origins, a peer-reviewed creation science journal of the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI)

Brands and enterprises

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

Philosophy and religion

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

Science, technology and mathematics

Biology and medicine

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

Computing and technology

• Dalsa Origin, a digital movie camera
• Origin of a URI, as used in the Same-origin policy
• Origin (data analysis software), scientific graphing and data analysis software developed by OriginLab Corp
• Original equipment manufacturer (OEM), any company which manufactures products for another company's brand name
• SGI Origin 200, a series of entry-level MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
• SGI Origin 2000, a series of mid-range to high-end MIPS-based server computers made by Silicon Graphics
• 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 telephony

Mathematics

• 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
• Origin, the pole in the polar coordinate system

Time

• Origin, a general point in time
• Origin, an epochal date or event, see epoch
• Origin, in astronomy, an epochal moment, i.e., a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body

Other

• Origin, in cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe
• Origin, in cosmology, the study of the universe and humanity's place in it

Sports

Rugby League football

• International Origin, England vs Exiles
• City vs Country Origin (1911–2017), annual match in New South Wales
• State of Origin series (often simply "Origin"), annual best-of-three NSW vs Queensland

Other uses

• Origin, or genealogy, the origin of families
• Origin, or etymology, the origin of words
• Origin, or toponymy, the origin of place names