Savior

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Savior or Saviour may refer to:

• A person who helps people achieve salvation, or saves them from something

Religion

• Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will rule for seven, nine or nineteen years
• Maitreya
• Messiah, a saviour or liberator of a group of people, most commonly in the Abrahamic religions
  • Messiah in Judaism
  • Messiah in Christianity
    • Redeemer (Christianity)
• Zoroastrian tradition envisions three future saviors, including Saoshyant, [sou-shyuhnt] a figure of Zoroastrian eschatology who brings about the final renovation of the world, the Frashokereti
• Soter, derives from the Greek epithet σωτήρ (sōtēr), meaning a saviour, a deliverer
• The Saviour (paramilitary organization) (Спас), a militant nationalist organization in Russia

Film and television

• The Savior (1971 film), French film about a girl and a Nazi officer
• The Savior (2014 film), Arabic-language film about Jesus of Nazareth
• The Saviour (Chinese: 救世者 Jiushizhe), a 1980 film directed Ronny Yu
• The Saviour (film) 2005 Australian short film
• "The Savior" (Once Upon a Time), the first episode of the sixth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time
• Savior (film), 1998 film starring Dennis Quaid, Stellan Skarsgård and Nastassja Kinski
• "Saviors" (House), the 21st episode of the fifth season of Fox television series House

Music

• Saviours (band), a stoner metal band

Other

• Saviour (comics), a 1988 comic book published by Trident Comics
• sAviOr, an alias for Ma Jae-Yoon, former professional StarCraft player in Korea
• Windecker SAVIOR, an American unmanned aircraft

See also

• Salvador (disambiguation)
• Salvator (disambiguation)
• Salvatore (disambiguation)