Alastor (disambiguation)
Alastor called
in Greek mythology:
- Alastor , a vengeance demon
- Alastor (nickname) , an epithet of avenging deities, for example Zeus or the Erinyen
- Alastor (son of Neleus) and Chloris , who was killed together with his brothers by Heracles while taking Pylos (Pseudo-Apollodor Library 1.9.9)
- Alastor (comrade of Sarpedon) , a Lycian, companion of Sarpedon , who was killed by Odysseus (Homer Iliad 6.77 and Ovid Metamorphoses 13.257)
- Alastor (Greek fighter) , a Greek participant in the Trojan War (Homer Iliad 8.333 and 13.422)
- Alastor (father of the Trous)
in the literature:
- Alastor, or The Spirit of Solitude , a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- a fictional globular cluster in the Alastor novels by science fiction writer Jack Vance
- Alastor Moody , a character in the Harry Potter novels by Joanne K. Rowling
- Alastor, Flame of Heaven, a speaking follower and companion of Shana in the light novel, the anime & manga Shakugan no Shana
in music:
- Alastor (Mjaskowski) , poem for orchestra by Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Mjaskowski (op.14, 1912), inspired by the poem by Shelley
- Alastor (band) , a Polish thrash metal band
