Is the Higgs Field a new form of an old idea?

[chemguy777]

The Higgs mechanism requires a quantum field (the Higgs Field) to permeate all space.
This field has been added to the Standard Model.
Is the Higgs field a "new form" of an old idea (the eather)?

 

[Orodruin]

No, all fields permeate all of space-time. Including, eg, the electromagnetic field.

 

[mfb]

The Higgs field does not have a preferred reference frame. It has nothing in common with the old idea of an ether.