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The Crown Prince's Sword (1620), presented to the Treasury in 1810 by King Charles XIII of Sweden to be used as a crown prince's sword. Part of the Regalia of Sweden displayed at the Stockholm Palace. [22] King Gustav III's King's Sword (1772), commissioned by King Gustav III of Sweden for his coronation.
Sword in the Stone or Caliburn, a sword in the Arthurian legend which only the rightful king of Britain can pull from the stone; sometimes associated with Excalibur. In Mallory, the sword in the stone is not Excalibur and is not named. When the sword is broken in a fight with King Pellinore, the Lady of the Lake gives him Excalibur as a ...
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, pious prince, the favorite of the god Marduk, exalted ruler who is the beloved of the god Nabû, the one who deliberates (and) acquires wisdom, the one who constantly seeks out the ways of their divinity (and) reveres their dominion, the indefatigable governor who is mindful of provisioning Esagil and Ezida ...
Hrunting and Nægling – Beowulf 's magical swords. Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar – Legendary Persian sword. Skofnung – sword of legendary Danish king Hrólf Kraki. Thunderbolt – as wielded by various mythological deities such as Zeus. Vajra – A composite weapon made from the bones of a willing sage used by Indra.
Albrecht Duerer portrait of Charlemagne with Joyeuse. Joyeuse ( pronounced [ʒwajøz] ⓘ; Old French: Joiuse; meaning "joyous, joyful") was, in medieval legend, the sword wielded by Charlemagne as his personal weapon. A sword identified as Joyeuse was used in French royal coronation ceremonies since the 13th century, and is now kept at the ...
The Accursed Tower, A 2nd Edition AD&D Module. Demon Stone role-playing Game released on PS2, Xbox, and PC. In collaboration with Seven Swords, R A Salvatore created the bot chat responses for the computer game Quake 3 Arena. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning role-playing Game released Xbox 360, PS3, and PC February 2012.
An urumi is an Indian sword with a flexible, whip-like blade. [ 1] Originating in modern-day Kerala, a state in southwestern India, it is thought to have existed from as early as the Sangam period . It is treated as a whip sword, made with special combination of steel [ 2] and therefore requires prior knowledge of that weapon as well as the sword.
Tenka-Goken. The Tenka-Goken (天下五剣, "Five [Greatest] Swords under Heaven") are a group of five Japanese swords. [1] Three are National Treasures of Japan, one an Imperial Property, and one a holy relic of Nichiren Buddhism. Among the five, some regard Dōjigiri as "the yokozuna of all Japanese swords" along with Ōkanehira ( ja:大包平 ).