Thursday, February 21, 2008

Swords of Myth and Legend





Arondight - Sword of Lancelot



Attila the Hun's sword, which he claimed was the sword of Mars, the Roman god of war



Caladbolg - Sword of Fergus mac Róich



Chandrahas (Moon blade) - King Ravana's sword in the Hindu epic Ramayana.



Claíomh Solais - Sword of Nuada Airgeadlámh, legendary king of Ireland



Crocea Mors - Sword of Julius Caesar


Curtana - Sword of Ogier the Dane , a legendary Danish hero, and a paladin of Charlemagne



Durendal - Sword of Roland, one of Charlemagne's paladins



Excalibur/Caliburn/Caledflwch - Sword of King Arthur



Heaven's Will/The Will of Heaven/Thuan Thien/Thuận Thiên- Sword of Vietnamese King Le Loi



Fragarach - Sword of Manannan mac Lir and Lugh Lamfada



Gram (Balmung) (Nothung) - Sword of Siegfried, hero of the Nibelungenlied



Hauteclere - Sword of Olivier, a French hero depicted in the Song of Roland



Hrunting - Sword lent to Beowulf by Unferth, ineffective against Grendel's mother



Naegling - Sword of Beowulf in his old age, used to fight the dragon



Joyeuse - Sword of Charlemagne



Kusanagi - Sword of Susanoo



Shamshir-e Zomorrodnegar - Sword of King Solomon(in Persian folklore)



Tyrfing - Cursed sword that causes eventual death to its wielder and their kin

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