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This is a list of notable individual swords, known either from historical record or from surviving artifacts. Legendary swords[edit] Main article: List of legendary swords
This is a list of magical weapons from fiction and folklore. A magical weapon is one that is directly described as such in the work, or one that has obvious fantastic or supernatural qualities.
Durendal, also spelled Durandal, is the sword of Roland, a legendary paladin and partially historical officer of Charlemagne in French epic literature. The sword is famous for its hardness and sharpness. Sources including La Chanson de Roland ( The Song of Roland) state that it first belonged to the young Charlemagne.
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 Louvre .
Four Ulfberht swords found in Norway (drawings from Lorange 1889) The Ulfberht swords are a group of about 170 medieval swords found primarily in Northern Europe, [3] [4] dated to the 9th to 11th centuries, with blades inlaid with the inscription +VLFBERH+T or +VLFBERHT+. [3] [5] The word "Ulfberht" is a Frankish personal name, possibly ...
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In Chinese folklore, it is known as " The Gentleman of Weapons " and is considered one of the four major weapons, along with the gun (staff), qiang (spear), and the dao (sabre). These swords are also sometimes referred to as taijijian or " tai chi swords", reflecting their current use as training weapons for tai chi practitioners, though there were no historical jian types created specifically ...
There, the travelers learn of the existence of three legendary swords by the names of Minneyar (or "Year of Memory"), Sorrow, and Thorn. The magic of these swords is the only hope against the combined power of the two High Kings, the ancient Sithi and the new-crowned human, who already have possession of at least one of the swords.