One to get you thinking a bit. We all have our favourite historical swords, but what about mythical and legendary swords?

An obvious example is Excalibur, "the greatest sword there never was", but then how would you interpret it? As a 5th-6th century Spatha/Saxon hybrid, a high medieval sword from Malory, a high fantasy piece, or something else?

What other famous swords of myth and legend would you want to own, and why? And not just European myth and legend, there are lots of other cultures to draw from.

Now I think a lot of people here know my answer :lol: :lol: :lol:

"The Answerer" gifted by the god Lugh
"Colanda" the two handed sword of El Cid
Or Goliath's sword mentioned in the Bible as being used by David to take his head off, then later retrieved by him and used in war.

If you have to dream, dream the biggest...

For mithology:
Gram (Balmung), the mythical sword of Sigfrid.

For modern mithology:
La "Sguaraspada" of Toni Tropp Koold, by Davide van Desfroos

For fantasy:
"Wisacrif", the sword of Lonolf di Sigweir, that can store the wisdom of all the books that touch her and then guide the hand of her master (my original idea)

For sci-fi:
One of the chainswords of the Space Marines (better if the version for normal persons).

I'm a one-handed swords person.

My vote for "Tyrfing", the sword from the Hervara saga that by fate had to taste blood everytime it was unsheathed. Valuable enough for the Shield-maiden Hervor to claim it from the ghost of her ancestors. I.e tomb-raiding it :D

Myth/History The sword of Roland

Fantasy: Narsil, A Katana that can cut a tank in a half just by looking at it while in the scabbard :lol: . Charons Claw (Can create a wall of ash in the air, or take the flesh of your enemy's skull and will do the same to anyone who tries to steal it from you :eek: )

Sci-Fi: The Wailing Doom, Blade of the avatar of Khaine that eternally drips Blood and will only be silenced when it drinks blood :eek: :eek:

I think the only reasonable answer to this question is a lightsaber.
Perfect for brush clearing, chopping open bank vaults, or making toast at the same time as slicing bread.

The Black Sword is the Champion's sword.
The Word of the Sword is the Champion's Law.
The Blade of the Sword is the Blood of the Sun.
The Hilt of the Sword and the Hand are One.
The Runes on the Sword are the Worms that are Wise.
The Name of the Sword is the same as the Scythe...

The Cold Sword of Ulric von Beck. Oh, to be the Eternal Champion...

That or the Sword of Omens, 'cause it gives you sigh-beyond-sight. :eek:





or Link's master sword, 'cause Zelda RULES!!!

T`was brillig, and the slithy toves
did gire and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And he mome raths outgrabe.

...

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
long time the manxome foe he sought–
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
and stood awhile in thought.

...

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker - snack!
He left it dead, and with it´s head
He went galumphing back.

....

...The Vorpal sword is my candidate.
No one can tell what it really is or what it looks like, yet it is an icon of utter and absolute swordishness. A blade to cut asunder the darkness beyond understanding, and help bring home reason to a disturbed world.

The Flaming Sword used by the angel to guard the Tree of Life in the Book of Genesis after Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden.

Soul Edge. Sure, if you wield it, it consumes your soul and the souls of those you slay until you become a soul hunting monster and completely lose your humanity... but who can honestly say they have never thought about giving their soul in exchange for a new sword (like a shiny new Albion for example) ? ? ? :lol: The other seller for me is that Soul Edge has the ability to morph into any weapon shape from a katana to a large axe depending on who wields it. Hard to go wrong with that kind of versatility. Wow... I need a life...

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No better subject on which to geek out!

"I got this feeling, that my luck is none too good...
This sword here at my side don't act the way it should.."
I cold-blued my first sword, a Del-Tin XIIA, in honor of Stormbringer. Doubt that Stormbringer's welded tang would have failed while dispatching a badly-injured possum, 'tho...

Tolkien's Anglachel/Gurthang is right up there, too: "There is malice in this sword..." Alan Lee's cover painting to Children of Hurin depicts Gurthang as a type XI, all sinister black. I'm not sure I would have imagined a Middle Earth sword fitting that typology so neatly, but it does look cool.

But, if I were to design a historically plausible replica of a specific mythical sword, I'm in Mr. Hagstrom's camp, for sure. A migration-era spath, maybe 5- 10 % oversized, intricate carvings but probably not much in the way of precious stones. Imagine how cool "TYRFING" would look as an inlay, on a pattern-welded blade (means "war-fang" for extra whale-road cred.) I'd probably go so far as to age the thing, for that "fresh from the dig" look, too. Geez, I gotta make more money.

Cheers, all!
Eric W. Norenberg

I like Ringil, Sword of Fingolfin, High King of the Noldor.










of course a lightsaber would be ok too :D

I must join with others here and consign myself to the Moorcock camp. If I had to take up a fantasy sword , it would be one of the inferations of the Blacksword.
Failing that, Excalibur jnr from the "Grailquest" choose your own adventure books. Like a talking excalibur, only a smartarse :D

Gram, the sword of Sigurd, cut an anvil in half. That is pretty good...

I have always been partial to swords from the Silmarillion though, Ringil, Narsil, Gurthang.

I was beat to the punch on Elric of Melnibone's sword, Strombringer.

I guess I'd take whatever sword Conan uses though - he seems to be able to cut men in mail or plate from the shoulder to the breastbone. :D

I'm patial to the Silmarillion sowrds as well, though it seems tough to really compare how effective they are. Gurthang seems pretty good, cut right through Glaurang's armour, though the sword has a nasty personality that bothers me a bit.