Top 10 Strangest Swords in The World of Fiction

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Top 10 Strangest Swords in The World of Fiction
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The first sword came to existence in the Bronze
Age in 1600 BC. It was mainly used in fencing
just a method in wars no more in use. Any sword
consists of two parts the blade and hilt. The
part where the fighter grips is the hilt, in the
end of which a circular part is called the
pommel it counters the blades weight and
prevents the sword from slipping. Though swords
are rarely used in the modern day, they are
imaged in movies and fictional works from all
around the world, the most famous of them are
displayed now.
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Lightsaber The inspiration for
this sword was first presented in the famous film
Star Wars produced in 1977. Since then, nearly
every star wars series or movie featured the
sword. Like a detonator, Lightsaber cut through
an object and leaves visible effects. Star Wars
Knights of the Old Republic is another show where
the sword appeared.
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Gram Sword The gram sword dates back to
mythological origins not to movies or novels. In
ancient Norway, the god Odin is the hero of our
mythology. Odin used the magical Gram sword and
dip it into a tree to make a prize for any person
who would be able to pull it free. Sigmund did
and his reward was a stab from this same sword
that brought him to his death.
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Durendal From the French old literary works came
this historical sword. In Matter of France, was
the Durendal possession of Charlemagne. The sword
is supposed to have the tooth of Saint Peter and
the hair of Saint Denis.
William Wallaces Sword William Wallace was a
hero from the Scotland of the 13th century. His
power was doubled with his magical sword. The
long blade, the leather hand and the pommel
offered William Wallace extra power and
potentials.
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Master Sword If you played the Zelda
game, you would be familiar with the Master
Sword. You know that you start the game with an
ordinary one then when you go levels up you start
having more powerful swords till you reach the
Master one.
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Damocles Sword King Dionysius
used to have a courtier under the name of
Damocles. Damocles once looked forward to living
like a king and asked Dionysius to change place
with him for one day which the king accepted. For
one day the courtier waited upon for meals and
ordered whatever he wanted. One sword loomed
before his eyes and reminded him with the great
power of the king, but the fear instilled in him
and bid him to leave.
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Excalibur We know King Arthur, the
English ruler, Excalibur is his magical sword. It
still is not his only sword. The sword in Stone
was so powerful. The first was unbreakable but
King Arthur lost it in the sea where a hand
caught it!
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Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi From the
Japanese legends, one sword became eternal. The
sword was given as a present for Yamato Takeru.
It was planned afterwards that Yamato be burned
the thing that happened in a few days. Yamato
tried to save himself by using his sword to cut
the plant during this time he realized that he
can control the direction of the wind as well.
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Vorpal Sword The Vorpal Sword
appeared in a poem by Lewis Carroll called
Jabberwocky. The poem tells the story of a young
boy who killed a monster, the namesake of the
poem. This word has no meaning in different
dictionaries, yet readers could have figured out
its meaning to be sinister. The vorpal swords
are now featured in different video games.
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Shamshir-e-Zomorrodnegar This
sword is a Persian one adorned with amazing
diamonds, in the legend of Amir Arsalan.
Fulad-zereh was a demon whom only this sword can
kill. Additionally, if any one was wounded by
this sword, he could only be healed through
drinking part of Fulad-zerehs brain.
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