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Some weapons in Chinese folklore do not, strictly speaking, have magical properties, but are forged with materials or methods that are unique in the context of the story. Green Dragon Crescent Blade – Exceptionally heavy guandao wielded by Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms ; forged with the blood of a green dragon.
Elves of Lothlórien, Men, and Uruk-hai used longbows, while Elves of Mirkwood and Orcs of Mordor used smaller ones. These bows are said to be made of wood, horn and even steel. [2] [10] The most famous bowman in Tolkien's stories of the First Age of Middle-earth is the Elf Beleg; his bow was named Belthronding, and his arrow Dailir.
(Hindu mythology) Elf-arrow (also Pixie Arrow), were arrowheads of flint used in hunting and war by the aborigines of the British Isles and of Europe in general. Elf-Arrows derived their name from the folklore belief that the arrows fell from the sky, and were used by elves to kill cattle and inflict Elfshot on human beings. Elf-Arrows were ...
In Medieval epics, heroes gave names to their weapons. The name, lineage, and power of the weapon reflected on the hero. Among the major tales are those of Sigurd the Volsung and his sword Gram that he used to kill the dragon Fafnir; [a] [1] Beowulf and the swords Hrunting and Nægling; [2] King Arthur's Excalibur, the "Sword in the Stone"; [2] Roland's Durendal; Waldere's Mimming; [2] and the ...
The category is for articles about weapons in Norse mythology. Pages in category "Mythological Norse weapons" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Probably from MHG mâl ("decoration, ornament"), commonly used of ornaments on weapons. [41] Wolfhart's sword in Rosengarten zu Worms F. [41] Mimming Old English: Mimming, Middle High German: Mimminc, Old Norse: Mimungr: Possibly from PGmc *min-("to remember"). The short vowel makes an association with Mimir unlikely. [42] Witige's sword, made ...
This category lists weapons from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium Wikimedia Commons has media related to Weapons of Middle-earth . Pages in category "Middle-earth weapons"
Spell-wrapped weapons: Men of Númenor wielded named swords forged by Elves with power to shine in presence of Orcs, [10] or to break spells protecting the Nazgûl [T 13] [6] Narsil (Andúril), [T 12] [T 2] Orcrist, and Glamdring; Morgul knife used by Nazgûl on Weathertop; [T 5] battering-ram Grond had evil spells of destruction written around ...