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Articles relating to ceremonial weapons, object used for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority. They are often used in parades and as part of dress uniforms. See also Category:Honorary weapons
The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic sgian-dubh, from sgian ('knife') and dubh ('black', also with the secondary meaning of 'hidden'. [2]). Although sgian is feminine, so that a modern Gael might refer to a black knife as sgian dhubh, the term for the ceremonial knife is a set-phrase containing a historical form with blocked lenition.
A Polish Land Forces major presenting his ceremonial sabre in salute. A ceremonial weapon is an object used for ceremonial purposes to display power or authority. They are often used in parades and as part of dress uniforms. [1] [2] Although they are descended from weapons used in actual combat, they are not normally used as such. Their form ...
Articles relating to ceremonial maces, highly ornamented staffs of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by mace-bearers, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace used as a weapon.
Pages in category "Ceremonial knives" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Athame; B. Boline; K.
In contrast to the normal Dohong, the handle and the blade are made differently. The blade is worked out into a figurative representation, as is the hilt. The scabbard is made of wood and is carved with a depiction of a face. The ceremonial dohong is used in mourning ceremonies and worn by women when warriors return from headhunting to the village.
Pashupatastra, an irresistible and most destructive personal weapon of Shiva and Kali, discharged by the mind, the eyes, words, or a bow. Varunastra, a water weapon (a storm) according to the Indian scriptures, incepted by Varuna. In stories it is said to assume any weapon's shape, just like water.
Ceremonial magic (also known as magick, ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) [1] encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an extension of ritual magic, and in most cases synonymous with it.