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
10
The inspiration for this swordwas 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,
Lightsabercut 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 swordand
dip it into a tree to make a
prize for any personwho
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 poten
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Master
Sword
6
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 reachthe Master one
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Damocles
Sword
5
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 courtierwaited 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
3

Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
4
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 swordto cut the plant; during
this time he realized that he can control the

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 seawhere a hand caught it

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Vorpal
2 Sword
TheVorpal 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
1
This sword is a Persian oneadorned 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 ofFulad-zerehsbrain

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