In Welsh, the sword is called Caledfwlch.

In the late 15th / early 16th century Middle Cornish play Beunans Ke, Arthur's sword is called Calesvol, which is etymologically an exact Middle Cornish cognate of the Welsh Caledfwlch.

The Prose Lancelot of the Vulgate Cycle mentions a sword called Seure, which belonged to the king but was used by Lancelot in one battle.

El Cid also had a sword called Colada.

Hoplites also carried a short sword called a xiphos.

The Jedi use a power called the Force and weapons called lightsabers, which emit a controlled plasma flow in the shape of a sword, in order to serve and protect the Galactic Republic and the galaxy at large from conflict or governmental instability.

Meibutsu ( noted swords ) is a special designation given to sword masterpieces which are listed in a compilation from the 1700s called the " Kyoho Meibutsucho ".

When worn with full armour, the tachi would be accompanied by a shorter blade in the form known as koshigatana (" waist sword "); a type of short sword with no hand-guard ( tsuba ) and where the hilt and scabbard meet to form the style of mounting called an aikuchi (" meeting mouth ").

militissa ), Du Cange notes that still in his day ( 17th c .), the female canons of the canonical monastery of St. Gertrude in Nivelles ( Brabant ), after a probation of 3 years, are made knights ( militissae ) at the altar, by a ( male ) knight called in for that purpose, who gives them the accolade with a sword and pronounces the usual words.

The first and wealthiest common class was armed in the fashion of the hoplite with spear, sword, helmet, breast plate and round shield ( called clipeus in Latin, similar to the Greek aspis, also called hoplon ); there were 82 centuries of these of which two were trumpeters.

At the same time, the three different types of heavy infantry were replaced by a single, standard type based on the Principes: armed with two heavy javelins called pila ( singular pilum ), the short sword called gladius, chain mail ( lorica hamata ), helmet and rectangular shield ( scutum ).

Non-European weapons called " sword " include single-edged weapons such as the Middle Eastern saif, the Chinese dao and the related Japanese katana.

One of the most recognizable Korean swords is the Bonguk geom, colloquially called the sword of the hwarang, the elite warriors of the Shilla kingdom.

By 1400, this type of sword, at the time called langes Schwert ( longsword ) or spadone, was common, and a number of 15th-and 16th-century Fechtbücher offering instructions on their use survive.

For example, during the Aceh War the Acehnese Klewangs, a sword similar to the machete, proved very effective in close quarters combat with Dutch troops, leading the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army to adopt a heavy cutlass, also called klewang ( very similar in appearance to the US Navy Model 1917 Cutlass ) to counter it.

The metal fitting where the blade enters the leather or metal scabbard is called the throat, which is often part of a larger scabbard mount, or locket, that bears a carrying ring or stud to facilitate wearing the sword.

A single-edged sword is called a kirpan, and its double-edged counterpart a khanda or tega.

The metal fitting where the blade enters the leather or metal scabbard is called the throat, which is often part of a larger scabbard mount, or locket, that bears a carrying ring or stud to facilitate wearing the sword.

The last Shimomura-ha ( claimed ) headmaster, Nakayama Hakudō who is considered the 16th, created a sword drawing art called Musō Shinden Battōjutsu that was heavily influenced by his Shimomura-ha training, but also took elements from other iaido-arts and would later become the Musō Shinden-ryū.

By the end of this period the long sword ( tachi ) was superseded by a shorter weapon in a new form, called katana.

Iaijutsu is extant today but there exist also a modern form for drawing the Japanese sword, called iaido.

Terminus Est is a sword in the science fiction series The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe.

Severian takes meticulous care of the sword, always cleaning, oiling, and sharpening the blade before and after an execution, to the point where he uses Terminus Est to shave with, forgoing a razor.

Just like this sword, Terminus Est has a square end and therefore cannot be used as a thrusting weapon.

Severian describes Terminus Est several times as a " paterissa " or cross ( the sword has long, straight guards and is carried over the shoulder, tip-downward ) and once as an " iron phallus " ( an image suggested by the fluid-filled channel inside the blade.

The story of Ajax was frequently made use of by ancient poets and artists, and the hero who appears on some Locrian coins with the helmet, shield, and sword is probably this Ajax.

The challenge of drawing a sword from a stone also appears in the Arthurian legends of Galahad, whose achievement of the task indicates that he is destined to find the Holy Grail.

Bulwer-Lytton's most famous quotation, " the pen is mightier than the sword ", is from his play Richelieu where it appears in the line beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword

Of those three books, the Ragyndrudis Codex shows incisions that could have been made by sword or axe ; its story appears confirmed in the Utrecht hagiography, the Vita altera, which reports that an eye-witness saw that the saint at the moment of death held up a gospel as spiritual protection.

Certainly, other Bishops were depicted bearing the arms of a knight without comment, such as Archbishop Turpin who bears both a spear and a sword named " Almace " in The Song of Roland or Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy, who also appears to have fought as a knight during the First Crusade, an expedition that Odo also joined.

In addition, a sword by the same name appears in various other Norse legends.

Later, he appears as an old, one-eyed stranger and sticks his sword into the tree Barnstokkr during a feast at the palace of King Völsung, declaring that “ he who draws this sword out of the trunk shall receive it from me as a gift, and he himself shall prove that he has never carried a better sword than this one ,” which King Volsung ’ s son Sigmund does.

The sword of Damocles appears frequently in popular culture including novels, feature films, television series, videogames and music.

But while she is bathing alone in a pool, Cathbad appears, stands between her and her weapons, and bares his sword.

It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae (" The History of the Kings of Britain ") as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur ( Caliburnus ) was forged and later where Arthur was taken to recover from his wounds after the Battle of Camlann.

Curiously, a woman who looks exactly like Alis on the Master System versions cover art also appears on the cover art of the Sega Genesis Collection, complete with shield and flaming sword.

Henry appears clothed in a Franciscan habit, although his hands are holding his sword in his girdle, which runs parallel to the Cordón de San Francisco.

One of the apparent influences from Spanish styles is the espada y daga ( sword and dagger ) method, but some disagree as Filipino espada y daga appears to be distinct from European rapier and dagger techniques ; the stances are different as weapons used in Eskrima are typically shorter than European swords.

On his sword appears the Buddhist symbol of the three jewels, or Triratana.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary also appears on the medal, next to the Sacred Heart, but is pierced by a sword, rather than being crowned with thorns.

His laying figure appears holding his sword and is guarded by a dog.

They watch as Corwin's sword appears and chops off Benedict's new arm, just as Corwin did in Tir-na Nog ' th.

Ninurta often appears holding a bow and arrow, a sickle sword, or a mace named Sharur: Sharur is capable of speech in the Sumerian legend " Deeds and Exploits of Ninurta " and can take the form of a winged lion and may represent an archetype for the later Shedu.

Book 3, The Dragon Reborn, was in fact told almost exclusively from the points-of-view of Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, and Egwene al ' Vere, despite the fact that it is undoubtedly about Rand ( all three parties eventually follow him to Tear and are present when he pulls the sword Callandor from the Stone and proclaims himself the Dragon Reborn ), and the following books have continued in following the adventures of other characters besides Rand, to such a degree at times that in the tenth book, Crossroads of Twilight, Rand only appears in two chapters and the epilogue.

The Vorpal Sword appears in the graphic novel series Fables in which the sword has the mythical property of cutting through any known object

The king of hearts is sometimes called the " suicide king " because he appears to be sticking his sword into his head.

Will Turner appears in the Pirates of the Caribbean Online game as the character who gives the player their first sword.