Magic Weapons

[the Jester]

Hmm while I have no creative or helpful input, would you be so kind as to post your paper when your done with it? It sounds like it would be a very interesting read.

Seconded.

 

[shilsen]

Gandiva's a good one and not too common in this part 'o the world.

joe b.

Which is Arjuna's bow, from Indian myth, just in case the OP didn't know. Probably the most distinctive weapon from Indian myth is the Sudarshan Chakra, the discus of Krishna (and Vishnu, whose avatar Krishna is).

 

[diaglo]

St Martin had a sword.

 

[diaglo]

Any Biblical weapons I'm forgetting (the lance is not really Biblical; that mythos is almost unrelated to the books, I feel)?

don't forget the Catholic bible is different from the King James version.

 

[Thanee]

Along with Glamdring and Narsil there were Orcrist and Sting, too.

Balmung from the Nibelungen.

Bye
Thanee

 

[diaglo]

David's Sling

Samson's jawbone of an Ass

 

[Zander]

Any Biblical weapons I'm forgetting (the lance is not really Biblical; that mythos is almost unrelated to the books, I feel)?

In addition to those mentioned by the venerable diaglo, what about the rams' horn trumpets used to bring down the walls of Jericho - the basis of the Horn of Blasting in D&D? I'm not sure they qualify as weapons per se which one normally thinks of as doing kinetic rather than sonic damage.

Also, Moses' staff which turns into a snake.

 

[Staffan]

David's Sling

Samson's jawbone of an Ass

I'm sure the whole point of those is to show that if you have God on your side, you can win even with the simplest weapons.

 

[diaglo]

I'm sure the whole point of those is to show that if you have God on your side, you can win even with the simplest weapons.

as with all the other weapons included in this thread. whichever god they reference.

 

[lukelightning]

The Chinese god Guan Di (aka Guan Gong, Kuan-ti, Kuan Yu, Guan Yu, Guan Shi Di, etc.) has a polearm named "Qing Long" which is either "blue dragon" or "green dragon" depending on how you translate "qing" (which is normally sky blue but is also green as well).