The slaying of the Jabberwock with a vorpal sword.

This article is a list of fictional swords in various pieces of literature, film and television. For swords originating in mythology and legend, see List of mythological swords. Swords that originate in epic poems, tales and chronicles that were taken at one time as a "true" accounting of history rather than being composed as works of fiction, such as Beowulf, The Tale of the Heike and the Kojiki of similar are not listed here, regardless of whether the swords themselves are believed by contemporary scholars to have existed historically.

Akita Yoshinobu: Sorcerous Stabber Orphen[edit]

Lloyd Alexander: The Chronicles of Prydain[edit]

J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan[edit]

Terry Brooks: The Sword of Shannara[edit]

Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky[edit]

Cassandra Clare: The Shadowhunter Chronicles[edit]

Susan Cooper: The Dark is Rising Sequence[edit]

Brian Daley: Coramonde[edit]

David Eddings: The Belgariad & The Malloreon[edit]

Michael Ende: The Neverending Story[edit]

Steven Erikson: Malazan Book of the Fallen[edit]

David Gemmell: Drenai Series[edit]

Terry Goodkind: The Sword of Truth[edit]

Robert A. Heinlein: Glory Road[edit]

Brian Jacques: Redwall[edit]

Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time[edit]

Fritz Leiber: Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser[edit]

C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia[edit]

George R.R. Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire[edit]

Michael Moorcock: Eternal Champion[edit]

Christopher Paolini: The Inheritance Cycle[edit]

Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus[edit]

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter[edit]

It is first pulled out by Harry Potter in Chamber of Secrets. It appears again and is drawn out of the Sorting Hat by Neville Longbottom in Deathly Hallows and used to kill the last Horcrux - Nagini the snake. The sword absorbs any substance that will strengthen it; for example, if immersed in poison, it gains the ability to poison its target. It also rejects any substance that would damage or tarnish it.[1]

Fred Saberhagen: Books of the Swords[edit]

Brandon Sanderson: Cosmere[edit]

J. R. R. Tolkien: Middle-earth[edit]

Swords only appearing in the film adaptations:

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman: Darksword[edit]

Tad Williams: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn[edit]

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn are three legendary swords key to the plot of the trilogy.

Gene Wolfe: The Book of the New Sun[edit]

Roger Zelazny: The Chronicles of Amber[edit]

Various authors: Dungeons & Dragons[edit]

Andrzej Sapkowski: The Witcher[edit]

In other fiction[edit]

Brandon Mull's Fablehaven[edit]

Andrew Hussie's Homestuck[edit]

Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda[edit]

Nintendo's Fire Emblem[edit]

Other[edit]

In film and television[edit]

Bionicle[edit]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[edit]

The Golden Blade[edit]

Heroes[edit]

Hook[edit]

Kill Bill[edit]

KonoSuba[edit]

Masters of the Universe[edit]

Power Rangers[edit]

Star Trek[edit]

Star Wars[edit]

Sword Art Online[edit]

Slayers[edit]

Thundarr the Barbarian[edit]

ThunderCats[edit]

Voltron[edit]

Zatoichi[edit]

Shikomizue: The blind swordsman Zatoichi's weapon in the Japanese series of movies. It is a sword hidden in a cane, with a dagger hidden in the hilt.

Nasuverse[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Top Ten Greatest Swords of All Time - Amazing Stories". Amazing Stories. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. ^ Erikson, Steven (2012). "Forge of Darkness". Steven Erikson. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ^ Terry Goodkind, Wizards First Rule, The Sword Of Truth Series(United States:Tor Books,1995)
  4. ^ Terry Goodkind, Confessor, The Sword of Truth Series: Chainfire Trilogy (United States:Tor Books, 2007)
  5. ^ "Blackfyre".
  6. ^ "Brightroar".
  7. ^ "Dark Sister".
  8. ^ "Dawn".
  9. ^ "Hearteater".
  10. ^ "Heartsbane".
  11. ^ "Ice".
  12. ^ "Lady Forlorn".
  13. ^ "Lightbringer".
  14. ^ http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Lion's_Tooth
  15. ^ "Longclaw".
  16. ^ "Needle".
  17. ^ "Nightfall". A Wiki of Ice and Fire.
  18. ^ "Oathkeeper".
  19. ^ "Red Rain".
  20. ^ "Widow's Wail".
  21. ^ Preston, Douglas (1999). Riptide. New York: Warner Books. p. 434. ISBN 0-446-60717-7.
  22. ^ Preston, Douglas (1999). Riptiaid to de. New York: Warner Books. p. 446. ISBN 0-446-60717-7.
  23. ^ Henrique, Kevin (6 December 2018). "What is a KunchSuba Chunchunmaru?". Suki Desu. Retrieved 2021-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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