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dasgregorian
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I know of quite a few 'legendary swords' legends... but I want to put together a compilation SsssSooOoO... anyone want to contribute to story time:
(I'm not energetic enough to type out the whole story, but a couple of the ones I have written out so far are the stories of [FONT="]Caladbolg, Excalibur, Ragnarok, and the whole Masamune/Murasame story.)
In case anyone interested doesn't know 'em:
Caladbolg was an irish blade which was said to be able to 'devour everything.' I'm not sure what style sword it was supposed to be (I've heard it was a giant claymore), but it's most notible feat was when [/FONT]Fergus mac Roich (the sword's owner) was about to kill Conchobar mac Nessa... some dude convinced him not to, so MacRoich moved the sword upward before the killing blow hit and cut off the tops of three hills.
Everyone should know about excalibur... Arthur Drew a sword from a rock, claiming divine right to kingship... it broke in battle and 'the lady of the lake' gave him the 'real' version of the sword, along with all sorts of magical powers... They never really defined what powers it had... basically anything arthur wants.
Ragnarok is actually nordic legend for when the gods would make their final battle and the world is destroyed, the sword Odin would use is named after the event... aka, ragnarok.
Masamune and Murasame are both actual japanese swordsmiths from the around the 1300-1600's I believe, the swords were of similar styles, and both superior quality... Legend has it that Masamune (the smith) understood the final lesson of bushido, that the greatest goal for a swordsmen would be to use their sword to protect life, therefore his masterwork (the sword named after him) was 'good.' Contrastly Murasame (some say a student of masamune's, but his swords were made about 100 years after Masamune's) only knew how to make weapons... they were very sharp and strong, and everything a weapon should be... but he only knew how to kill, not protect, therefore his swords were said to be cursed and 'evil.' Legend says both the Masamune and Murasame were put in a stream... The leaves seemed to all be pushed out of the way of the Masamune since it would not harm the innocent leaves... the Murasame, however, drew the leaves into it, cutting them to shreds.
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SooOoO anyone know any sword legends not mentioned here? Or care to expand on the breif ones I made.
(I'm not energetic enough to type out the whole story, but a couple of the ones I have written out so far are the stories of [FONT="]Caladbolg, Excalibur, Ragnarok, and the whole Masamune/Murasame story.)
In case anyone interested doesn't know 'em:
Caladbolg was an irish blade which was said to be able to 'devour everything.' I'm not sure what style sword it was supposed to be (I've heard it was a giant claymore), but it's most notible feat was when [/FONT]Fergus mac Roich (the sword's owner) was about to kill Conchobar mac Nessa... some dude convinced him not to, so MacRoich moved the sword upward before the killing blow hit and cut off the tops of three hills.
Everyone should know about excalibur... Arthur Drew a sword from a rock, claiming divine right to kingship... it broke in battle and 'the lady of the lake' gave him the 'real' version of the sword, along with all sorts of magical powers... They never really defined what powers it had... basically anything arthur wants.
Ragnarok is actually nordic legend for when the gods would make their final battle and the world is destroyed, the sword Odin would use is named after the event... aka, ragnarok.
Masamune and Murasame are both actual japanese swordsmiths from the around the 1300-1600's I believe, the swords were of similar styles, and both superior quality... Legend has it that Masamune (the smith) understood the final lesson of bushido, that the greatest goal for a swordsmen would be to use their sword to protect life, therefore his masterwork (the sword named after him) was 'good.' Contrastly Murasame (some say a student of masamune's, but his swords were made about 100 years after Masamune's) only knew how to make weapons... they were very sharp and strong, and everything a weapon should be... but he only knew how to kill, not protect, therefore his swords were said to be cursed and 'evil.' Legend says both the Masamune and Murasame were put in a stream... The leaves seemed to all be pushed out of the way of the Masamune since it would not harm the innocent leaves... the Murasame, however, drew the leaves into it, cutting them to shreds.
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SooOoO anyone know any sword legends not mentioned here? Or care to expand on the breif ones I made.