Sword
26 books featuring this symbol
The sword symbolizes discriminating justice and honorable violence. Drawn or sheathed, it communicates thresholds of peace and war.
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous • Germanic
Medea
Euripides • Greek
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth • Celtic
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian • East Asian
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach • Germanic
Electra
Sophocles • Greek
Heracles
Euripides • Greek
Primary Chronicle
Nestor • Slavic
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli • Persian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus • Germanic
Ajax
Sophocles • Greek
Markandeya Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Kārnāmag-ī Ardashīr-ī Pābagān
Anonymous • Persian
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira • East Asian
Grettir's Saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk • Mesopotamian
Menog-i Khrad
Anonymous • Persian
Shintōshū
Anonymous • East Asian
Hildebrandslied
Anonymous • Germanic
The Colloquy of the Ancients
Anonymous • Celtic
Eiríksmál
Anonymous • Germanic
Nornagests þáttr
Anonymous • Germanic