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
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Medea
Euripides
431 BCE
Greek
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1136 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian
109-91 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
Heracles
Euripides
416 BCE
Greek
Primary Chronicle
Nestor
1113-1118 CE
Slavic
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli
1196-1207 CE
Persian, Georgian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
1185-1222 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ajax
Sophocles
450 BCE
Greek
Markandeya Purana
Anonymous
300-700 CE
Indian, Hindu
Kārnāmag-ī Ardashīr-ī Pābagān
Anonymous
500-700 CE
Persian
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira
927-967 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Grettir's Saga
Anonymous
1300-1350 CE
Germanic, Norse
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk
800-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Menog-i Khrad
Anonymous
500-900 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Shintōshū
Anonymous
1320-1350 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Hildebrandslied
Anonymous
830-840 CE
Germanic
The Colloquy of the Ancients
Anonymous
1200-1220 CE
Celtic, Irish
Eiríksmál
Anonymous
954-960 CE
Germanic, Norse
Nornagests þáttr
Anonymous
1387-1394 CE
Germanic, Norse