History Main / DruidicSickle

* South of where the Druids lived, the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greco-Roman]] harvest god Cronus/Saturn had the sickle as one of his symbols.

* ''ComicBook/{{Mampato}}'': At the court of King Arthur, our hero is captured by a Druid in Stonehenge, who intends to use a sickle to kill him and thus offer him as a sacrifice to [[CriticalResearchFailure Nordic gods such as Odin and Thor.]]

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/an-anthropological-approach-to-sarkicism-case-study-02-the-d This anthropological study of a Sarkic community]] mentions the discovery of a golden sickle of the seventh century, probably the present of some Saxon Druid.

A sub-trope of WeaponOfChoice. As the name implies, this is often used by {{Druid}}s.

* The [[FaceHeelTurn druid-turned-warlock]] in the ''Literature/WhiteTrashWarlock'' books uses one to ritualistically murder and maim his victims in an attempt to steal their life force.
* In the Creator/MRJames story "The Ash-Tree", a man accuses a woman of witchcraft, claiming to have seen her taking cuttings with a sickle from the ash next to his house.

Devotees of old gods often carry small sickles, which are reminiscent of both plants (sickles were originally farming tools) and the moon (the blades are crescent-shaped). They can be seen as weapons, or simply as tools that happen to come in handy for self-defense. These knives are especially common among priestesses; a male character with such a weapon is, however, more likely to be explicitly called a druid, rather than simply a pagan priest. In these cases, the blade will often be explicitly meant for the harvesting of mistletoe, although it may still be put other uses.

** In 3[[superscript:rd]] Edition, the Druid class has a very short list of weapon proficiencies, including the sickle alongside simple weapons like knives, staves and smaller spears. The only martial weapon with which they are proficient is the scimitar, which is vaguely sickle-like in shape.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': Jade Wizards, green-robed wizards who use magic pertaining to plants, growth and healing and watch over the natural world, often arm or equip themselves with large sickles.

Note that some blades described as "sickle-like" may in fact be examples of or inspired by the Ancient Egyptian ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khopesh hkopesh,]]'' which has a similar curved form. However, a ''khopesh'' is sharpened on the ''outside'' of the curved portion, having apparently evolved from crescent-shaped military axes, whereas a true sickle is sharpened on the ''inside'' of the curve.

Note that some blades described as "sickle-like" may in fact be examples of or inspired by the Ancient Egyptian ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khopesh hkopesh,]]'' which has a similar curved form. However, the ''khopesh'' was sharpened on the ''outside'' of the curved portion, having apparently evolved from crescent-shaped military axes, whereas a true sickle is sharpened on the ''inside'' of the curve.

Note that some blades described as "sickle-like" may in fact be examples of or inspired by [[the Ancient Egyptian hkopesh,]] which has a similar curved form. However, the khopesh was sharpened on the ''outside'' of the curved portion, having apparently evolved from crescent-shaped military axes, whereas a true sickle is sharpened on the ''inside'' of the curve.

* In the Creator/MRJames story "The Ash-Tree", a man accuses a woman of witchcraft, claiming to have seen her taking cuttings with a sickle from the ash next to his house.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Mampato}}'' at the court of King Arthur, our hero is captured by a Druid in Stonehenge, who intends to use a sickle to kill him and thus offer him as a sacrifice to [[CriticalResearchFailure Nordic gods such as Odin and Thor.]]

* In ''Literature/TheMistsOfAvalon'', the priestesses receive Druidic Sickles as part of their initiation.

* Lini, the iconic Druid from ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', wields a sickle. Particularly notable in light of her serving as the game's archetypal druid adventurer.

* ''VideoGame/{{Armello}}'': The Treasure Card "Moon Scythe" has the following flavour text:
-->''"Under night's watch, the harvest reaps. Under night's watch, the Wyld keeps." —DRUIDIC CHANT''

* The Lone Druid of ''VideoGame/Dota2'' attacks by throwing sickles at his enemies.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The iconic druidic artifact is the Scythe of Elune, a scythe made from the staff of the goddess Elune, the patron deity of the druids, and a fang of the wolf god Goldrinn, another deity worshipped by some druidic orders. It is also the artifact that lead to the creation of the [[WolfMan worgen]], a species strongly associated with druidism.

A sub-trope of WeaponOfChoice. As the name implies, this is often uses by {{Druid}}s.