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* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': There are three enemies that fit this: the [[DropTheHammer Cursed Hammer]] from the Corruption, the [[LightIsNotGood Enchanted Sword]] from the Hallow, and the Crimson Axe from... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin guess]]. There are also a few player controlled weapons that fit this trope such as the Flying Knife, which follows the player's cursor.

* In ''Manga/SoulHunter'', one of Chou Komei's strongest servants is a Yokai Sennin obsessed with swords and bladed weapons. In his true form, he's a grotesque double-sword with an elaborated arthropod-like handle and poison-coated blades which can move and talk on its own.

** Vergil/Nelo Angelo has his Summoned Swords, which he throws magically as his ranged attack as both a boss and a playable character. He has a wide variety of uses and attacks with his floating swords (e.g. StormOfBlades, FlechetteStorm, ReverseShrapnel), but he never has to move his hands nor physically hold those Summoned Swords while performing these attacks.

** Vergil/Nelo Angelo has his Summoned Swords, which he throws magically as his ranged attack as both a boss and a playable character. He has a wide variety of uses and attacks with his floating swords (e.g. RainOfBlades, FlechetteStorm, ReverseShrapnel), but he never has to move his hands nor physically hold those Summoned Swords while performing these attacks.

** Alastor introduces itself this way in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]]. However, after surviving being impaled in the chest by it, Dante is able to subjugate it but only ever wields it by hand afterwards. Alastor later reappears in ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' as a regular character, now in possession of a humanoid form. He is able to summon and control copies of his own sword form, where they will appear in mid-air and then home in on the player. He can also transform and fly around as a blade, attempting to slice and skewer his opponents.
** Vergil / Nelo Angelo has his Summoned Swords, which he throws magically as his ranged attack as both a boss and a playable character.

** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', once Dante gains the [[spoiler:Devil Sword Dante]], he gains his own version of Summoned Swords, though unlike Vergil, his swords mostly act as modifiers for his [[StanceSystem Styles]] or melee attacks.

* When [[CuteWitch Fabia Crozelg]] of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' accesses [[spoiler:her OlderAlterEgo]], her Hell Gazer [[EmpathicWeapon Device]] becomes a FlyingBroomstick / BladeOnAStick hybrid that could propel itself towards a target to impale them with enough force to destroy a wall.

* Severance from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' is a flying [[BladeOnAStick spear]] that is telekinetically controlled by Harriet. If she isn't commanding it to move, then it hovers silently besides her.

* Yondu Udonta and his yaka [[TheStraightAndArrowPath arrow]] in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', Volumes [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy 1]] & [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 2]]. With a specialized head fin, he can [[MindOverMatter telekinetically manipulate it]] to fly around and pierce its way through anything he wants, from ship hulls and armor to the hearts of his enemies, while he watches from a distance whistling away.

* [[Literature/MagnusChaseandtheGodsofAsgard Magnus Chase]] is the demigod son of the Norse god Freyr and wields the same sword. There is some CastFromStamina elements however as, while it can perform maneuvers well beyond his skills on its own, once it return to his hand he suffers fatigue as if he actually did perform those actions.

* In [[Literature/TheBible the Book of Genesis]], God places cherubim at the gates of the Garden of Eden after banishing Adam and Eve, each accompanied by "a flaming sword which turned every way". The wording suggests the sword is doing this of its own accord.

* In ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', the sorceries of the long vanished land of Eochaid can enchant weapons to be levitated with the wielder's mind alone. There are two weapons with this property in the game. One is the Regalia of Eochaid. [[spoiler:The other is the Marais' Executioner Sword, one of the Legendary Armaments. It didn't originally have this ability, but Elemer of the Briar who hailed from Eochaid stole it from the Marais family in their failed attempt to execute him. He then enchanted it with Eochaid sorceries.]] Both weapons have the same unique Ash of War skill which lets you launch it at a foe and drill into them like a corkscrew.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': There are three enemies that fit this: the [[DropTheHammer Cursed Hammer]] from the Corruption, the [[LightIsNotGood Enchanted Sword]] from the Hallow, and the [[AnAxToGrind Crimson Axe]] from....[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin guess.]] There are also a few player controlled weapons that fit this trope such as the Flying Knife, which follows the player's cursor.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', there is a miniboss that seems to be one of these, but its body is actually invisible.
** One of the minibosses in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' is a huge knight with an invulnerable shield who throws his sword at you and catches it when it returns. The trick is to pull a HighSpeedMissileDodge when it's coming back. Once the sword and shield destroy each other, he tries to run into you, but is now vulnerable to regular attacks.
* In ''VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals'' you will encounter enemies called the Cursed Sword and Cursed Armor, of which the former is one of these. If you kill them, there is a chance of getting the same item as a drop.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'' has a whole class of Flying Sword monsters.

* Sir Bryce's sword in ''Webcomic/CrimsonFlag'', which really comes in handy when he finds himself [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=164 without hands]] thanks to a BalefulPolymorph.