History Main / StockWeaponNames

*** In ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Staff of Destruction is a name given to M72 LAW rocket launcher in Halkeginia.

* Gladius, the name of the standard-issue shortsword used by the Roman armies for about six centuries. In some Sci-fi settings you'll see a standard-issue CoolGun or CoolStarship called a Gladius.

* Locksley (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Loxley]]) sometimes appears, named after [[RobinHood Sir Robin of Locksley]].

*** It also shows up as the extendable staff of Fenris Fenrir in the manhwa ''Manhwa/{{Ragnarok}}''.

** French translators went with Excalibur as the name of the Master Sword in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''.

* Green Dragon Crescent Blade, in ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', belonged to Guan Yu. The original Green Dragon Crescent Blade was a ''guan dao'', a gigantic BladeOnAStick designed to cut down horse-mounted cavalry.

** In ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', this is [[TheAce Soujirou]]'s weapon of choice - a rare and powerful Samurai-exclusive item which can summon a {{Tengu}}-like spirit to assist the wielder in combat.

*** In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Staff of Destruction is a name given to M72 LAW rocket launcher in Halkeginia.

-->-- '''Red Mage''', ''Webcomic/EightBitTheatre''

* Cortana, of the same epic as Durandal, is not only the world-famous AI from (Also Bungie's) ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', but also [[{{Defictionalization}} Microsoft's personal assistant software]].

*** Also Stella's FlamingSword in ''LightNovel/RakudaiKishiNoEiyuutan''.

** ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}'' carries it, but not as [[AnAxeToGrind his primary weapon]].

* Hrunting, one of Beowulf's swords. His other sword Naegling is more rarely used.
* Another one of Myth/KingArthur myth is Arondight, sword of Lancelot.

* Claiomh Solais, Literally translated as 'The Sword of Light', which was the sword of a leader of the legendary Tuatha Dé Danann. The blade makes appearances in such games as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'' and ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'', though in the latter it is mistakenly portrayed as an axe.

* Mjöllnir, Thor's Hammer. Pronounced "M-yol-neer", for reference. Most of the time, comes with [[ShockAndAwe lightning abilities.]]

* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Laevateinn/Laevatein/Lävateinn]][[IHaveManyNames /Levatine/Levantine]]/Lavatein, the FlamingSword used by Surt at Ragnarok in Myth/NorseMythology. As it's also known as the "Staff of Destruction", it could be used as a name for [[SimpleStaff staves]] as well.

** ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' proves that this can work for ''[[UpToEleven quadruple]]'' [[ArmedLegs sets]] as well with [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme]], collectively called Scarborough Fair.

*** In the original ''VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy|I}}'', Excalibur and Masamune were equal, but only the Knight could use the Excalibur, whereas anyone post-class change could use the Masamune. The summon Gilgamesh's swords are, in order of strength, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Zantetsuken]], Masamune, Excalibur, [[{{Pun}} Excalipur]].

** In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', Excalibur is a sword forged from {{orichalcum}} whose power rivals the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sol Blade]].

** In VideoGame/NetHack, any long sword can become Excalibur if a lawful character dips it into a fountain. [[LuckBasedMission Emphasis on "can".]]

** The name of Jetstream Sam's katana in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'' was intentionally mispelled "Murasama" by the developers, as a combination of Muramasa and Murasame below.

*** One of Flandre Scarlet's spell cards in the final showdown of ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]'', a sword-like beam that leaves a trail of bullets. It's mentioned that the Scarlet Sisters like to collect legendary objects and use them for themselves -- also see "Gungnir" below.

** One of Edge's Ninja-swords in ''Videogame/FinalFantasyIV''

** Unsurprisingly, this is the protagonist Giulio's main weapon in the game ''VideoGame/Gungnir''
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series, Remilia Scarlet has a spellcard attack called "Spear the Gungnir".

** This is occasionally translated as Gay Borg when used in Japanese games, such as ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]''.

** Scythes blessed by the Chaos God of disease Nurgle in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are known as "manreapers".

* "Save The Queen", another Franchise/FinalFantasy weapon. Usually associated with defensive powers, paladins and loyalty.