A boar spear is a spear used for boar hunting. It is relatively short and heavy and has two "lugs" or "wings" on the spearsocket behind the blade, which...

that helped fix the spear in the body of an animal and keep it at a distance from the hunter. The bear spear was similar to a boar spear, but it had a longer...

groups of spearmen on foot or on horseback using a specialized boar spear. The boar spear was sometimes fitted with a cross guard to stop the enraged animal...

war-spear was developed (see above), but the later Middle Ages saw the development of specialised types, such as the boar-spear and the bear-spear. The...

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these "boar-spear swords" shows Emperor Maximilian I in a triumphal procession after a successful boar-hunt, the riders proudly carrying their spear-pointed...

head, forming a guard similar to that of a boar spear. Derived ultimately from the early Medieval lugged spear, the earspoon developed in the 14th century...

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and...

Throwing spears are listed under ranged weapons. Ahlspiess, awl pike (European) Aklys (Osci tribe of Southern Italy) Atgeir (European) Boar spear (European)...

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collection. The weapon is an 89 3/4 inch boar spear with two wheellock pistol barrels fused to both flat sides of the spear's head; the intent of this design was...

The Calydonian boar hunt is one of the great heroic adventures in Greek legend. It occurred in the generation prior to that of the Trojan War, and stands...

against the French, the iron as one meets a wild boar". which suggests it was first used as a spear to meet a charge, then a club as the enemy was halted...

as Draupnir and Mjolnir, instead of making a golden boar spear they just make a magic gold boar that can fly. In the second volume of Thor, another version...

The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is...

Σιβύνιον and Ζιβύνη) was a type of spear used for hunting or warfare (see boar spears) in ancient times. A long heavy spear the Illyrians used was described...

or "Golden Bristles") is a boar in Norse mythology. When Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir, and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons...

Ryan Lewis   4. Harlan Whitman  25 7 "The Boar Spear" Signature blade (using a suit of armor) Boar spear October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04) 1.23 Judges: Jason...

regular spear, except that it had two lugs or "wings" attached at the bottom of the spearhead, somewhat like a boar-spear. Additional hook-spear types have...

dogs are typically outfitted with chest armor to prevent being speared by the boar's tusk, and neck armor to prevent neck injury. As livestock dogs,...

thus: Party per pale, dexter party per fess argent and sable, in argent a boar spear gules per pale, sinister in argent the chief gules, thereunder a knife...

for clubbing small game in particular by women who joined the hunt. "Boar spears" were also used. With the introduction of handheld firearms to hunting...

During the hunt, Adrastus accidentally killed Atys when hurling a spear at the boar, thus Croesus's dream came to pass. Riddled with guilt, Adrastus slew...

cults appear to have developed: the cult of the bear, the wolf, and the wild boar. The bas-relief carvings on Trajan's column in Rome, completed in 113 AD...

needed] Hodson delighted in fighting and his favourite weapon was the hog spear.[citation needed] He was a brilliant horseman with the capacity to sleep...

such as the Knaves of Nooses with a staff, the Knave of Collars with a boar spear, the Knave of Horns with a hunting horn, and the Knave of Tethers with...

like javelins, long metallic spears called Sibyna (Ancient Greek Σιβύνη) that resembled boar spears, short thrusting spears, battle axes, single-handed...

The "Boar's Head Carol" is a macaronic 15th century English Christmas carol that describes serving a boar's head at a Yuletide feast. Of the several extant...

Emperor Maximilian series of 1517. It is shown being carried, along with a boar spear, by a carpenter or wagoner accompanying a supply train. Waldman, John...

of prey with a boar-crested helmet. Similarly, the Valsgärde 7 helmet has a plate depicting two warriors carrying spears and wearing boar-crested helmets...