The Sword with No Name (Korean: 불꽃처럼 나비처럼; RR: Bulkkotcheoreom Nabicheoreom; lit. 'Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies') is a 2009 South Korean film based...
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Migration Period sword, and only in the High Middle Ages, developed into the classical arming sword with crossguard. The word sword continues the Old English...
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Excalibur (redirect from The Sword in the Lake)
the mythical sword of King Arthur that may possess magical powers or be associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword...
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Sword of Gathering Clouds"), but its name was later changed to the more popular Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi ("Grass-Cutting Sword"). In folklore, the sword represents...
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Damocles (redirect from The sword of damocles)
as "the sword of Damocles", an allusion to the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. Damocles was a courtier in the court...
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"Viking sword", this type of sword was produced in the Frankish Empire during the Carolingian era. The association of the name "Viking" with these swords is...
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Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." The phrase comes from Matthew 26:52...
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The English language terminology used in the classification of swords is imprecise and has varied widely over time. There is no historical dictionary...
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Curtana (redirect from Edward the Confessor's sword)
of the sword-owner Tristan and sword-victim Morholt respectively. Although Tristan's sword had no name in early Tristan and Iseult romances, in the Prose...
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Historically, Chinese swords are classified into two types, the jian and the dao. A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing, and...
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the Pearl Sword, the State (or Sunday) Sword, the Old Bailey Sword and the Mansion House Justice Room Sword. A sixth sword, the Travelling Sword of State...
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The Sword is an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2003, the band was composed of vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist...
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also named Ame-no-ohabari or Ama-no-Ohabari (天の尾羽張, lit. "sword of Takamagahara with blades on both sides of the tip"). The totsuka sword used in the oath...
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the Wilkinson Sword name by E.P. Barrus under a licensing arrangement. Wilkinson Sword has manufactured its products in three UK locations over the years:...
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Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as the Yayoi...
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The Migration Period sword was a type of sword popular during the Migration Period and the Merovingian period of European history (c. 4th to 7th centuries...
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types of swords. The term sword used here is a narrow definition. This is not a general List of premodern combat weapons and does not include the machete...
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Jung Woon-sun (category Articles with short description)
Love and Weather. She also appeared movies Phone, The Case of Itaewon Homicide and The Sword with No Name. She was encouraged by her teacher in second year...
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Flamberge (category Sword stubs)
medieval sword. Swung by a number of heroes of chansons de geste and romances, the name became a generic name for a large sword. In earlier texts, the name is...
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A-1 Pictures, known simply as Sword Art Online, aired in Japan between July and December 2012, with a television film Sword Art Online: Extra Edition airing...
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Masamune (redirect from Tokugawa sword)
with the smith's name (as with other pieces of artwork) and often with a name for the individual sword as well. The "Honjo Masamune", a symbol of the...
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The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, also translated as The Sword and the Knife, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha) and the third part of the Condor...
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Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Japanese: 杖と剣のウィストリア, Hepburn: Tsue to Tsurugi no Uisutoria) is a Japanese manga series written by Fujino Ōmori and illustrated...
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Swordfish (redirect from Sword Fish)
family, Xiphiidae. The swordfish is named after its long pointed, flat bill, which resembles a sword. The species name, Xiphias gladius, derives from Greek...
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Katana (redirect from Samurai sword)
sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the...
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The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development...
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Longsword (redirect from Long sword)
longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed...
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Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated fittings (tosogu) that hold the blade of a Japanese sword when it is being worn or stored...
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Memories of the Sword (Korean: 협녀: 칼의 기억; Hanja: 俠女: 칼의 記憶; RR: Hyeomnyeo: Kar-ui gi-eok; lit. "Female Warrior: Memories of the Sword") is a 2015 South...
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period. The blade of the sword is 65.5 cm and the tang is 9.4 cm long. There is no hole on the tang to fasten the sword with a hilt. The sword is broken...
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