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Narsil (Quenya: roughly, Red and White Flame [T 39]) is a sword in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, [T 40] [T 41] [T 42] influenced by the legendary Arthurian sword Excalibur [22] and by Sigurd's sword Gram, as described in the Old Norse Völsunga saga. [23]
Among the many weapons named by Tolkien are Orcrist and Glamdring in The Hobbit, and Narsil / Andúril in The Lord of the Rings. Such weapons carry powerful symbolism, embodying the identity and ancestry of their owners. There are multiple parallels between Tolkien's usage of named weapons in his Middle-earth writings, and the Medieval epics.
Andúril/Narsil – The sword of Elendil that was used by Isildur to cut the One Ring from Sauron (Narsil) reforged several ages later by Elrond (Andúril); the reforging of the shards was foretold as a sign of the coming of the true King of Gondor. Aiglos – The spear with which the Elven king Gil-galad went to war.
Befell similar fate to Narsil, the Sword of Gondor of Tolkien folklore, confiscated & returned to the elements of nature. It was originally Rākhi'ēkō (enshrined) to the deities of Ganesha & Athena, goddess of Wisdom and Justice in the Greek Pantheon, and Gaṇēśa, Hindu triple aspect of Creation (Beginnings), respectively.
Elendil escapes Númenor with Eärien’s help, but not before Miriel, electing to stay behind, gifts him the sword Narsil. Tolkien readers will immediately recognize the blade: this is the sword ...
Whitbrook and Miller both criticized the similarities between the scene where Elendil is given Narsil and the scene in Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) where Elendil's descendant Aragorn is given the same sword, reforged and renamed Andúril. Both critics felt the series' version was hollow in comparison to the film's.
Narsil (Andúril), [T 12] [T 2] Orcrist, and Glamdring; Morgul knife used by Nazgûl on Weathertop; [T 5] battering-ram Grond had evil spells of destruction written around it. [T 27] [11] Magic horn: Ancient horn brought from the North by Eorl the Young, from Scatha the Worm's dragon-hoard, brings joy to friends, fear to enemies
In the Völsunga saga, these items are respectively Andvaranaut and Gram, and they correspond broadly to the One Ring and the sword Narsil (reforged as Andúril). [44] The Völsunga saga also gives various names found in Tolkien. Tolkien's The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún discusses the saga in relation to the myth of Sigurd and Gudrún. [45]