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The deity Acala (known as Fudō Myōō in Japan) is depicted in Buddhist art holding a sword which may or may not be flaming and sometimes described only generically as a treasure sword (宝剣, hōken) or as a vajra-sword (金剛剣, kongō-ken), as the pommel of the sword is shaped like a talon-like vajra (金剛杵, kongō-sho).
However, the loss of Freyr's sword has long-term consequences. According to the Prose Edda, Freyr had to fight Beli without his sword and slew him with an antler. The result at Ragnarök, the end of the world, will be much more serious. Freyr is fated to fight the fire-giant Surtr and, since he does not have his sword, he will be defeated. [1]
Sword Kladenets – a fabulous magic sword in some Old Russian fairy tales. [citation needed] Dyrnwyn – Sword of Rhydderch Hael in Welsh legend; When drawn, it blazed with fire; if drawn by a worthy man, the fire would help him in his cause, but its fire would burn the man who drew it for an unworthy purpose.
Balmung: A sword in Fire Emblem: Genealogoy of the Holy War wielded by the Crusader Od, who is the only one who can wield it and represents the kingdom of Isaach. Shannan is the only character capable of wielding Balmung. Durandal: A sword in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade wielded by Roland during The Scouring and used to purge the dragons ...
Flaming sword (mythology), in myth and legend, a sword glowing with flame by some supernatural power; Flaming sword (effect), a sword coated with combustible fuel and set ablaze for various types of performances; Vriesea splendens or flaming sword, a species of flowering plant; The Flaming Sword, a publication of the Satanist neo-Nazi group ...
The Giant with the Flaming Sword (1909) by John Charles Dollman. In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black" [1] or more narrowly "swart", [2] Surtur in modern Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, [3] is a jötunn; he is the greatest of the fire giants and further serves as the guardian of Muspelheim, which is one of the only two realms to exist before the beginning of time ...
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (草 薙 の 剣) is a legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan.It was originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (天 叢 雲 剣, "Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds"), but its name was later changed to the more popular Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi ("Grass-Cutting Sword").
A fire swords performer. A flaming sword is a sword that has been coated with some type of fuel, with the fuel being set on fire.This is most widely done for entertainment purposes in circuses, magic performances and other forms of display as a side act of sword dance, sword swallowers, fire eating, etc.