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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).
The Sword of Triton - Blackbeard's sword, later wielded by Hector Barbossa with magical properties that first appears in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. According to the film's visual guide, the Sword of Triton was forged in the lost city of Atlantis as well as commands and channels unearthly and mystical power that ...
In The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the ultimate weapon is the Phantom Sword and in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks it is the Lokomo Sword. The Legacy of Kain series features a powerful blade called Soul Reaver, which is used to devour souls of its victims.
In the fourth book, The Sword of Cortés, Cortés teaches Jack how to wield the sword, but it is revealed that he was using Jack and intends to reclaim his former sword. After the spirit of Montecuhzoma defeats Cortés in battle, Jack uses the sword's power to undo his past actions before giving it to Tia Dalma for safekeeping.
The martial art of wielding the naginata is known as naginatajutsu. Most naginata practice today is in a modernised form, a gendai budō called atarashii Naginata ("new Naginata" [3]), which is organized into regional, national, and international federations, who hold competitions and award ranks.
Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi.
Miyamoto Musashi in his prime, wielding two bokken. Musashi describes and advocates a two-sword fencing style : that is, wielding both katana and wakizashi, contrary to the more traditional method of wielding the katana two-handed. However, he only explicitly describes wielding two swords in a section on fighting against many adversaries.
The sword is enshrined as the shintai of Isonokami Shrine. The totsuka sword wield by Takemikazuchi in quelling of the Middle Country. This sword is known as Futsunomitama-no-tsurugi (布都御魂剣), and is the main enshrined dedication in Isonokami Shrine.