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==== [[Literature]] ====
* Also seen in [[Patricia C Wrede]]'s ''Dealing With Dragons'', albeit comedically.
* The magic teapot in the book ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Literature)]]''
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=== [[Video Games]] ===
* In ''[[Marathon (Video Game)|Marathon]]'', Durandal is a ship AI. ''Marathon's'' [[Spiritual Successor|spiritual prequel/sequel]] ''[[Halo]]'' features an AI named Cortana.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]'''s [[Fire Emblem Elibe|Elibe canon]], Durandal is the [[BFS|absolutely enormous]] sword used by the legendary hero Roland in the Scouring. In 6 it serves as the [[Infinity
* Durandal gets a brief mention in ''[[Fate Stay Night (Visual Novel)|Fate Stay Night]]'', as the prototype to Excalibur and one of the weapons in Gilgamesh's ''Gate of Babylon''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' has this as the strongest one-handed sword available for equipment.
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=== Aro(u)ndight ===
Aro[[Spell My Name With an "S"|(u)]]ndight, which may or may not have been Lancelot's sword.
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==== [[Video Games]] ====
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"|Aerondight]] is one of the best silver swords the first [[The Witcher|Witcher]] game. Geralt can gain the sword after {{spoiler|Completing a series of quests in act 4 to The Lady of The Lake's liking}}.
* Appears, appropriately enough, in the Arthurian-themed ''[[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic and the Black Knight]]''.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]]'''s [[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Tellius canon]], a [[Sword Beam|magic]] sword of the same name acts as an [[Infinity
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** Taking it even further than that is the character [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh]], whose ability is basically that he owns the originals of [[Superpower Lottery|every]] [[Public Domain Artifact]] ever.
** Of course, Gilgamesh himself is a [[Public Domain Character]].
* The Knight Leader from ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index (Anime)|To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' uses Hrunting, which he reanalyzed and recreated in order to create new spells based on its creation. The Curtana also makes an appearance as a sword that can grant the blessing of [[
==== [[Myth and Legend]] ====
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* The first ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'' book (though they changed its named to "Sorcerer's Stone" for the U.S. release because they thought [[Viewers
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* Pandora's Box also showed up in a last season episode of ''[[Charmed]]'', with a superpowered Guardian ([[Viewers
* Pandora's Box is in ''[[Warehouse 13]]''.
** "Empty, of course."
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==== [[Film]] ====
* The first ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]'' film. Ramirez's katana -- and subsequently, Connor's katana -- was made by Masamune, making them one of the only works to get the whole swordsmith/sword name thing right. Although the entirety of the exposition that reveals this also seems to indicate the writers [[Did Not Do the Research|did not fully do their research]]:
{{quote| '''Ramirez:''' Macleod, I was born 3,947 years ago. In that time, I've had three wives. The last was Shakiko, a Japanese princess, in 543 A.D. Her father, Masamune, a genius, made this for me. It is the only one of its kind. Like she was. [[Mayfly
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* ''[[Wizardry (Video Game)|Wizardry]] VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge'' to ''[[Wizardry (Video Game)|Wizardry]] 8'' feature "Muramasa Blade" as one of the most powerful weapons in the game, usable only by the samurai class.
* ''[[Mabinogi (Video Game)|Mabinogi]]'' has several types of Japanese-style swords available; the most powerful of which are the Muramasa and Masamune swords (1-handed and 2-handed, respectively). They are not unique, so are most likely named after their creators (the game is not entirely clear on that; however). They are not available in shops or as drops; but can only be acquired from the cash shop or as special event drops.
* ''[[Nethack]]'' features the Tsurugi of Muramasa as the Samurai's quest artifact. Advantages include a chance to [[One
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=== Nails that punctured Jesus in the Crucifixion ===
Nails that punctured Jesus in the Crucifixion are seemingly less common (God's Hooks, sometimes corrupted into gadzooks), oddly enough, but not unknown, let alone in fiction: they've appeared in ''at least'' one really popular series of fantasy novels. ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' pretty early on introduces the concept of the Knights of the Cross, a trio of men who each have a sword imbued with magical anti-evil powers thanks (supposedly) to having one of the ancient Jesus nails worked into the hilt. Of course, the series also has a pretty firm (and in this context, even slightly subversive) "[[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|faith in something gives it power]]" [[Magic
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* ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index (Anime)|To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'''s titular character, Index, claims her outfit, the Walking Church, is an accurate replica of the Shroud, and is of Pope-class hardness, able to deflect physical, magical, and psychic attacks. Well, it ''was'', until Touma's [[Anti
* Appeared in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'' in the form of the Holy Shroud of the Saint King, the figure of worship of the Belkan [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Saint Church]]. While it had no powers of its own, it was used to retrieve blood samples of the Saint King and [[Clone Jesus|create a clone of]] [[She Is the King|her]].
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* The short-lived [[Nineties Adventure Show]] ''[[Roar (TV)|Roar]]'' was entirely based around this - the [[Big Bad]] of the show was Longinus himself, who was [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|granted immortality as a curse]] after [[Did Not Do the Research|killing Jesus.]] The super power of the Lance was supposedly the ability kill anyone - that's how it killed Jesus, an immortal god. It somehow made its way to Britain, and Longinus was trying to get it back in order to kill himself with it.
* The spear shows up in an episode of, of all things, ''[[The Unit (TV)|The Unit]]''. Normally a show about the All-State guy and a bunch of badasses fighting terrorists, this particular episode has him an injured man stranded behind enemy lines. When they report their location and it turns out to be near a monastery suspected of guarding the spear, an affluent group of men who throw around a lot of money to influence the government call in some favors to have their rescue conveniently delayed until Jonas takes the spear from the monastery. Some [[Lampshade Hanging]] is done at the expense of the "committee;" the character who relays their wishes notes that they may very well be raving mad to think owning the spear will magically expand their influence. Jonas and his injured team member each have a [[Mind Screw]] during the ordeal, though.
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* [[Big Bad|Reinhard Heydrich]] of [[Visual Novel]] [[Dies Irae]] uses this [[Physical God|as his weakest weapon]]. It also appears as the game’s custom cursor.
* The plot of ''[[Tactics Ogre the Knight of Lodis]]'' is based around the race to find this, as it is the [[MacGuffin]] that can resurrect the fallen angel... or kill him. It also makes a decent melee weapon.
** Best spear in the game, and second only to the [[Game Breaker|Snapdragon]] [[Infinity
* ''[[Doom the Roguelike|DoomRL]]''
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* ''[[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]]'': Most of Dukemon's arsenal consists of weapons named after legendary weapons of Norse mythology. In his base form he wields a lance called Gram, and as [[Eleventh Hour Superpower|Crimson Mode]] he wields dual [[Energy Weapon|energy weapons]] named Blutgang and Gungnir. In [[All There in the Manual|expanded universe material]], his [[Evil Counterpart]] [[Palette Swap]] ChaosDukemon instead calls his lance Balmung.
* Look at any work by Kosuke Fujishima, ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'' being most prevalent.
* Marie Mjolnir from ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'' is a Death Scythe whose weapon form is a hammer.
* Laevatein is the name of Signum's Intelligent Device from the ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' series, though it's also been called Levantine.
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=== Other ===
* Nowadays we have U.F.Os, Area 51 and [[The Greys]], which seem to qualify as the latest [[Public Domain Artifact|Public Domain Artifacts]].
** Or, as the quote from ''Angels of Light and Darkness'' states, half of what they say was owned by [[
* ''[[Fables]]'' seems to be extremely fond of this trope -- which considering it also uses [[Public Domain Character|public domain ''characters'']] as the primary basis for its main cast (even relatively obscure ones like Rose Red), should probably not surprise anyone in the least. [[Public Domain Artifact|Public Domain Artifacts]] in the series include the magic beans (from which come magic beanstalks, of course), the Vorpal Sword (as described in [[Lewis Carroll (Creator)|Lewis Carroll]]'s "[[Jabberwocky]]" poem... no, really genuinely ''as described'' in the poem, including an accompanying "snicker-snack!" sound effect...), the Witching Cloak, the magic barleycorns that Tom Thumb's bride was supposed to have grown from, Boy Blue's horn, a [[Genie in A Bottle|magic lamp]], several magic carpets ala Aladdin, and... really ''countless'' such objects, actually. Even Santa's "Naughty and Nice" lists make a brief appearance. Frankly, this reader is surprised they didn't throw in the Holy Grail and Fountain of Youth just for good measure...
** The fountain of youth is used in the first story; it is what keeps all the fables ageless for hundreds of years, they drink its water during a yearly ceremony.
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* Some public-domain fictional characters' bits of associated items have attained this status, such as Dr. Jekyll's Hyde-transformation elixer or Dorian Gray's youth-sustaining portrait.
* The Hand of Glory is a common item in folklore, a magical relic made from the hand of a hanged man. It can be lit like a candle and provides a light that only the wielder can see. Various other powers have also been ascribed to it in various tales - generally something appropriate for a sneak thief.
** [[The Laundry Series]] has Hand of Glories serving as channels from an extradimensional energy source. Not only do they bestow invisibility, they can be used to fire [[Frickin' Laser Beams]], though this causes the hand to degrade. The Laundry usually gets theirs from Chinese political prisoners.
** ''[[Hunter: The Vigil (Tabletop Game)|Hunter: The Vigil]]'' has the Hand as a top-level example of [[They Would Cut You Up|the Cheiron Group]]'s Thaumatechnology. Instead of granting invisibility, however, it grants a light that enthralls all who see it. And unlike other examples, the user needs to have it grafted to their wrist first.
** The TV Dresden Files adaptation had a Hand of Glory that could let people walk through walls.
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