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Thus goes the apparent thought process of using the [[Public Domain Artifact]] -- a famous, usually completely mythical, conveniently uncopyrighted, yet instantaneously recognizable item from the realms of history, literature, or legend (if not all three).
 
This is not to say that such items can't be included in a perfectly entertaining and even unique plot, but its variations certainly do crop up frequently, in almost every genre -- comedy, drama, science fiction, fantasy -- and pretty much every culture from East to West. Some cultures have favorite items to use (Holy Grail for the West, for instance, the Ame-No-Murakumo for Japan, etc.), however with increasing globalization and influence of international works on the domestic and vice versa, this has been somewhat diluted in recent years, with shows like say, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' featuring the Lance of Longinus.
 
It can be a weapon, a [[MacGuffin]], or hell, maybe both if it's a [[Artifact of Doom|mystical doomsday device]]. Sometimes the trope crops up as [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum]] (seen often, for example, in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''), sometimes it's a mystical object, and occasionally it's [[Magitek|both]]. Sometimes startling revelations are to be had about the object, sometimes it's straight out of the legends, heck, maybe it's even reconstructed from the original's spare parts. Regardless of its distinguishing features in the story, though, what makes a [[Public Domain Artifact]] worthy of the name is its basis on stories of the past -- the collective myths of man, with all their familiar symbols.
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There's about a one-in-three chance that [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] either [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|had it or was searching for it]]. As the book ''Angels of Light and Darkness'' put it, "If Hitler had half of what they say he had, he would have won the war."
 
In modern series, many of these items are made of low-grade [[Unobtainium]], especially if [[Doing in Thethe Wizard|magic is down-played or completely absent]].
 
If weapons, they are almost certainly [[Named Weapons]] and [[Stock Weapon Names]]. See also [[Stock Unsolved Mysteries]].
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=== The Magic Lamp/Bottle ===
[[Genie in Aa Bottle|The Magic Lamp/Bottle]] -- sure to contain a djinni that will grant wishes to the holder, usually with a [[Literal Genie|weird]] or [[Jackass Genie|sadistic]] twist, inspired by of course, Aladdin's lamp. Ironically, the original point of this trope was that the magician who trapped the djinni (who are really good at magic) would have had to have been ''extremely'' powerful to do so, and the djinni would be so happy to be freed they would use their magic to reward the holder.
 
==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* The country of Chizeta in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth (Anime)|Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' was inspired by the [[Arabian Nights (Literature)|Arabian Nights]] motif, so of ''course'' it had to include these. Turns out their starship had the shape of an oil lamp, and of course two djinn could be commanded to appear from the spout when needed.
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* Also seen in [[Patricia C. Wrede]]'s ''Dealing With Dragons'', albeit comedically.
* The magic teapot in the book ''[[Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Literature)]]''
 
==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* ''[[I Dream of Jeannie (TV)|I Dream of Jeannie]]'', for one.
 
==== [[Tabletop RPG]] ====
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' this time is closest to the source: in ''Al-Qadim'' very powerful sha'ir can make and use genie traps, but even for them this act is rarely conducive to long happy life.
* ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'' has "Aladdin's Lamp" (complicated rules) and "Bottle of Suleiman" (which behaves like we would think of Aladdin's lamp. It also has Aladdin's Ring, which does 4 (expensive) damage. In fact, pretty much anything in the ''Arabian Nights'' set fits this trope.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
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==== [[Web Comics]] ====
* ''[[Last Res0rt (Webcomic)|Last Res0rt]]'' uses this with Sedja, an Efreet who willingly lives in a bottle worn around Adharia's neck.
 
== British and Irish ==
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=== Excalibur ===
 
[[Excalibur]] is the prototypical "special sword". It may be called "The Sword In The Stone" which often has purists in a tiff; sometimes Excalibur and the Sword In The Stone are different swords, [[Excalibur in Thethe Stone|sometimes they're the same sword]]. [[King Arthur|Arthurian legend]] is a ''very'' sketchy [[Canon]]. Occasionally called Caliburn or Caladbolg (when ''those'' aren't different swords) from the (possibly original) Welsh name Caledfwlch (literally 'hard gap/space', pronounced Cal-ed-voolkh, roughly). It's rarely called that, because Caledfwlch is hard to pronounce and looks rather scarily Welsh.
 
==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* [[Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan (Light Novel)Dokuro-chan|Excalibolg]] is said to be a portmanteau of Excalibur and Caladbolg.
* In ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'', Servant {{spoiler|Saber's}} primary weapon is Excalibur, {{spoiler|[[Samus Is a Girl|as she is actually King Arthur]].}} It can even be used as a [[Wave Motion Gun]].
** It's shown quite early in the story that Servant Lancer uses the cursed spear Gae Bolg, immediately revealing his true identity -- the Irish hero Cuchulainn. Many other Servants have ways to keep their Noble Phantasms hidden (Saber's wind barrier around her sword which renders it invisible, for one) in order to hide their true identities.
* In ''[[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Saint Seiya]]'', the Capricorn Saints are said to have the power of Excalibur in their arms and legs, therefore being able to use them as [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]s. It's regarded as pretty much the most powerful weapon in the entire series.
* This is subverted in ''[[Tears to Tiara (Visual Novel)|Tears to Tiara]]'', where the Sword in the Stone that [[King Arthur|Arthur]] draws is named Danwyn. [[Genius Bonus|Cleverly enough]], Danwyn takes its name from Owain Danwyn, a Welsh Prince who is a strong candidate for the identity of the "real life" [[King Arthur]].
* Used in ''[[Witchblade (Animeanime)|Witchblade]]''. The Witchblade first claims to ''be'' Excalibur; Excalibur is introduced much later in the series as a male counterpart to the blade.
* [[Soul Eater (Manga)|Excalibur's]] [[Memetic Mutation|legend began in the twelfth century!]]
* Excalibur is actually the name of the Sword Impulse Gundam's Anti-Ship Swords in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''. Interestingly, this was used by Shiin Asuka back when he was still the main hero.
 
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* [[Marvel Comics]] has had entire stand-alone comic series named after [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]], about several UK-based teams of mutants. ''New Excalibur'', the characters even come in contact with the real deal when they travel back to Arthurian times.
** The current wielder of the sword is Dr. Faiza Hussain, a doctor of the Muslim faith with the strange mutant ability to pretty much dissect anyone non-magical to heal them! How did she find out? Randomly grabbing it to try to arm the Black Knight.
* Excalibur and the [[Excalibur in Thethe Stone|stone from which it was retrieved]] do make an appearance in the main series and the spin-off ''[[Jack Of Fables]],'' though... the sword is easily recognizable, the stone, however, goes through a change or two.
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series is set [[After the End]] of a parallel Earth, where "Arthur Eld" is the semi-mythical forebearer of a caste of knightly gunslingers, and who wielded a sword named Excalibur that he retrieved from a pyramid. Roland wields a pair of antique six-shooters said to have been forged from the shattered remnants of Excalibur -- the barrels from the blade, the handles from its hilt.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'', the holy sword ''Amoracchius'' is actually Excalibur. For added symbolic power (which is a real force in the setting) it has one of the Nails from the True Cross worked into the hilt.
* Unsurprisingly, Excalibur puts in an appearance in Peter David's ''Knight Life'' trilogy (King Arthur in the modern world). Its origin and nature turn out a bit more ... complicated than usual. {{spoiler|The sword itself has no magic; the horn of the Unicorn King, concealed in the hilt, is a different story.}}
 
==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* In ''[[Charmed]],'' Excalibur actually is a super magical sword that can only be controlled by the most powerful magical being around. (Makes one wonder what Merlin was doing.) Anyone less magical who wields the sword would turn evil. In fact, the Lady of the Lake stayed in the lake to defuse the sword's power, allowing her to stay in control.
* Inevitably, Excalibur ends up on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', what's interesting is that so far it hasn't been ''identified'' as Excalibur. Merlin has had it forged in dragon's fire, watched it defeat a wraith, thrown it in the lake, ''retrieved'' it from the lake, used it to kill an undead army, and stashed it safely in a stone, but for the most part just thinks it's a really neat sword.
* [[Stargate SG-1]] features both Excalibur and another sword in a stone, both as part of the Murden (Merlin) subplot of the Ori arc.
 
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* In a couple of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games, Gilgamesh roams the land seeking Excalibur, but often winds up getting stuck with (and occasionally dropping) a 1 damage-dealing counterfeit known as "Excalipoor". When available as a summon, however, Gilgamesh tends to include the real Excalibur as part of his effect roulette.
* Excalibur and the rest of the Arthurian myth is the backdrop for ''[[Tomb Raider]] Legend''. Only the sword is MUCH older than Arthur and several other ancient cultures and actually serves as a key to open a portal to Avalon. And in ''Underworld'' it is discovered that Avalon {{spoiler|isn't the paradise the myths claim it to be, containing pools of Eitr which turns anything it touches to a soulless zombie}}, which includes {{spoiler|Lara's mother}}.
* ''[[Wizardry (Video Game)|Wizardry]] VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant'' and ''[[Wizardry (Video Game)|Wizardry]] 8'' got the powerful sword "Excaliber".
* In ''[[City of Heroes (Video Game)|City of Heroes]]'', Ms. Liberty (not to be confused with her mother, Miss Liberty) holds Excalibur on her belt. The sword was entrusted to her by Hero 1 (not to be confused with his father, Hero One) before he left Primal Earth as part of the [[Suicide Mission|Omega Team]]. Ms. Liberty is incapable of wielding Excalibur, but she carries it with her waiting for Hero 1 to return. {{spoiler|Players who run the Lady Grey Task Force learn that Hero 1 ''has'' returned... as a Rikti.}}
* Excalibur and Caliburn are one and the same in the [[Sonic Storybook Series]] game ''Sonic and the Black Knight''. Caliburn is his natural form and, through the power of three other swords and Sonic's own awesome willpower, becomes Excalibur. This also counts as one of Sonic's transformed states as he gains gold armor through it. {{spoiler|He's also revealed to be King Arthur, too...}}
* Excalibur is a name of a sword found in ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow (Video Game)|Aria of Sorrow]]''. However, the actual weapon is the Sword in the Stone (since Soma isn't the destined King of England, he ''can't remove it from the stone'' but still wields it), causing it to act like a hammer instead.
* The French translations of [[The Legend of Zelda]] have translated the "Master Sword"'s name as Excalibur.
* You get this sword by supporting the English forces in Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War.
 
==== Webcomics ====
* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', part of Dave's quest in Sburb is to get Caledfwlch (or the [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004729 Legendary Piece of Shit]). But Alternate Future Dave had already gotten it and upgraded it to become the Caledscratch, so it wasn't really very useful.
 
==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* ''[[FilmationsFilmation's Ghostbusters (Animation)|Filmations Ghostbusters]]'' features Excalibur, conflating it yet again with the Sword in the Stone. Here, it's used to set up a [[Stable Time Loop]] in the stone age--they get it stuck in the stone that Arthur will pull it from.
 
=== Durandal ===
 
Durandal -- Sword of the Hero Roland, knight of Charlemagne, as well as Hector of Troy. Supposedly he threw it into a "poisoned stream" in order to protect it from the Saracens; this seems to have occasionally given it a "Darkness" element in fiction and games. It could also be associated with evil or [[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|insanity]]. [[Bungie|One game studio]] has not only used it, but also the inscription on Ogier the Dane's sword Curtana, which read My name is [[Halo (Video Gameseries)|Cortana]], of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and [[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|Durendal]]. In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' Durandal ''is'' Excalibur, having been stolen by Orlando/Roland and renamed to not arouse suspicion (because even he knows it was kind of a dick thing to do).
 
=== Literature ===
* ''[[The Song of Roland]]'', [[Trope Maker|naturally]].
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosProspero's Daughter]]'', Eramus carries it.
* The holy sword ''Esperacchius'' in ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' is Durandal, albeit reforged to look like a cavalry saber. Like the previous example above, it also has one of the Nails of the True Cross worked into it.
 
=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
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=== [[Video Games]] ===
* In ''[[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|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+1 Sword]] and can be used by any sufficiently skilled swordsman, while in 7 it's a [[Sword of Plot Advancement]] usable by [[The Hero|Eliwood]] in the final battle.
* Durandal gets a brief mention in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|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.
** In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'', the Durandal is a gunblade with above-average stats, but prevents the character using it from staggering enemies.
* In ''[[Front Mission]] 4'', the research company the heroes work for is called Durandal.
* In [[SaGa 3]] one of the Mystic Swords that can harm the Masters is Durend.
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=== Aro(u)ndight ===
Aro[[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|(u)]]ndight, which may or may not have been Lancelot's sword.
 
==== Anime and Manga ====
* {{spoiler|Servant Berserker}} from ''[[Fate Zero (Light Novel)|Fate /Zero]]'' is revealed to hold the sword Arondight. It was formerly a holy sword, similar to Excalibur, but after his betrayal, Arondight became a demonic sword.
* Arondight is the name of the Destiny Gundam's Anti-Ship Sword in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''. Like how Excalibur belonged to Shiin Asuka when he was the hero, when he was shunted into antagonist mode by Kira Yamato's return, he was given this to hammer in that fact.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* [[Spell My Name Withwith 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+1 Sword]], wielded by the [[Black Knight]]. That said, it was given an unusual alternative spelling: Alondite.
 
 
=== Other Swords ===
Less frequently, you will see other legendary Western swords such as Cortana (which actually exists as part of the Regalia of Great Britain), or Joyeuse. They do show up in ''[[Castlevania]]: Symphony Of The Night'' and all the portable 2D Castlevanias that follow it. You can find a huge amount of named armor, swords and artifacts -- from Joyeuse to the Masamune to Death's Scythe. The most powerful sword in ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow (Video Game)|Aria/Dawn of Sorrow,]]'' the Claimh Solais, apparently comes from Irish mythology... odd for a Japanese game about vampires.
 
==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' does this to ridiculous extremes, what with [[All Myths Are True|all myths being true]], so not only were there Excalibur, Caliburn, Durandal, and Gram (and plausibly, everything else), there's also that minor event known as the Holy Grail War -- it's not the ''actual'' Holy Grail though. Almost as soon as it's mentioned, it becomes [[Moral Event Horizon|glaringly obvious]] that it's not the real Holy Grail, and it only gets worse from there...
** 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 [[Archangel Michael]] to the people within England. However, the sword that the Queen possesses is only a replica, and holds a mere 20% of the original's power.
 
==== [[Myth and Legend]] ====
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', similar structures to Stonehenge act as gateways to the magical world.
 
==== [[Film]] ====
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==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* A structure resembling Stonehenge appears in an episode of ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' as an alien beacon. (Note that while it resembles Stonehenge, there's some very obvious differences).
* An episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' was about trying to keep someone from using Stonehenge as a weapon. {{spoiler|It turns out to be an alien signaling device, but the aliens don't show up until everyone leaves.}}
* ''[[FilmationsFilmation's Ghostbusters]]'' again. This time, it was the hiding place for one of the [[Plot Coupon|"stones from the future"]]; Sir Trance-a-Lot used his magic to bring the stones to life (complete with faces and arms, no less!) to distract the Ghostbusters.
 
 
=== The Seven League Boots ===
The Seven League Boots, from English lore. [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|They're boots that let you walk seven leagues in a single step.]] Often used in video games as [[Sprint Shoes]].
 
==== [[Comic Books]] ====
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==== [[Literature]] ====
* Known on the [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] to cause severe groin sprain without proper precautions.
* Worn by the Mercenary in ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]''.
* [[Isaac Asimov]] calculated that you could probably run around some of the other planets in our solar system and back again, just by holding your breath in outer space and wearing a pair of Seven League Boots. Also, you'd leave Earth's atmosphere in three steps if you walked in a tangent line, making them a severe case of [[Blessed Withwith Suck]].
* Elizabeth Bear had Christopher Marlowe enchant some regular boots into seven league boots in ''Whiskey & Water''.
 
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==== [[Literature]] ====
* The first ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' book (though they changed its named to "Sorcerer's Stone" for the U.S. release because they thought [[Viewers are Morons|Americans are stupid]] and would be confused as to why philosophers would have anything to do with magic).
 
==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* Appears in an episode of ''[[Honey I Shrunk the Kids (TV series)|Honey I Shrunk the Kids]]'', in which it bore a striking resemblance to "the guy from ''[[Film/Bosom Buddies|Bosom Buddies]]'' who wasn't [[Tom Hanks]]" (ironically, the wacky scientist/dad doesn't see it despite being played by that guy). It apparently grants wishes, as long as your wish can be misconstrued as "turn everything I touch into the substance I just mentioned." The climax of the episode has a guy who turns stuff to stone fighting a guy who turns stuff to cheese.
 
==== [[Western Animation]] ====
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==== [[Literature]] ====
* [[Terry Pratchett]] spoofed Ponce de Leon in ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' with Ponce de Quirm, who spent his whole life exploring foreign countries because people made fun of his name. The Fountain granted him youth, but {{spoiler|also granted it to the strong, healthy dysentery bacteria that killed him.}}
* Who says the fountain of Youth can't be elsewhere? There are hand-wavium FoYs in [[John Varley]]'s [[Gaea Trilogy]], ''Titan'', ''Wizard'' and ''Demon''. I can't remember off hand which book they are in.
** The fountains are in Demon
* The Fountain appears memorably in [[Tim Powers]]' ''On Stranger Tides''.
* The novel ''Tuck Everlasting''.
* [[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]] also has the fountain of Youth. Since [[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]] is basically Florida in a [[Fantasy]] environment, the author claims that the two fountains are in the same place (in [[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]], Earth, and Mundania ).
 
==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* In ''[[Charmed]]'' The Fountain of Youth was like a normal fountain in a city only underground and could be accessed using a magical grail. It was located in San Francisco in a cave.
* In season seven of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Daniel goes searching for the Fountain of Youth, or, more specifically, a powerful [[Precursors|Ancient]] healing device capable of, besides healing, reviving the dead and extending life. Its effects came to anyone who was near it when it was on. It was hidden in a temple near a waterfall, thus originating the "Fountain of Youth" myth.
* In ''[[Power Rangers ZEOZeo]]'', after Billy begins suffering from rapid aging he has to go to Aquitar in order to drink from that planet's Fountain of Youth. He has to drink it fresh from the source, because otherwise it isn't strong enough. He decides to [[Stay Withwith the Aliens|stay on Aquitar]] after being restored because he [[Interspecies Romance|falls in love]] with an Aquitian scientist named Cestria.
 
==== [[Tabletop RPG]] ====
* An artifact card in the ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering (Tabletop Game)|Magic the Gathering]]'', ''The Dark'' expansion, which also popped up in the book based on it. It's randomly located in some village. The main character hides in it from some goblins and so unwittingly gains immortality.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
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==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* Appears in an episode of ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]''. The guy who guarded it probably should've known better than to keep a supply of its water in a carnival dunking booth, even if it was out of order.
* This was the objective in a ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' episode, in which the Fountain was hidden in a cave beneath an elementary school. A girl who'd used it to remain young for generations had connected its runoff to a ''drinking'' fountain inside the school, with a permanent "out of order" sign.
 
 
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==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* The Lost City of Atlantis itself, as seen in ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]'', where it had been moved to another galaxy, submerged, resurfaced in the first episode, then moved to another planet.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had several depictions of Atlantis over the years: one was in the Second Doctor serial ''The Underwater Menace'', and the other was the Third Doctor serial ''The Time Monster''.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* ''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'' is about the titular character searching for Atlantis before the Nazis can find it and use its secrets. Indy makes use of various Atlantean artifacts powered by beads of [[Orichalcum]]. Naturally, orichalcum originally comes from Atlantis.
* ''[[Age of Mythology (Video Game)|Age of Mythology]]'' set it's campaign in Atlantis.
* [[Eternal Champions (Video Game)/Characters|Trident]] from ''[[Eternal Champions]]'' fought for Atlantis against the Romans for a share of land. Following his death, his people were forced to live underwater.
 
==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' accidentally subverted this trope. The heroes are able to find [[Atlantis]] because they got their hands on both the Shepherd's Journal (a road map to the place) and a linguist who was able to actually read it. In the DVD voice-overs, the creators mentioned several responses from viewers congratulating them for actually using the Shepherd's Journal for extra authenticity. Ironically, the legend of the Shepherd's Journal begins and ends with Disney's ''Atlantis'' -- there was no such artifact, legendary or otherwise.
* Name-checked in ''[[Duck TalesDuckTales]]: The Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' in the form of Genie's account of its destruction: it was ''the'' resort getaway of its time until [[Big Bad|Merlock]] couldn't get a reservation. The rest is history.
 
 
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* In ''[[Saint Seiya (Manga)|Saint Seiya]]'', Pandora's box contained Hypnos and Thanatos, where they had been initially sealed by Athena. Pandora, of course, released them.
 
==== [[Comics]] ====
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==== [[Film]] ====
* And as the final goal of the second ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Film)|Lara Croft Tomb Raider]]''.
 
==== Literature ====
* In ''[[Percy Jackson and& Thethe Olympians (Literature)|The Last Olympian]]'', Prometheus gives Percy the urn of Pandora and tells him that if he opens it, he will free Hope and so surrender. It turns out to be a [[Clingy MacGuffin]] -- it keeps showing up after being locked in a safe. Percy finally hands it to Hestia, who can keep it safe.
 
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==== [[Video Games]] ====
* Opening Pandora's Box is what triggered the ongoing Age of Heroes in ''[[City of Heroes]]''' backstory.
* It also played a huge role in the mythology-themed ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]'' series.
 
==== [[Web Original]] ====
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==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* An episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Animation)|The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' centers around the pandemonium of Pandora's ''lunch''box being opened.
* The Box Ghost gets his [[Day in The Limelight]] with this in [[Danny Phantom]].
 
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==== [[Literature]] ====
* The Golden Fleece is actively used in the ''[[Percy Jackson and& Thethe Olympians (Literature)|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' series. It has healing properties and certain power over Nature. In the second book, ''Sea of Monsters'', Percy and his friends go on an Argonauts-inspired quest to look for the Fleece in order to heal Thalia's tree (a tree which guards the borders of Camp Half-Blood from monsters), which has been poisoned by the [[Big Bad]]. {{spoiler|On healing the tree, the Fleece also brings Thalia herself, Zeus's daughter, back to life.}}
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* You require Golden Fleece to make a magic harp in the MMORPG ''[[Runescape]]''
* You can pick this up from Jason in ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]] II'', allowing you to counterattack enemies.
* In ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' Caster {{spoiler|[[Greek Mythology|Medea]] }} has this, but as she isn't a Rider she doesn't get the awesome dragon it can be used to summon.
* In the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' series, the Golden Fleece is an artifact left behind by [[Precursors|Those Who came Before]], and is also known as the Shroud of Turin. It is advanced technology with incredible healing abilities and the power to temporarily animate the dead.
 
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* The titular ''[[Blue Seed (Anime)|Blue Seed]]''s that are the souls of the Aragami are single magatamas, one of the main characters is named Kusanagi Mamoru, and there is a villain named Murakumo {{spoiler|who is actually Yamata no Orochi}}.
* ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]'''s protagonist, Motoko Kusanagi, is named after the sword. (It sounds roughly as natural to a Japanese speaker as "Jane Excalibur" would sound to an English speaker... which is probably why Masamune Shirow lampshaded it with a comment in his narration about it being "obviously a pseudonym".)
* The necklace used to give ''[[Inu Yasha (Anime)Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'' the "sit!" command resembles the full Yasakani no Magatama.
** Additionally, in the third [[The Movie|movie]], ''Swords of an Honorable Ruler,'' some comedy is generated by Kagome's grandfather's misreading of the kanji on the sheath of the evil [[Empathic Weapon]] Sou'unga, which causes him to believe that it is the real Kusanagi no Tsurugi.
** [[Inu Yasha (Anime)Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'s own weapon happens to come from the body of a monster and is able to control the wind, one too many similarities to the Kusanagi.
* ''[[Kannazuki no Miko (Manga)|Kannazuki no Miko]]'' postulates that Ama No Murakumo is actually ''two'' swords. And a [[Humongous Mecha]], for an even count.
* Orochimaru of ''[[Naruto (Anime)|Naruto]]'' somehow has the Kusanagi (which the dub calls "The Grass Long Sword" and it literally means "Grass-cutting Sword") and stores it ''in his throat'' of all places, presumably because he is indirectly named after the legendary serpent Orochi, in whose body the Kusanagi supposedly originated. Though it's a katana in the manga, it is shown accurately as a straight blade in the anime, but also possesses the ability to extend and glows for some reason. {{spoiler|The Mirror is held by a spirit that Itachi creates with a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] that deflects all attacks... and ends up killing him}}. The Sage of the Six Paths wears a necklace that looks the Magatama, though it doesn't appear to be of any significance.
* In ''[[Sailor Moon (Anime)|Sailor Moon]]'', all three treasures became the primary weapons of Sailor Uranus ("Space Sword", based on the Kusanagi), Sailor Neptune (the Mirror), and Sailor Pluto (the necklace, or the jewel from it at any rate, which became the Garnet Orb on her staff). The items are so powerful in combination that -- bizarrely enough -- they can call into existence ''another'' [[Public Domain Artifact]] on this page: the Holy Grail. Which is, of course, really just another excuse to add another transformation sequence/fancy outfit/power-up for Sailor Moon, who is (appropriately enough) both the [[Messianic Archetype]] and [[The Messiah]] of the series.
* In the ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' series, two of Orb's great weapons are named after the mystical weapons: the space battleship ''Kusanagi'' and the anti-beam reflecting armor ''Yata no Kagami''.
 
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==== Literature ====
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosProspero's Daughter]]'', the sword is one of many that the Prosperos has.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'', the holy sword ''Fidelacchius'' is Kusanagi. It being a katana (or more precisely, a sword-cane with a katana blade) is Justified by it having been reforged in the past.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* The Regalia are especially popular in Japanese video games, also forming the second set of [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]] in ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'', and also show up in ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'' and ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''.
* In ''[[Dark Cloud (Video Game)|Dark Cloud 2]]'', you can equip Monica with the Ame-No-Murakumo. The game hints at the idea it might be a fake.
* Though the artifacts themselves don't appear, certain characters from ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'' are named for them: Kyo Kusanagi, and Iori Yagami (former clan name: Yasakani). Chizuru Kagura is not named for her artifact, but has been shown to be a vessel for the Yata Mirror.
* As you would expect for a game starring Amaterasu, ''[[Okami (Video Game)Ōkami|Okami]]'' features the three relics as your three weapon options-- a mirror, a sword, and a 'rosary' of beads worn around the neck.
** More interesting still, the first and final swords you receive are won by defeating Orochi. And the two most powerful Rosaries look like ''Yasakani no Magatama''.
** Also note, this is one of the rare examples where ''all'' the blades are double-edged straight swords (albeit a lot larger and wider than average) that match the "ancient (read:pre-katana) Japan" aesthetic.
* The Magatama is used extensively in the ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Visual Novel)|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]'' games, purported to have the power to read people's minds (or at least see when they're hiding things).
* The sword, mirror, and "proof of royalty" in ''[[Ruin Explorers]]''.
* In the game ''Saga Frontier'', these three items (a sword, shield, and necklace respectively) can be found in Sei's Tomb in Shrike. Players can choose to keep these items, which are medium-powerful in their own right, or put them on particular pedestals to open the way to the undead King Sei (who promptly attacks the grave-robbers.)
* Another notable example occurs in the first two ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' games, in which they are called the "Majinki" (meaning "Demon God Weapons"). They can grant whoever uses them the power of a god . . . or a demon. They are stolen and used by the [[Big Bad]] in the first game, and are destroyed in the second game to prevent the second game's [[Big Bad]] from doing likewise.
** they also allow someone from the Shinguji bloodline to banish the Kouma Demons at te cost of their life... which also plays into Oogami's decision to destroy them, as Sakura does consider their use... like her father did in the first war.
* The Blue Moon Crystal in ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'', which is also a sacred artifact for the nation of [[Wutai|Yafutoma]], just happens to be magatama-shaped.
* [[Touhou (Video Game)|Keine Kamishirasawa]] has a set of spell cards called "Three Sacred Treasures". Depending on difficulty, what follows will be the Sword (Kusanagi, on easy), the Orb (Magatama, on normal), or the Mirror (Yata-no-Kagami, on hard). On Lunatic, it will instead say "Three Sacred Treasures - Country".
** Also [[The One Guy|Rinnosuke]] owns the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, according to the ''Curiosities of Lotus Asia'' stories. (He got it from Marisa, who'd unknowingly found it as a kid and kept it in a pile of scrap metal.)
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' the [http://www.wowpedia.org/Grasscutter Grasscutter] is yours for only 60 Badges of Heroism! (note: it's an off-hand weapon)
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* In the Zanpakutou Unknown Tales filler arc of the ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' anime, we are introduced to a character named Muramasa, who has the power of making the Shinigami's swords materialize in their true form, and who's controlling them into rebelling against their respective Shinigami. {{spoiler|Turns out, Muramasa ''is'' a Shinigami's sword, as well.}}
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' has the sword correctly named as a creation of Masamune, though it is a ''wooden'' sword. It isn't given a specific name on it's own, just called '''[http://img01.nj.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/708/062.0/compressed/Hayate_v06c62_151.jpg Wooden Masamune]'''.
 
==== [[Comics]] ====
* Katana, from [[Batman and Thethe Outsiders]], wields a sword made by Muramasa- who was described as being mad; the sword itself steals the souls of those it kills.
* In ''[[Wolverine]]'', the Muramasa Blade is a magical/cursed blade which cancels out advanced healing factors, like Wolverine's. In addition to being freakishly sharp. Needless to say, this is a major item in the Marvel Universe, and has been used to decapitate at least one character.
 
==== [[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-December Romance|When Shakiko died, I was shattered.]] [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|I would spare you that pain.]]}}
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* The ''[[Castlevania]]'' series includes swords with each name.
* ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' features two characters named "Masa" and "Mune", who combine to create a big windblowy boss called "Masamune"; they're actually the spirits of the sword Masamune. Oddly enough, in the original Japanese they had nothing to do with the Masamune; they were "Grand" and "Leon", and the sword's name was (wait for it) GrandLeon.
* Several ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games have swords by this name (Auron's ultimate weapon comes to mind); however, the most (in)famous example is certainly [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Sephiroth's]].
** One of [[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Zidane]]'s thief swords is called Masamune.
* The Muramasa is the name of the sword occasionally found in barrels and such in ''[[Final Fight]]''. Sodom wields swords called "Muramasa" and "Masamune".
* In ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'', the Muramasa is an [[Evil Weapon]], which curses you when you wield it, but has extremely high attack power. The Masamune is one of the few weapons with more attack power than that which isn't cursed.
* The Muramasa is featured in ''[[MegamanMega Man Battle Network]]'' as a sword attack that does damage equal to the HP the user has lost. After two untainted appearances, it was labelled as a "Dark Chip", imposing limitations and/or penalties with its use.
* ''[[Muramasa: theThe Demon Blade (Video Game)|Muramasa the Demon Blade]]'' has the swordsman Muramasa forge several swords. As such, the Muramasa is a type of sword instead of one specific sword.
* Two "two-handed-sword" class weapons named Muramasa and Masamune are found in ''[[Ragnarok Online]]''. The former raises its user's critical rate, but has a chance to [[Standard Status Effects|curse]] its user, and the latter is more powerful and raises dodge rate, but reduces its user's defence to 1/3.
* ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur III]]'' at least has an unlockable weapon for Japanese Ronin Mitsurugi: the Masamune.
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' has them and at least has flavor text saying they are ''named after'' the swordsmiths.
* ''[[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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|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-Hit Kill]] anything up to about human-sized via [[Half the Man He Used To Be|bisection]] (if that chance comes up against anything larger, like a dragon, it'll do double damage instead). Its main disadvantage is that it's two-handed, which can be bad news if it gets [[Clingy MacGuffin|cursed]].
 
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* In ''[[Shaman King (Manga)|Shaman King]]'', Anna has 1080 beads, which are ten times as powerful.
 
 
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* ''[[Inu Yasha (Anime)Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'' wears a robe made from the pelt of the fire-rat. Not only is it fire-proof but humans (Kagome) have actually survived the lack of oxygen and extreme temperatures while donning it and immersed in flames.
** In one of [[The Movie|The Movies]], villains are regathering the five treasures and [[Inuyasha]] gets involved when they try to steal his robe.
 
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==== [[Video Games]] ====
* In ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' the whole story of ''Kaguya-Hime'' turns out to be completely true: not only is there the moon princess herself living in Gensokyo but she also possesses all five of the artifacts from her impossible tasks. (It's how she beat her suitors: ask for things you already have but no one else knows you have.) She is most commonly depicted holding the branch of Hourai, which, in-universe, is a plant that exists on the pure lunar surface and only blooms/bejewels when exposed to the impurity of the Earth.
** ''Hourai'' is mentioned quite a few times in ''Touhou'':
*** The elixir of immortality, formally the Hourai Elixir, is an accursed [[MacGuffin]] from the back story of the Lunarian residents. Its creation and consumption was the catalyst of Kaguya's exile.
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* Let's not even get started on [[Nasuverse|Kinoko Nasu's]] ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' and ''[[Fate Zero (Light Novel)|Fate /Zero]]''.
** Though at least in the [[Nasuverse]], it's explicitly stated that there are dozens of artifacts which claim to be the Holy Grail, and that whether that particular one had anything to do with Jesus is irrelevant considering its power. Turns out {{spoiler|it was made from scratch in the 1800s}}.
* As previously mentioned in ''[[Sailor Moon (Anime)|Sailor Moon]]'' it is the Holy Grail that transforms Sailor Moon into Super Sailor Moon. That being said it may not be ''the'' Holy Grail as in the manga, and the videogame ''[[Sailor Moon Another Story]]'', there's ''two'' of them - Sailor Chibi Moon has one as well.
 
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==== [[Film]] ====
* In the ''[[Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (Film)|Indiana Jones and Thethe Last Crusade]]'', this is the 2nd item that the Nazis are trying to find. In an interesting take on this artifact, the grail isn't a golden cup with jewels encrusted on the sides as one may imagine, but an ordinary, relatively plain looking cup. An interesting caveat is that the grail is hidden amongst many other cups, and if you choose the wrong one, instead of eternal life, you'll die very quickly instead. And on top of that, you can't leave the area where the grail is, or you lose the eternal life part and become mortal again. This explains why the knight in the cave, while very old, is still alive, while his contemporary brethren who left the area have long passed on.
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
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* In ''The Forever King'' by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy, the Grail is a cup fashioned out of a stone that fell from the heavens, many years before the birth of Christ. Its association with Jesus is only coincidental, and He is not the source of its powers (nor, though the villain initially smugly assumes so, is it the source of His).
* Spoofed in ''Grailblazers'' by [[Tom Holt]], where the Grail is a bowl that was used at the Last Supper, which was miraculously transformed into Tupperware.
* Inverted in the second ''[[Nightside]]'' book by [[Simon R. Green]] with the [[MacGuffin]] being the ''Unholy'' Grail -- the cup Judas drank from. [[Fridge Logic|Which... was the same cup.]]
** No, it wasn't the same cup. {{spoiler|It did ''stop'' being Unholy at the end of the novel, when it's used to perform a communion ceremony, but after that it's just a regular antique cup.}}
* This comes up in Peter David's ''Knight Life'' trilogy - the Grail is still in the keeping of Percival, the knight tasked with finding it. {{spoiler|Turns out it's magical from catching the blood of the Unicorn King, back when Merlin was a young man. It became linked up with Jesus when he drank from it.}}
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==== [[Video Games]] ====
* [[Romancing Sa gaSaGa 3]] had the Holy Grail which once held the Holy King's blood. Ironically, it is in the hands of a vampire.
* The Holy Grail in [[Treasure of the Rudra]] is a sealing receptacle which holds a netherworld spirit in it. It's considered "Holy" since it repels monsters.
 
==== [[Web Comics]] ====
* In ''[[Minion Comics (Webcomic)|Minion Comics]]'', Dingus is convinced that the evil organization he works for is seeking out the Holy Grail, because their leader is German and [http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=218 "Germans love searching for ancient artifacts."]
 
=== Fragments of the True Cross ===
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* In the ''[[Hellsing (Manga)|Hellsing]]'' manga Alexander Anderson uses in his final fight with Alucard one of the Vatican's most important relics, "Helena's Nail". According to Catholic tradition, Helena of Constantinople, mother of Emperor Constantine I, was the discoverer of the remains of the True Cross. She is said to have affixed at least one nail to the bridle of her son's horse to give him protection in battle.
 
==== [[Comics]] ====
* [[Doctor Doom]] was revealed to have splinters of the True Cross in his armour in a recent Captain Britain and the Mi13 series. Just in [[Crazy Prepared|case]] he'd run into [[Dracula]] one day.
* In the continuity of [[Vampirella (Comic Book)|Vampirella]], giving a vampire a scratch with a fragment of the True Cross, even if it is a wound a normal human would ignore, causes the monster [[Ludicrous Gibs|to explode]].
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
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==== [[Web Comic]] ====
* The webcomic ''Clan Of The Cats'' has a stake made from the True Cross as the only way to permanently kill [[Dracula]]. Which is, admittedly, a pretty good way.
* The webcomic ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' features a selection of anti ghost wizard weapons, including a staff carved from the True Cross.
 
==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* Spoofed in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]],'' where after a bullet meant for Homer strikes Ned Flanders in the [[Pocket Protector|Bible]], a second round knocks him over, and he gets up again, relieved that he was [[Pocket Protector|wearing]] "an extra large piece of the True Cross today."
* Guitarist Skwisgaar Skwigelf from the band Dethklok from ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' explains that one of the guitars he designed and created is made of the one True Cross, and bassist William Murderface notes that they'll probably get letters from offended religious fanatics, which causes Skwisgaar to quip "Who could be offended by the most religious instrument ever?"
 
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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 Aa Is Magic A|rule]], so there's no real way to tell if they're ''actually'' from the Crucifixion or not. In a double-whammy, one of said swords might be [[Excalibur]]. The Iron Crown of the Lombards (which was seized by Charlemagne when he defeated that Northern Italian state) is reputed to incorporate such a nail. Similarly, the Spear of Destiny in Vienna (cited elsewhere on this page) also incorporates an alleged nail of the Crucifixion. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Heilige_Lanze_02.JPG The Vienna spear] consists of a simple spear wrapped in a ridiculous amount of bling (including the supposed True Cross nail). The spear as was supposed to have pierced Christ's side is the core; the nail and everything else would have been added later.
 
==== Anime and Manga ====
* In ''[[Hellsing (Manga)|Hellsing]]'', Father Alexander Anderson, when confronted by a fully-released Alucard, produces one of the Nails and uses it to turn himself into a holy, inhuman monster to fight the vampire.
 
==== [[Film]] ====
* In ''[[Fright Night (2011 (Filmfilm)|Fright Night 2011]]'', [[Chekhov's Armory|Peter Vincent's collection of arcane relics]] contains a Crucifixion nail. Stabbing a vampire in the heart with one is described as an "old school" way of killing their kind. {{spoiler|Nobody ever gets to a chance to use it.}}
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
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** It does bring up the question of why the Roman judicial court wouldn't have entire bushels full of nails already, given how common crucifixion was. (Although most crucifixions were done with rope, nails weren't that uncommon.) Or why they didn't simply buy or commandeer some from a construction project, given how Herod had been upgrading Jerusalem's infrastructure for years.
* The nails are used as the ultimate weakness to defeat Satan in ''[[Magnus]]''.
* ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'', as mentioned above.
 
 
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==== [[Anime and Manga]] ====
* ''[[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-Magic|Imagine Breaker]] touched it and [[Clothing Damage|it fell apart]].
* Appeared in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)StrikerS|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]].
 
==== [[Comics]] ====
* It's the central object in [[Doug Ten Napel]]'s graphic novel ''[[Creature Tech]]'', in which the Shroud actually has the power to instantly heal anything, even bringing things back from the dead, such as {{spoiler|GIANT SPACE EELS.}}
* Appears in the ''[[Wild Cards]]'' novel ''Death Draws Five,'' in which the Shoud is stolen and {{spoiler|given to an ace with the power to speak with the dead, in order that she might summon up Jesus and have him give instructions as to what to do to bring about [[The End of the World Asas We Know It|the Apocalypse]].}}
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* In ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' ([[Trope Overdosed|somewhat unsurprisingly]]) the entirety of ''Death Masks'' is centered on the theft of the Shroud of Turin, in which it's ''heavily'' implied (and occasionally all but outright explicitly stated) that said Shroud has some ''crazy'' mystical strength owing to many years of being an object of faith. Interestingly, the usual assumption that it could [[Healing Hands|heal]] (as is a common assumption with pretty much anything that ever touched so much as Jesus' toenail clippings) is addressed, but the book in question leaves it open as to whether or not it actually ''can'' heal to the level hoped for. It does, however, hold up improbably well despite taking a beating (and a soaking followed by a pulling), and it may or may not have contributed to a fight, if you don't believe in coincidence. Oh, and it was about to be used as part of a mystical doomsday plot at one point, too... need I go on?
** Fun fact: The working title of that particular book was ''Holy Sheet'', but the [[Executive Meddling|publishers demanded a change]]. One instance where they couldn't [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|get crap past the radar]].
** For all of this, the jury actually stays out on whether the thing really ever came within a thousand miles or years of touching Jesus. In fact, Harry (as both protagonist and narrator) comes down on the side of "probably not." It turns out, though, that when millions of people in the Dresdenverse venerate something as an artifact of power, they [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|literally can't be wrong]].
 
==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* There was an episode of ''[[The Outer Limits (TV)|The Outer Limits]]'' revival where a Christian [[The Fundamentalist|fundamentalist]] was using [[Lego Genetics|DNA samples]] from the Shroud of Turin to clone himself a new [[Clone Jesus|baby Jesus]].
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
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=== The Lance of Longinus ===
The Lance of Longinus / Spear of Destiny / Holy Lance / Spear of Longinus / Spear of Christ / Holy Spear: The spear which supposedly pierced Jesus' side during the crucifixion, reputed to have all kinds of crazy powers ranging from healing to the ability to destroy the whole world in one shot. Three known items are sometimes claimed to be the Holy Lance; One resides in the Vatican, one in the Hofburg Museum in Vienna (having been moved from Nuremberg during the Napoleonic Wars) and one in Krakow, Poland. The Catholic Church has made no statements as to the authenticity of any of them -- perhaps wisely as the latter two have been shown by recent research to be of a later origin. It's used everywhere from video games, to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Evangelion]]'' (although there it had no relation to the mythological lance, and was instead a powerful artifact of extraterrestrial origin) and even the first of those campy flicks from ''[[The Librarian]]'' series (where it was inexplicably in three parts, and became a set of [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]] necessitating a whole lot of traveling and avoiding of Mayan [[Death Trap|Death Traps]]). Also appears as a plot coupon in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' Movie, which allows the [[Big Bad]] to open a portal between the worlds. Almost any work of fiction dealing with [[Those Wacky Nazis|The Nazis']] [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|top secret paranormal experiments and super-weapons]] will mention the Spear at some point.
 
==== [[Comics]] ====
* Used in DC comics set during WWII. Hitler had it, as the [[Justified Trope|justification]] why [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] or others [[Reed Richards Is Useless|didn't just fly over and beat the snot out of him and his army]]. This is a decades-later [[Retcon]], the actual [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] comics didn't bother to explain.
** The Spear has been shown to be one of the few things effective against the otherwise near-omnipotent hero, [[The Spectre]].
** In the four-part [[Elseworlds]] story ''[[The Golden Age]]'', it is [[Retcon|revealed]] that the ''real'' reason none of the American superheroes attacked Germany directly was that Hitler had a superhero of his own whose power was to negate the power of other superheroes. But ''[[The Golden Age]]'' isn't canon with mainstream DC.
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==== [[Film]] ====
* A scarily accurate replica of the German spear (which is actually just the spearhead) made a brief appearance in the ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]'' movie, prominently displayed in a glass case at the BPRD headquarters.
** The replica from ''[[Hellboy]]'' also appears as a major plot device in [[The Movie]] of the comic book ''[[Hellblazer (Comic Book)|Hellblazer]],'' ''[[Constantine (Film)|Constantine]]''.
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* ''American Desert'' by Percival Everett actually has a reason for including this specific spear--the blood on it is used to clone Christ. Not that it works very well . . .
* One of supporting characters in mighty postmodernist Russian [[Urban Fantasy]] novel ''Look Into the Monsters' Eyes'', a Soviet paratrooper turned Belarussian partisan, turned American marine, turned Mossad operative, turned Argentinian gaucho was at one point of his turbulent life one of the aforementioned marines tasked with finding the Lance. It's also alleged that he was ''the very same'' marine who is ''Wolfenstein'''s protagonist. Yes, the book is ''that'' weird, but otherwise excellent.
* The Spear plays an important part in the plot of [[Richard Wagner (Creator)|Richard Wagner]]'s ''Parsifal'', which also features the Holy Grail.
* Appears in the Wyrd Museum trilogy as the only weapon that can kill the three fates.
* {{spoiler|The Dragon of the Grand Canal}} in ''[[The Magicians|The Magician King]]'' boasts of a vast collection of magical artifacts, including both the Lance of Longinus and the noose that hung Judas.
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==== [[Live Action Television]] ====
* 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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==== [[Video Games]] ====
* Oddly shows up as a combination NPC/weapon, in ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness (Video Game)|Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]''. It stands in Laharl's castle and can be asked about the strengths and weaknesses of various weapon types.
* Somewhat ironically, in the Japanese version of ''Final Fantasy X'', Kimahri's ultimate weapon was named after this... however it got changed to the 'spirit lance' for the Western releases because it was thought to be too controversial
* A notable appearance as a weapon in ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]] II'', notable in that this would ''predate'' its more famous use. Which begs the question of what the hell Longinus was doing with it... (Given that the game's spear looks nothing like a Roman spear (or a Greek one, for that matter), can extend and retract, fires crystal-like projectiles, and was carried around by a griffin-riding undead knight....it's probably just ''a'' spear of destiny, and not ''the'' Spear of Destiny.)
* All members of Hitler's most-trusted robot knight battalion, who followed him to Antarctica after WWII use mass-produced copies of the Holy Spear to seal Persona selection in ''[[Persona 2]]: Innocent Sin''. Somehow "Jesus!" is the only fitting thing one ''can'' say to that.
** In the first [[Persona]] (or at least the [[Updated Rerelease|remake]]), there is a spear with that name that is an equippable weapon.
** And at the end of ''[[Persona 2]]: Innocent Sin'', {{spoiler|Maya Amano is stabbed by Maya Okamura with the Lance of Longinus/Holy Spear, and because of rumors that a wound caused by it can't be healed, bleeds to death}}.
* The [[MacGuffin]] from ''[[Wolfenstein 3D (Video Game)|Wolfenstein 3D]]'''s sequel, ''Spear of Destiny''. Guarded by the Angel of Death.
* [[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.
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=== The Crown of Thorns ===
The Crown of Thorns has occasionally popped up too. Supposedly worn by Jesus during and prior to the Crucifixion, it's often said to have the power to defy death. Or maybe it's just a [[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|really good helmet that saps your HP]].
* Or, in ''Chrononauts'', you yourself may travel back in time to 33 AD, and steal it from You-Know-Who, to aid in your Mission as a Time Traveler, or perhaps to simply sell off as a Biblical Relic to gain a bonus card when given the opportunity to Sell an Artifact.
* DC Comics also has the Crown Of ''Horns'' (obviously a play of words) that allows its user to rule Hell.
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=== The Lazarus Bowl ===
The Lazarus Bowl: the words of Christ used to raise Lazarus from the dead, recorded in the grooves of a pot being thrown at the time. Used in ''[[The X-Files (TV)|The X-Files]]'', and the concept was used on ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]''. Debunked (alas) by ''[[Myth Busters (TV)|Myth Busters]]''.
 
 
=== Judas' 30 Pieces of Silver ===
==== [[Film]] ====
* In ''[[The Librarian]]'': The Judas Chalice, they had been forged into a silver equivalent to [[Indiana Jones and Thethe Last Crusade (Film)|the Holy Grail]] for vampires.
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* Show up in ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]''. Each one contains a [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|fallen angel]], the lot of whom are collectively referred to as the Knights of the Blackened Denarius (or as Harry calls them, [[Deadpan Snarker|the Nickelheads]])
* In''The Last Coin,'' by James Blaylock, the Big Bad is collecting the 30 coins to fulfill his vile schemes. He's up to 29 at the beginning of the book and close to the last one.
* In Kathryn Smith's ''Brotherhood of Blood'' romance novel series, the 30 pieces of silver were impregnated with Lilith's spirit and passed from man to man, the most famous being Judas, and eventually melted into a cup, the Blood Grail, which turns anyone who drinks from it into a vampire. This goes badly for the guys who find it thinking it's the ''other'' Grail.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* The 30 Pieces of Silver also show up as items to search for in ''[[DantesDante's Inferno (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dantes Inferno]]''. Each 5 collected gets the hero a power-up.
 
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=== Judas' Noose ===
* The noose with which Judas Iscariot hung himself ''also'' shows up in ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]''. (It's worn by the bearer of one of the 30 coins mentioned above.)
* {{spoiler|The Dragon of the Grand Canal}} in ''[[The Magicians|The Magician King]]'' boasts of a vast collection of magical artifacts, including both the Lance of Longinus and the noose that hung Judas.
 
 
=== The Ark of the Covenant ===
From the Old Testament, there's the Ark of the Covenant -- though, as ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' demonstrated, it is not said to be something many people can safely use. Even if it doesn't possess any supernatural power, the design as laid out in the Bible could produce a monstrous capacitor, and in the right environment and circumstances, could build up a potentially deadly static charge. Which may be why the Bible also specifies (insulating) silk garments for the bearers of the Ark... and might explain the biblical account of the unprotected man who touched the Ark and was struck dead. Oddly enough, the one thing mentioned in [[The Bible]] to actually have supernatural power is at the bottom of this list.
 
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==== Literature ====
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosProspero's Daughter]]'', this is used on various spirits.
* In [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[Operation Chaos]]'', the genie came from such a bottle.
* In the ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]'' prequel we see Solomon use it to summon and control thousands of demons, ''[[Cast From Lifespan|though at a price ]]''.
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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.
* Bayloupe of New Light from ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index (Anime)|To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' condenses Thor's weapons into a pair of gloves, allowing her to use all of Thor's weapons.
 
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==== [[Film]] ====
* One of the ships in ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'' was technically called Mjolnir, but everybody called it "The Hammer". Probably because, as the special features on the ''Revolutions'' DVD demonstrate, [[Did Not Do the Research|nobody involved in the production could figure out how to pronounce it]].
* The weapon of the titular hero in [[Thor]]. One of the regular human characters [[The Unpronouncable|refers to it as "Mye-mye"]]
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* Additionally, there's [[Theme Naming]] in the ''Mjollnir'''s crew members: all of them were named after guns, except the medic (who was named after a magazine) and the captain (who was named after [[The Dark Tower|Stephen King's gunslinger]]). Which fits this theme more, an unpronounceable Norse weapon or the thing that strikes off a cartridge?
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosProspero's Daughter]]'', one of the swords the Prosperos own comes from Norse mythology.
 
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** All the more interesting since one of the villains seven seasons earlier (''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'') was a demon named Loki, and King/Lord Neptune himself appeared in that same season. How Overdrive's long-abandoned city of Atlantis squares with ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'''s ancillary materials placing Atlantis in the South China Sea is unknown..
* This is ''really'' common in the various ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' series. Thor's Hammer included. These are usually [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum]] of some sort.
* Mjolnir showed up on ''[[First Wave (TV)|First Wave]]'' as an alien portal-making thingy.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* Unsurprisingly, Mjolnir shows up in [[Eve Online]]. Mjolnir Torpedos deal EM damage to a target. Though it is primarily a Caldari weapon and most Norse named ships are Minmatar....However, perfectly acceptable for an Icelandic company.
* Yet another ''[[Halo (Video Gameseries)|Halo]]'' example: the MJOLNIR Mk. V / Mk. VI [[Powered Armor]] worn by the hero and other SPARTAN-II graduates.
* Mjolnir is the focus of ''[[Tomb Raider]] Underworld'', which is the sequel to Legend. Just like Legend, the mystical "weapon" turns out to be {{spoiler|a key to enter Helheim}}. Wherein the [[Big Bad]] is attempting to wield Jormungandr, {{spoiler|a gigantic ancient machine that will bring about [[The End of the World Asas We Know It|Ragnarok]]}}
* ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' features the vampiric Scarlet siblings, each with a potent magical weapon out of Norse mythology. Remilia has Gungnir, which in-game can be used to fire an energy spear of [[Danmaku]], while her younger sister Flandre has Lævateinn, the "Wounding Wand of Loki," which functions as a [[Flaming Sword]]. It's unclear if these are ''the'' Gungnir and Lævateinn or if "[[Blatant Lies|the young descendent of]] [[Dracula|Tepes]]" is exaggerating her supernatural clout again.
* Gungnir is mentioned in passing in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Night (Visual Novel)night|Fate Stay Night]]'' as similar to how Servant Lancer's Gae Bolg works as a throwing spear.
* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] 4'', one of the combination magics is named after this.
* ''Tales of Phantasia'' has a weapon named Gungnir.
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==== [[Web Comics]] ====
* In ''[[The Specialists (Webcomic)|The Specialists]]'', [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-57/ Balmung]
 
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=== Necronomicon ===
[[HPH.P. Lovecraft]] invented the ''Necronomicon'', which has since appeared in tons of fictional works, not limited to the [[Cosmic Horror|Cthulhu Mythos]]. Probably the most famous of these are the ''[[Evil Dead (Film)|Evil Dead]]'' movies, which gave a striking visual look to the book. This version of the book has since been visually referenced in many places where there was a need to show an evil book. In a case of [[Defictionalization]] / [[Fan Dumb]], there are many forgeries of the ''Necronomicon''.
 
==== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ====
* The Necronomicon was mentioned in passing as one of the 103, 000 grimoires inside Index's brain in ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index (Anime)|To Aru Majutsu no Index]]''.
 
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==== [[Film]] ====
* The Necronomicon Ex Mortis from the ''[[Evil Dead (Film)|Evil Dead]]'' series, a classic [[Tome of Eldritch Lore]].
 
==== [[Literature]] ====
* P.C.Hodgell's ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]'' has a Cryptonomicron-analogue in "The Book Bound In Pale Leather", one of several mythic treasures ( or curses) of the Kencyr. The Book can be bruised if mishandled, and contains rune-spells of such power that numerous priests went mad simply writing them down to make The Book.
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s [[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]] version is the infamous and feared ''Necrotelicomnicon'', the ''Book of Communicating with the Dead Long Distance''.
** It also appears in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[The Sandman]]'' under its alternate title, ''Liber Paginarum Fulvarum'', dog-Latin for "Book of the Yellow Pages".
* [[Christopher Pike]] made the ''Necronomicon'' into the Satanic Bible. There actually is a book called ''[[Satanic Verses]]'', by Salman Rushdie, but it's not the ''Necronomicon''. There actually is a book called ''The Satanic Bible'', by Anton La Vey, but it's not the ''Necronomicon'' either.
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==== [[Video Games]] ====
* This appears in ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'', but changed in the English translation to "[[wikipedia:To Mega Therion|Tomegathericon]]".
* The ''Necrotelicomnicon'' also shows up in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''.
 
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==== [[Western Animation]] ====
* The ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' Cthulhu trilogy featured the ''Necronomicon'', of course.
 
==== Other ====
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==== [[Tabletop Games]] ====
* The [[Black Templars]] from ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' have a unique piece of wargear called the Holy Orbs of Antioch, which always wounds on a 2+.
 
==== [[Video Games]] ====
* Was a piece of cut content in ''[[Fallout 2 (Video Game)|Fallout 2]]''. In ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout: New Vegas]]'', you get a slight variation, the Holy Frag Grenade.
* Appears as one of the higher tier weapons in ''[[Worms (Video Game)|Worms]]''. It even lets out an angelic chorus before it explodes.
** Interestingly you can set the timer not only to three but also to one, two, four, and five.
* One is a findable magic item in the ASCII graphics-based Omega RPG.
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* 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 [[Godwin's Law|Hitler]].
* ''[[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 Aa 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.
* There are some artifacts which are associated with Santa, but occasionally show up without him. Usually his bag (ascribed mystical properties of producing whatever is desired) and his sleigh (or some other fantastic method of transportation).
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* 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.
** [[Simon R. Green]] occasionally has one show up with the power to open and seal locks, portals and barriers both mundane and magical.
** Also appears in a poem by the same name in the ''Ingoldsby Legends'' where it has the power to send a household into a deep slumber.
** Also seen in [[Harry Potter]]: It seems Draco Malfoy owns one.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosProspero's Daughter]]'', there are more public domain artifacts per square inch in the Prosperos' mansion than anywhere else. Several are mentioned above. But they were collecting them.
 
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