God's Wolf: The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders, Reynald de Chatillon

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Mistilteinn: In Norse mythology, the magical sword of the draugr Prainn, who slew 420 men with it. Subsequently owned by Hromundr Gripsson. Scholars have also noted Indo-European parallels to the wolves Geri and Freki as companions of a divinity. 19th century scholar Jacob Grimm observed a connection between this aspect of Odin's character and the Greek Apollo, to whom both the wolf and the raven are sacred. [19] Philologist Maurice Bloomfield further connected the pair with the two dogs of Yama in Vedic mythology, and saw them as a Germanic counterpart to a more general and widespread Indo-European " Cerberus"-theme. [20] Speidel finds similar parallels in the Vedic Rudra and the Roman Mars. Elaborating on the connection between wolves and figures of great power, he writes: "This is why Geri and Freki, the wolves at Woden's side, also glowered on the throne of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Wolf-warriors, like Geri and Freki, were not mere animals but mythical beings: as Woden's followers they bodied forth his might, and so did wolf-warriors." [18] Attestations [ edit ] Poetic Edda [ edit ] Fenrir and Odin (1895) by Lorenz Frølich An illustration of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart (1908) by W. G. Collingwood, inspired by the Gosforth Cross Qīngyīshén — Bluegreen-Clad God: his name as a human was 蠶叢 Cáncóng — Silkworm Twig, and he is the first ruler and ancestor of the Shu state, and promoter of sericulture among his people

Dragonslayer: Kliff Undersn’s signature weapon in Guilty Gear. A huge sword made from the fangs and scales of a dragon. Adler, Joseph A. (2011). The Heritage of Non-Theistic Belief in China (PDF). (Conference paper) Toward a Reasonable World: The Heritage of Western Humanism, Skepticism, and Freethought. San Diego, CA. The "Nine Skies" ( 九天 Jiǔtiān) are the nine stars (seven stars with the addition of two invisibile ones, according to the Chinese tradition) of the Big Dipper or Great Chariot. Thus, Bixia and her nine attendants or manifestations are at the same time a metaphorical representation of living matter or earth, and of the source of all being which is more abstractly represented by major axial gods of Chinese religion such as Doumu. The Twelve Swords of Power: Twelve powerful and legendary swords in Fred Saberhagen’s Books of the Swords. Each was forged by a deity and imbued with a unique power. The swords are, Coinspinner (Chance), Doomgiver (Justice), Dragonslicer (Heroes), Farslayer (Vengeance), Mindsword (Glory), Shieldbreaker (Force), Sightblinder (Stealth), Soulcutter (Despair), Stonecutter (Siege), Townsaver (Fury), Wayfinder (Wisdom), and Woundhealer (Mercy). a b Chua, Amy (2007). Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance–and Why They Fall (1sted.). New York: Doubleday. p.65. ISBN 978-0-385-51284-8. OCLC 123079516.Saoqing Niangniang ("Lady who Sweeps Clean") is the goddess who ensures good weather conditions "sweeping away" clouds and storms. Aquila: Ky Kiske’s broadsword in Guilty Gear. Its most distinctive feature is the hollowed out middle-section. Spiedel, Michael (2004). Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31199-3 Charon's Claw: In the Forgotten Realms stories, Charon’s Claw was a magical sword and gauntlet specifically designed to combat magic users. Their owner was Artemis Entreri, the arch-enemy of Drizzt Do'Urden. Tyrfing: A cursed sword in Norse mythology that appeared in the Tyrfing Cycle. It never misses and gleams like fire. It would also always kill a man each time it is drawn, and was the cause of three great evils in the poem.

Sun, Xiaochun; Kistemaker, Jacob (1997). The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society. Brill. ISBN 9004107371. Zhong, Xinzi (2014). A Reconstruction of Zhū Xī's Religious Philosophy Inspired by Leibniz: The Natural Theology of Heaven (Thesis). Open Access Theses and Dissertations. Hong Kong Baptist University Institutional Repository. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28.a b The cult of fox deities is characteristic of northeastern China's folk religion, with influences reaching as far south as Hebei and Shandong.

All these designations reflect a hierarchical, multiperspective experience of divinity. [23] Lists of gods, deities and immortals [ edit ] Main altar and statue of Doumu inside the Temple of Doumu in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. A temple dedicated to Pangu in Zhunan, Miaoli. Laevatein: A weapon mentioned in the Norse Poetic Edda poem Fjölsvinnsmál. Considered by some to be a sword, others to be the mistletoe projectile that killed Baldr.Tiānzhǔ 天主—the "Lord of Heaven": In "The Document of Offering Sacrifices to Heaven and Earth on the Mountain Tai" ( Fengshan shu) of the Records of the Grand Historian, it is used as the title of the first God from whom all the other gods derive. [33]