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List of historical swords

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This is a list of notable individual swords, known either from historical record or from surviving artifacts.

Legendary swords

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These swords do not survive as artifacts or are not and have not been available for public inspection, and their description may be of doubtful historicity.

Asian

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  • Kusanagi-no-tsurugi ("Grass-Cutting Sword", time period disputed), one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan. Allegedly kept at Atsuta Shrine but is not available for public display. Its existence and origins remain doubtful.[1]
  • Thuận Thiên ("Heaven's Will"), the sword of the Lê Lợi, Emperor of Đại Việt from 1428 to 1433.
  • Zulfiqar, Contrary to popular belief, this sword does not have a scissor-like tip, but a sword that has a backbone behind its blade belonging to Ali, the first Imam from 632 to 661. The sword's location is unknown, but Twelver Muslims regard it as a hereditary cynosure along with other messianic artifacts, including the staff of Moses, the ring of Suleiman, etc., that will identify the twelfth Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi). The prefix "zul" is a possessive pronoun and "fiqar" means spinal cord.

European

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Artifacts

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These swords are preserved artifacts, or were previously preserved artifacts that are now lost. Their attribution to historical characters may be doubtful.

European

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Britain and Ireland
Western Europe
Iberia
Northern Europe
Central Europe
Southern Europe
Russia

Asian

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Chinese
Japanese
Southeastern Asia
Near Eastern

North American

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South American

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See also

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References

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