Sword
The sword denotes authority, protection, justice, solar heroism, and decisive intellect, while its two edges join creation with destruction and life with death.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Welsh folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Excalibur is Welsh folklore
why
Excalibur is Arthur's legendary sword, drawn to prove his kingship …