Mythological weapons

Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'arrow', not to be confused with the significantly larger constellation Sagittarius 'the archer'. It was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Although it dates to antiquity, Sagitta has no star brighter than 3rd magnitude and has the third-smallest area of any constellation.

weapon used by Poseidon/Neptune

thumb|right|"Thor" (1901) by Johannes Gehrts. In Norse mythology, Járngreipr (Old Norse: , "iron grippers") or Járnglófar (, "iron gauntlets") are the iron gloves of the god Thor. According to the Prose Edda, along with the hammer Mjölnir and the belt Megingjörð, Járngreipr is one of Thor's three crucial possessions. According to chapter 20 of the book Gylfaginning, he requires the gloves to handle his powerful hammer. The reason for this may come from the forging of the hammer, when the dwarf working the bellows was bitten in his eye by a gadfly (commonly held to be Loki in disguise) which ca

spear of Cúchulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology

thumb|right|An Aztec sculpture of Xiuhcoatl from Texcoco (altepetl)|Texcoco, now in the British Museum In Aztec religion, Xiuhcōātl was a mythological serpent, regarded as the spirit form of Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec fire deity sometimes represented as an atlatl or a weapon wielded by Huitzilopochtli. Xiuhcoatl is a Classical Nahuatl word that translates as "turquoise serpent" and also carries the symbolic and descriptive translation of "fire serpent".

thumb|right|. Painting by Kobayashi Eitaku, 1880–90. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Izanagi to the right, Izanami to the left]] , also known simply by the Kan-on reading , is the name given to the hoko (lance) used to raise the primordial land-mass, Onogoro Island, from the sea in Japanese religion. It is often represented as a naginata.

thumb|The high-voltage|high-voltage electricity warning symbol is a contemporary example of thunderbolt iconography

thumb|Pluto holding a bident in a woodcut from the Gods and Goddesses series of Hendrick Goltzius (1588–1589)

weapon of Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

enchanted talking mace in Sumerian mythology

thumb|upright=0.9|Hammer-shaped pendants were carried as protection from the thunder god. A=Finnish Ukonvasara B=Scandinavian Thor's hammer C=Icelandic Thor's hammer thumb|upright=0.9|Boat-shaped stone axe/hammer of the Corded Ware culture

Ame-no-Ohabari (, Old Japanese Ame-nö-Opobari) is a legendary Japanese sword. that roughly translates to "Heaven-Point-Blade-Extended". It is primarily found in the mythology of Izumo Province. It is a Totsuka-no-Tsurugi "Sword of Length of Ten Fists", which seems to be distinguished by its length and being a tsurugi (straight, double-bladed sword). thumb|A tsurugi (sword)|tsurugi from 1654. It was made as an offering to [[Susanoo-no-Mikoto, the main kami of Yasaka Shrine.]]