Sentient weapons

fictional magic sword from The Legend of Zelda series

Stormbringer is a magic sword featured in a number of fantasy stories by the author Michael Moorcock. It is described as a huge, black sword covered with strange runes, created by the forces of Chaos. The sword has a will of its own and it is hinted that the sword may be controlled by an inhabiting entity. It is wielded by the doomed albino emperor Elric of Melniboné. Stormbringer makes its first appearance in the 1961 novella The Dreaming City. In the four novellas collected in the 1965 book Stormbringer, the sword's true nature is revealed.

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.]]