Wands

thumb|upright|Relief carving of Darius the Great of [[Persia on his throne, holding a sceptre and lotus]] A sceptre (spelled scepter in American English) is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia, signifying sovereign authority.

agricultural tool used for threshing; the process of separating grains from their husks

term referring to two weapons: one a two-handed infantry weapon derived from an agricultural tool, and the other a one-handed weapon

thumb|300px|Antinous holding the thyrsus while posed as Dionysus ([[Museo Pio-Clementino)]]

thumb|150px| in front of Shinto shrine , , or are wooden wands, decorated with two (zigzagging paper streamers) used in Shinto rituals. It may be considered an Ōnusa with only two Shide.

East Asian ceremonial sceptre

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thumb|A gunbai The is a type of signal baton and Japanese war fan. Once held by military leaders (such as ) and priests in the past, it is used in the modern day by umpires in sumo wrestling.

curved decorative scepter or talisman

thumb|Fool's scepter, Germany or France, 1565–1600 in Germanisches Nationalmuseum|Germanisches National Museum - Nuremberg, Germany

In Ainu culture, ' or ' ( or ) is a ritual wood-shaving stick used in prayers to the spiritual world. They were used in most Ainu religious rituals and were also frequently made to request assistance for hunting and childbirth. Some can be used multiple times, while others are destroyed immediately after one use. Their size and the direction in which they are shaved depends on which (spiritual being) it is offered to and what is being requested.

In Norse mythology, Lævateinn is a weapon crafted by Loki mentioned in the Poetic Edda poem Fjölsvinnsmál. The name Lævateinn does not appear in the original manuscript reading, but is an emendation from Hævateinn made by Sophus Bugge and others.

one of the four Latin-suited playing card deck suits

ritual sceptre associated with power, authority, and the god Osiris