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Named weapons in myth (Mjolnir, Tyrfing, Fragarach, Moralltach, Claíomh Solais etc) and legend almost always involved magical properties, I would assume that us

Named weapons in myth (Mjolnir, Tyrfing, Fragarach, Moralltach, Claíomh Solais etc) and legend almost always involved magical properties, I would assume that using the material to literally forge something else would destroy these properties and that more likely the intention here is that the tip side of the break was used for a spear point.

benj111 8y ago
Is that an assumption, or something more concrete? I have problems with making assumptions about magical things. Maybe you just need to tap it 7 times to keep the magic in?
dragonwriter 8y ago
> I would assume that using the material to literally forge something else would destroy these properties Historical views about magic properties frequently involve reuse of materials to transmit properties, so I wouldn't assume that.
- ryanmercer 8y ago
  >so I wouldn't assume that I assume it based on alleged supernatural items like the Lance of Longinus (the holy lance, spear of destiny etc). While at its creation it would have originally been a Pilum some 6 and a half feet long with the pole having been lost by the 600's when King Khosrau II captured it, since then some have reported it as having power for rulers/military leaders and Hitler even took it and some attribute it to the power of the Nazis during WWII as a fragmented, 'repaired' piece. Now it's back in the Hofburg palace collecting dust. There's countless other artifacts that are purported to have magic power/attributes that are mostly fragments too. If you could manufacture it into something else I imagine it'd have been a hell of a lot easier to just melt it down and make a swagger stick or a belt buckle or something. Mind you we're debating something that is unrpovable but haha, I like to spend some thought on such things anyway.

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Named weapons in myth (Mjolnir, Tyrfing, Fragarach, Moralltach, Claíomh Solais etc) and legend almost always involved magical properties, I would assume that us

by ryanmercer 8y ago

benj111 8y ago
Is that an assumption, or something more concrete? I have problems with making assumptions about magical things. Maybe you just need to tap it 7 times to keep the magic in?
dragonwriter 8y ago
> I would assume that using the material to literally forge something else would destroy these properties Historical views about magic properties frequently involve reuse of materials to transmit properties, so I wouldn't assume that.
- ryanmercer 8y ago
  >so I wouldn't assume that I assume it based on alleged supernatural items like the Lance of Longinus (the holy lance, spear of destiny etc). While at its creation it would have originally been a Pilum some 6 and a half feet long with the pole having been lost by the 600's when King Khosrau II captured it, since then some have reported it as having power for rulers/military leaders and Hitler even took it and some attribute it to the power of the Nazis during WWII as a fragmented, 'repaired' piece. Now it's back in the Hofburg palace collecting dust. There's countless other artifacts that are purported to have magic power/attributes that are mostly fragments too. If you could manufacture it into something else I imagine it'd have been a hell of a lot easier to just melt it down and make a swagger stick or a belt buckle or something. Mind you we're debating something that is unrpovable but haha, I like to spend some thought on such things anyway.