King Arthur had his sword Excalibur, or course, and Thor had his hammer Mjolnir. Any others you can think of? Do or did the Greeks, Romans, Russians, Chinese, Indians, Spanish, etc. have a myth or folklore tradition of amazing weapons with personal names?
A number of named swords are listed here.
In Japanese mythology there’s Kusanagi, which may or may not really exist: the Wikipedia article says:
In Jack Chalker’s Dancing Gods series, Joe (the human who’s swept up into a fantasy world) is given the last unnamed sword in that realm. He names it “Irving,” after his son.
Fahrd’s sword and dagger were named Graywand and Heartseeker, respectively. The Gray Mouser named his sword Scalpel and his dagger Cat’s Claw.
Not that these were names applied to any sword and dagger they happened to own, not specific ones.
Gandalf’s sword was Glamdring, or Foe-Hammer. Bilbo’s short sword wsa named Sting, after Bilbo killed the spider in The Hobbit.
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Vorpal Sword
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Well, you got
Stormbringer – Moorcocck’s Elric of Melnibone
Orcrist and Glamdring and Anduril and Sting from Tolkien
Hrunting from Beowulf
If you fancy some Chinese, how about Ruyi Jingu Bang, the staff of the Monkey King. If you’d rather go Indian, there’s Gandiva, the bow of Arjuna, the hero of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
I’m pretty sure HeMan’s sword had a name.
I don’t think so, but Lion-O’s was the Sword of Omens.
Much as I appreciate Stormbringer, Anduril etc., let’s limit this just to myth and folklore, please, as I asked in the OP. Thanks.
The legendary Jayne had his Vera.
One of Davy Crockett’s rifles was named “Old Betsy.”
Japanese folklore also has Yawarakai-Te, made by the legendary swordsmith Masamune, and Juuchi Yosamu, made by his lesser pupil Muramasa. The latter sword, when dipped into a river, would slice in two leaves floating on the current, while the former would actively repel the leaves, thus proving that Masamune’s sword was superior, as it did not destroy needlessly.
Back to the West, the spear which was used to pierce Jesus’ side at the Crucifixion has been dubbed “the Spear of Destiny”, and has had all sorts of mystical properties attributed to it in folklore.
Hah! I’ve named my dry foil ‘Susan’ and my electric ‘Vera’.
Davy Crocket’s rifle was named “Old Betsy.”
I don’t know if Jim Bowie’s famous knife had a name of its own, but knives that are supposed to be patterned after it are called Bowie knives.
BB King has Lucille.
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The name of the sword belonging to Ganelon, one of Roland’s enemies in The Song of Roland is Meurglys 
Indian gods have loads of such weapons.One which I remember is the Gāndeeva, the bow of Arjuna.
A few favorites from there, which are related: Curtana, also known as Edward the Confessor’s Sword and the Sword of Mercy, is part of the Crown Jewels of England. It is a “broken” sword, symbolizing the mercy of the sovereign. It’s still used in coronation ceremonies, not that there have been many of those lately. Legend has it that it bore the inscription, “My name is Cortana, of the same steel and temper as Joyeuse and Durendal.”
Durendal was legendarily owned by Hector of Troy and Charlemagne’s paladin Roland. Joyeuse was the sword of Charlemagne himself.
The names are probably familiar to fans of the game studio Bungie; “Cortana” is the name of the artificial intelligence that appears in the Halo series, and “Durandal” is the name of the artificial intelligence that goes insane over the course of the Marathon game series.