# Weapons with personal names in myth/folklore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069 "2010-04-14T15:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069/61 "2010-04-19T04:46:07Z")
Chariot. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069/62 "2010-04-19T13:40:16Z")
Has nobody yet mentioned “TIZONA”? It was the sword of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a.k.a. “El Cid”. Really badass individual from the 11th Century, sort of the national hero of Spain. The sword “Tizona” is kept nowadays in the Burgos Museum. About El Cid: [El Cid - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cid_Campeador) About El Cid (more colourful language): [http://www.badassoftheweek.com/elcid.html](http://www.badassoftheweek.com/elcid.html) About Tizona: [Tizona - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizona) Trivia: “El Cid” comes from the Arabic word “Sidi”, which means “Lord, Master, Sir”. It is the nickname the moors themselves gave him, signalling their respect for a worthy foe. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069/63 "2010-04-19T13:50:49Z")
Agh, edit window missed. I wanted to say that El Cid had yet another sword, “Colada”, which is kept in the Royal Palace in Madrid --or, rather, what they keep is a sword traditionally believed to be “Colada”. About “Colada”: [Colada - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colada) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069/64 "2010-04-19T15:41:41Z")
In the totally awesome [Book of Weird](http://www.amazon.com/Book-Weird-Barbara-N-Byfield/dp/0385065914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271691594&sr=8-1), the entry for weapons states that one difference between swords and knives is that swords get named. I believe Lancelot’s sword was named Joyeux, at least by T.H. White, if not Malory or Chretien de Troyes. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069/65 "2010-04-19T15:43:46Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > In the totally awesome [Book of Weird](http://www.amazon.com/Book-Weird-Barbara-N-Byfield/dp/0385065914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271691594&sr=8-1), the entry for weapons states that one difference between swords and knives is that swords get named. How is babby sword formed? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069/66 "2010-04-19T15:56:06Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > How is babby sword formed? Try again, in English this time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-with-personal-names-in-myth-folklore/536069.md?page=3)