English

Verb

1. past of spear

• Mon-Gil Mon-Gil
• Ox tongue
• Partisan
• Pike
• Plançon a picot
• Qiāng (槍)
• Ranseur
• Rifle-and-bayonet

• Rummh

• Sangu
• Sarissa
• Sibat
• Spetum
• Spontoon
• Sudis
• Su yari
• Taru
• Tepoztopilli
• Trident
• Trishula
• To-ono
• Xyston
• Yari

Spears usually thrown

Famous Spears

• Gungnir Spear of Odin, famous god in Norse mythology.
• Spear of Destiny or Lance of Longinus; Spear that pierced the side of Jesus.
• Amenonuhoko Spear of Izanagi and Izanami, creator gods in Japanese mythology .
• Spear of Lugh or Spear of Lúin named after Lugh, a god in Irish mythology.
• Gáe Bulg Spear of Cúchulainn, hero in Irish mythology.
• Trishula Spear of Shiva, a Hindu god.
• Octane Serpent Spear of Zhang Fei (Yide) from the Three Kingdoms period in China
• Posiden's Trident Greek sea god's three pronged spear given to him by the undersea Cyclops, also a Roman god Neptune

See also

• Pole weapon
• Dart
• Arrow
• Lajinaa
• Atlatl
• Woomera
• Migration period spear
• Viking Age arms and armour
• Lance
• Pike (weapon)

Notes and references

External links

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. sp
• Anglo-saxon spear forging
• Modern spear-forging techniques
• Basic Spear Training