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Traditions
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BrisingamenNecklace of FreyjaFreyja's necklace. A torc famous enough to reach Old English verse — worn by Thor in disguise, stolen by Loki, and fought over by Heimdallr as a seal.Artifact · Norse

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DraupnirThe Dripping RingThe dripping ring. Odin's gold arm-ring, which sheds eight more of its own weight every ninth night — burned on Baldr's pyre, and sent back from Hel.Artifact · Norse

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ExcaliburThe Sword of King ArthurThe sword of King Arthur: a Welsh blade called Caledfwlch that became the weapon drawn from a stone, given by a lake, and returned to the water.Artifact · Arthurian

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GleipnirThe Binding RibbonThe binding ribbon. A silk-soft cord spun from six impossible things — the only fetter that ever held Fenrir, and it cost Tyr his sword-hand to fasten.Artifact · NorseGungnirSpear of OdinOdin's spear. Dwarf-made, rune-carved, and thrown over an army to hand it to the god of the hanged — the weapon that starts the first war in the world.Artifact · Norse

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The Holy GrailThe Vessel of the QuestThe vessel of the quest: a serving dish in an unfinished French poem that became Christendom's most famous relic and the ruin of the Round Table.Artifact · Arthurian

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MjolnirHammer of ThorHammer of Thor. Dwarf-forged, short in the handle, it strikes like lightning, hallows oaths and the dead, and always returns to the hand that throws it.Artifact · Norse

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The Round TableThe Table Without a HeadThe table without a head: invented in 1155 to stop knights fighting over precedence, it became the name of Arthur's whole fellowship.Artifact · Arthurian

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The Siege PerilousThe Empty Seat at the Round TableThe vacant place at the Round Table that kills any knight who sits in it unworthily, kept for the one who would achieve the Holy Grail.Artifact · Arthurian