Sweet Lipps, naming of swords

awdaniec666 · 18th December 2022, 09:38 PM

Interesting topic. I can only speak for the topic I spend most time with (Early modern period in central and east Europe). Going through contemporary memoirs of military men I never found evidence for naming the swords in this area and time-period specifically. But it seems like a thing they could have done, naming ships is something that has been done at least since the middle-ages for example. I wonder about the connection between epic stories and named swords, dramaturgy maybe?

18th December 2022, 09:38 PM	#3
awdaniec666 Member Join Date: May 2021 Location: Central Europe Posts: 153	Interesting topic. I can only speak for the topic I spend most time with (Early modern period in central and east Europe). Going through contemporary memoirs of military men I never found evidence for naming the swords in this area and time-period specifically. But it seems like a thing they could have done, naming ships is something that has been done at least since the middle-ages for example. I wonder about the connection between epic stories and named swords, dramaturgy maybe?