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The Flaming Sword (novel), The Flaming Sword
Flaming sword may refer to: * Flaming sword (mythology), in myth and legend, a sword glowing with flame by some supernatural power * Flaming sword (effect), a sword coated with combustible fuel and set ablaze for various types of performances * ''Vriesea splendens'' or flaming sword, a species of flowering plant * ''The Flaming Sword'', a publication of the Satanist neo-Nazi group Black Order (Satanist group), Black Order Arts and entertainment * "Flaming Sword", a 1983 song by Care * The Flaming Sword (1915 film), ''The Flaming Sword'' (1915 film), an American lost silent film * The Flaming Sword (1958 film), ''The Flaming Sword'' (1958 film), a British film * The Flaming Sword (novel), ''The Flaming Sword'' (novel), a 1939 novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. * ''The Flaming Sword'', a 1914 novel by George Fort Gibbs; basis for the 1915 film See also * Fire and sword (other) * Flame-bladed sword, a type of historical sword * Sword of Flame (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flaming Sword (mythology)
A flaming sword is a sword which is glowing with a flame which is produced by some supernatural power. Flaming swords have existed in legends and myths for thousands of years. In Sumerian mythology, the deity known as Asaruludu is "the wielder of the flaming sword" who "ensures the most perfect safety". Abrahamic sources According to the Bible, a flaming sword ( he, להט החרב ''lahat chereb'' or literally "flame of the whirling sword" he, להט החרב המתהפכת ''lahaṭ haḥereb hammithappeket'') was entrusted to the cherubim by God to guard the gates of Paradise after Adam and Eve were banished (Genesis 3:24). Scholars have variously interpreted the sword as a weapon of the cherubim, as lightning, as a metaphor, as an independent divine being, or even as a figurative description of bladed chariot wheels. In Kabbalah, the flaming sword represents the order which the sefirot were created in, also known as “''the path of the flaming sword.”'' Eastern Ort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |