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Druidic Sickle
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Devotees of old gods often carry small sickles, which are reminiscent of both plants (sickles were originally farming tools) and the moon (the blades are crescent-shaped). They can be seen as weapons, or simply as tools that happen to come in handy for self-defense. These knives are especially common among priestesses; a male character with such a weapon is, however, more likely to be explicitly called a druid, rather than simply a pagan priest. In these cases, the blade will often be explicitly meant for the harvesting of mistletoe, although it may still be put to other uses. Somewhat Truth in Television; many pagan religions include a sickle-shaped work knife called a boline as part of the ritual tools, though it's not generally considered a weapon. The association of sickles with druids and druidic ceremonies in particular stems from the Roman historian Pliny the Elder's description of the ritual of oak and mistletoe, where druids would use golden sickles to harvest mistletoe as part of an elaborate religious ceremony. Note that some blades described as "sickle-like" may in fact be examples of or inspired by the Ancient Egyptian khopesh, which has a similar curved form. However, a khopesh is sharpened on the outside of the curved portion, having apparently evolved from crescent-shaped military axes, whereas a true sickle is sharpened on the inside of the curve. A sub-trope of Weapon Specialization. As the name implies, this is often used by Druids. |
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The Mystery of the Druids features villainous modern druids who wield traditional golden sickles for their human sacrifices. Discovering that their victims were killed with this tool is the big giveaway to the player about who they're dealing with. | |
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Mampato: At the court of King Arthur, our hero is captured by a Druid in Stonehenge, who intends to use a sickle to kill him and thus offer him as a sacrifice to Nordic gods such as Odin and Thor. | |
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Dawn of the Dragons: In Clash of the Dragons, the Druid's Sickle is a special weapon that can only be used by, unsurprisingly, druids. The art for the Druid class also shows the character in question holding a sickle in his hand. | |
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The Mists of Avalon: The priestesses receive Druidic Sickles as part of their initiation. | |
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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla has these as weapons for Eivor to equip during the "Wrath of the Druids" DLC, and they're a weapon commonly used by the Children of Danu. Equipping two in both hands earns the "Double Trouble" achievement/trophy. | |
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SCP Foundation: This anthropological study of a Sarkic community mentions the discovery of a golden sickle of the seventh century, probably the present of some Saxon Druid. | |
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World of Warcraft: The iconic druidic artifact is the Scythe of Elune, a scythe made from the staff of the goddess Elune, the patron deity of the druids, and a fang of the wolf god Goldrinn, another deity worshipped by some druidic orders. It is also the artifact that lead to the creation of the worgen, a species strongly associated with druidism. | |
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The Light Fantastic: When protagonists Rincewind and Twoflower encounter a druidic ceremony, many or all of the druids appear to be carrying sickles, and at least some of them employ them as weapons. | |
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White Trash Warlock: The druid-turned-warlock uses one to ritualistically murder and maim his victims in an attempt to steal their life force. | |
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Pathfinder: Lini, the iconic Druid, wields a sickle. This is particularly notable in light of her serving as the game's archetypal druid adventurer. | |
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Discworld Roleplaying Game: The game has a fairly modest list of weapons by some games' standards, but it includes a sickle sword — which is specifically noted in the discussion of druid characters as one of their weapons of choice. This is a reference to the scene in The Light Fantastic discussed above. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons: In AD&D, Druids use mistletoe as a component of casting their spells. They have to cut a full year's supply on Midsummer's Eve with a sickle made of silver or gold. In 3rd Edition, the Druid class has a very short list of weapon proficiencies, including the sickle alongside simple weapons like knives, staves, and smaller spears. The only martial weapon with which they are proficient is the scimitar, which is vaguely sickle-like in shape. It's come back for the Fifth Edition as well, as using a golden sickle is a requirement to get holly berries for the spell Druid Grove, which transforms an area into, well, a magic grove to shelter a druid |
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RuneScape: Players can craft a silver sickle, which can be blessed during and after the quest "Nature Spirit" to cast Bloom, which creates fungi and other "nature's bounties" to fight Ghasts. | |
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Asterix: The druid Getafix uses a golden sickle to gather potion ingredients. This is apparently especially important for the gathering of mistletoe, the only non-secret ingredient of the druid's magic potion: mistletoe must be harvested with a golden sickle, or it loses all its magical powers. Getafix's sickle breaks in Asterix and the Golden Sickle, forcing Asterix and Obelix to go on a quest to find a new one in time for the upcoming gathering of druids, since Getafix couldn't bear the shame of being the only sickle-less druid present. | |
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Spellbreaker: A Golden Sickle is one of the compulsory components to collect in order to harvest ingredients to create a magical potion capable of repelling magically-summoned venomous supernatural spiders. | |
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Dota 2: The Lone Druid attacks by throwing sickles at his enemies. | |
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