The term flaming sword may refer to any of the following:
- Flaming sword (mythology) - A type of sword described throughout history in legends and myths, ablaze by magical or supernatural means, often seen as being symbolic
- Flaming sword (effect) - A sword that has been coated with some type of combustible fuel, with the fuel being set on fire; this is most widely done for entertainment purposes in circuses, magic performances and other forms of display as a side act of sword swallowers, fire eating, etc.
- "Flaming Sword" - a song by British New Wave group Care
- "Flaming Sword in the Desert" - The militant advance and conquest of Islam across the Middle East and North Africa into Catholic Spain. During the period 622 to 750, Islam supplanted Christianity as the dominant spiritual, military, and political force from Constantinople to Jerusalem to Cordoba.
Famous quotes containing the words flaming and/or sword:
“Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.”
—quoted in letter, Aug. 6, 1775, by painter John Singleton Copley on the subject of the American Revolution. British proverb.