"The glaive thrown by the Einherjar is synonymous with death. It's said there is no surface it cannot cut." -In-Game Description
Glaive of Dødher is one of many Relics Kratos can aquire in his journey through the Nine Realms, this weapon being taken after killing an Einherjar Captain named Fiske in Vanaheim during a quest to to help Freya.
Trivia[]
- Dødher (alternatively døþer or dø̄þer) is an Old Swedish word meaning "dead, death". It is derived from the Old Norse dauðr, which is similarly translated as "dead", or "death" if using dauði (the weak masculine nominative singular of dauðr). This makes the weapon's in-game description as it being "synonymous with death" to be quite applicable.
- Despite being referred to as a "glaive", its shape and function is more akin to a chakram (Sanskrit: cakra, cakram; Punjabi: cakkra, cakkram), an Indian bladed throwing weapon. A glaive is a spear-like polearm consisting of a large single-edged, typically curved blade attached to a wooden shaft and was historically used in areas such as China (as the guandao), Japan (naginata), Korea (woldo), Russia (sovnya) and Wales, the last of which is considered by many to be the originator of the weapon.
- The concept of the glaive as a throwing weapon is a popular erroneous depiction and was derived from the cult 1983 British science fantasy/adventure film Krull, where the protagonist Colwyn uses a magical relic known as The Glaive, here seen as a five-point star-shaped golden object with five retractable Bowie knife-esque blades on the tips.
- As previously mentioned, the game's version of a glaive resembles a chakram and thus does not take any inspiration from Scandinavian weapons, nor were the Einherjar from Norse mythology described as using any kind of throwing weapons.