History Main / ForgedByTheGods

* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': the [[TheArmiesOfHeaven Warrior angels]] wield swords which are literally said to be forged by [[{{God}} Elohim]] himself.

** Son of Waves, the sword of legendary hero Fionn Mac Cumhaill, is said to have been forged by Lén, the personal artificer of Bodb Derg, the king of the gods after [[TopGod The Dagda]] retired. Meanwhile Fionn's shield, known as the Storm Shield, was forged by sea god Manannan Mac Lir using a tree soaked in the blood of the [[OurTitansAreDifferent Fomorian]] king Balor's blood. His spear, while given to him by a mortal, had been made by either Fomorian or [[OurGodsAreDifferent Tuatha De Danann]] hands depending on the version. The core group of Fionn's warriors, The Fianna, also had weapons forged by divine hands, in their case Fomorian, after Fionn overcame one and "convinced" it to make weapons for his companions.

* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor's hammer {{Mjolnir}} wasn't forged by Dwarves and enchanted by Odin.

** Shortly before his HeroicSacrifice [[spoiler:to allow Arthur to restore Sylvie, Aldir bequeaths him his sword Silverlight as a trophy to show both Dicathen and Epheotus as proof of his demise and gain favor with both, as Aldir had become HatedByAll for his past actions. However, Silverlight ends up choosing Arthur's sister Eleanor as its next wielder, even [[MorphWeapon changing into a bow]] to match her WeaponOfChoice]].

** Before his HeroicSacrifice [[spoiler:to allow Arthur to restore Sylvie, Aldir bequeaths him his sword Silverlight as a trophy to show both Dicathen and Epheotus as proof of his demise and gain favor with both, as Aldir had become HatedByAll for his past actions]].

* Zeus's [[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Master Lightning Bolt]]. Made ''by'' gods, ''for'' gods.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': The ''Hestia Knife'' is made for main character Bell Cranel by Hephaestus [[GenderBender herself]] at Hestia's request while [[Myth/CelticMythology Gobinu]] is implied to have had a hand in the construction of several weapons of Loki Familia in the spin off, including Aiz's ''Durandal''. Downplayed in that in the rules that govern the setting the descended gods can't make use of their divine abilities without being banished to the heavenly realm so they are restricted to purely mortal abilities in the crafting, [[ZigZaggingTrope but]] the fact they possessed many lifetimes worth of practise and knowledge still puts their creations at a level few if any purely mortal smiths can achieve.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''s Hellbat armor, which was forged by Superman in the sun, reinforced by Green Lantern on Oa next to the Central Power battery on Oa, assembled by the Flash inside the Speed Force, and further modified by, in turn, Cyborg, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman, and later upgraded by Lex Luthor, a veritable modern-day pantheon, to enable him to fight Darkseid to bring back his son.

* One of the first weapons you can get in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' was supposedly forged by one of the gods as a present for his son. No-one is sure how it came to the hands of mortals. [[UpToEleven Naturally, there's an even better version of the weapon (style) later in the game.]]

* ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'': Zeus gifts a sword, invisibility helmet and shield forged by Hephaestus to his son Perseus to have a chance of killing the gorgon Medusa. He also orders Athena to give her pet owl Bubo to Perseus. She refuses to do so, and instead sends a [[RobotBuddy clockwork owl]] (also forged by Hephaestus) to Perseus.

* Several in ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon''. The ''Hestia Knife'' is made for main character Bell Cranel by Hephaestus [[GenderBender herself]] at Hestia's request while [[Myth/CelticMythology Gobinu]] is implied to have had a hand in the construction of several weapons of Loki Familia in the spin off, including Aiz's ''Durandal''. Downplayed somewhat in that in the rules that govern the setting the descended gods can't make use of their divine abilities without being banished to the heavenly realm so they are restricted to purely mortal abilities in the crafting, [[ZigZaggingTrope but]] the fact they possessed many lifetimes worth of practise and knowledge still puts their creations at a level few if any purely mortal smiths can achieve.

* This was the main plot in the album "Doodsbrenger" ("Deathbringer") of ''ComicBook/DeRodeRidder'' ("''The Red Knight''"), a Belgian-Flemish comic book series. A villain gets his hands on ''Deathbringer'', a sword forged by the old Norse gods. It makes him unbeatable in combat, and the Red Knight is tasked with finding a solution. The solution? [[spoiler:Find a legendary smith, have him forge an equally awesome sword, and use this to defeat the villain. Of course that means there are now two of these swords in the world... This was solved by HeroicSacrifice.]]
* Comicbook/{{Thor}}'s [[DropTheHammer hammer]] {{Mjolnir}} wasn't forged literally ForgedByTheGods, but it was enchanted by one. The same goes for Stormbreaker, a duplicate owned by Comicbook/BetaRayBill.

This is the weapon equivalent of TouchedByVorlons. If there are other divinely crafted weapons out there, it's probable that LikeCannotCutLike.