History Main / SwordAndSorcery

Because of the genre's history in pulp fiction, which goes as far back as the 1920's, there are a few bits of ValuesDissonance that have become tightly associated with the genre and may result in some UnfortunateImplications if an aspiring sword and sorcery writer isn't careful. Such problematic tropes include {{Orientalism}}, [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]], RomanticizedAbuse, and NobleSavage. Tread lightly, brave writer.

Because of the genre's history in pulp fiction, which goes as far back as the 1920's, there are a few bits of ValuesDissonance that have become tightly associated with the genre and may result in some UnfortunateImplications. Such problematic tropes include {{Orientalism}}, [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]], RomanticizedAbuse, and [[NobleSavage]]. Tread lightly, brave writer.

%%* Michael Moorcock's ''Literature/TheElricSaga''.

%%* Fritz Leiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser''.
%%* ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' and its AnimatedAdaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'': Skullbania appears to be one of these with obvious inspirations from ''Conan the Barbarian'' and similar fantasy stories.

%%* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
%%** The game's roots are in this genre, with Creator/GaryGygax claiming the game owes more to Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber and Jack Vance than to Tolkien.
%%** The ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting specifically aims to emulate old pulp stories and is heavily influenced by ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', as well as Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer'' was a Conan-based SaturdayMorningCartoon with all the '80s camp. The much less well-received follow-up, ''WesternAnimation/ConanAndTheYoungWarriors'', was more HeroicFantasy.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', an AffectionateParody of the genre.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' is what you would get if you took a corny '80s sword and sorcery film and turned it into a kids' cartoon.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'', which is kind of [[AffectionateParody a straight example and a parody at the same time]].
%%* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'' is practically a love letter to the entire genre.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' combines the genre with a heaping helping of science fiction.

* ''VideoGame/{{Golden Axe}}''

%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'' is practically a love letter to the entire genre.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'' is practically a love letter to the entire genre.

%%* ''Film/TheNorthman'' has been described as the story of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (more or less) told in the style of ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}''. The sorcery elements are very much in the realm of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but the characters certainly think they're real.

%%* ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian'', naturally.
%%* ''ComicBook/RedSonja.''

%%* The flashback stories featuring the prehistoric Avengers in Jason Aaron's ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' run.
%%* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' started off as a parody of ''Conan'', then became a more general BlackComedy {{Satire}} and then...something [[MindScrew far stranger]].

%%* ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior'' plays close to the genre, but eventually subverts it. [[spoiler:All the magic and monsters turn out to be simply intimidation tactics by the savage warriors.]]
%%* ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle'' is a great example...in the ironic sense.
%%** Its sequel, ''Film/TheBladeMaster'' is a great example on how ''not'' to write sword and sorcery.
%%** Its second sequel, ''Film/QuestForTheMightySword'', is another bad example.
%%* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' and ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer''
%%** ''Film/RedSonja''
%%* ''Film/HawkTheSlayer''
%%* ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword''

%%* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Aside from the unusual setting, the movies match the genre perfectly.
%%* ''Film/TheScorpionKing''
%%* The ''Film/DeathStalker'' movies are classic examples of '80s grindhouse sword and sorcery.
%%* ''Film/TheBeastmaster''
%%* ''Film/TheSwordAndTheSorcerer'': Right there in the name.
%%* ''Film/{{Conquest}}''... sort of, if [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs looking like it was made on several drugs]] still counts. Look, it's a Creator/LucioFulci movie, just roll with it.

%%* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'', as well as its many adaptations.

%%* Howard's companion of the Lovecraft Circle, Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith, has the ''Hyperborea'' and ''Zothique'' cycles. Of these, Hyperborea is more of a straight example, as it happens in MedievalPrehistory whilst Zothique is in the [[AfterTheEnd far post-apocalyptic future]].
%%* Some of the short stories set in Creator/GlenCook's ''Literature/DreadEmpire'' universe fit here; the author explicitly cites Fritz Lieber as an inspiration. The full-length novels, however, which have much more epic scope and higher stakes, fall more into the HighFantasy side of things, albeit of a rather dark and gritty sort.
%%* The ''Literature/EddieLaCrosse'' series is sometimes placed in this sub-genre, although it's sometimes closer to LowFantasy than other works called sword-and-sorcery (depending a bit on exactly which book you look at).
%%* Michael Moorcock's ''Literature/TheElricSaga''.

%%* Fritz Leiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser''.
%%* ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' and its AnimatedAdaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'': Skullbania appears to be one of these with obvious inspirations from ''Conan the Barbarian'' and similar fantasy stories.

%%* ''Literature/JirelOfJoiry'' by C.L. Moore has probably the first female protagonist in these, which inspired many more ActionGirl heroines.
%%* ''Literature/KaneSeries'' by Creator/KarlEdwardWagner.
%%* ''Sword Sisters'' set in the ''Film/LegendOfTheRedReaper'' universe and published by Creator/RagnarokPublications takes place in one such world.

%%* ''Literature/ThePusadianSeries'' was Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's attempt at making a version of the [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Hyborian Age]] that matched better with the world's real history.

%%[[folder:Live Action TV]]
%%* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' is the SpearCounterpart to Xena below.
%%* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' is a staple of not only sword and sorcery, but FeministFantasy as well.
%%* ''Series/ConanTheAdventurer'', naturally.
%%[[/folder]]

%%* [[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]] positively adores this trope. Especially in their 2001 album, ''Violence Has Arrived.''

%%* ''Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea'', a retro-clone of ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]''.

%%* ''Barbarians of Lemuria''.
%%* There have been plenty of ''Conan'' [=RPGs=] over the years, with another one currently being published by Modiphius Entertainment.
%%* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
%%** The game's roots are in this genre, with Creator/GaryGygax claiming the game owes more to Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber and Jack Vance than to Tolkien.
%%** The ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting specifically aims to emulate old pulp stories and is heavily influenced by ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', as well as Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian.
%%* As does ''TabletopGame/OnMightyThews'', which even comes with a list of substitutions to make things more pulpy.
%%* ''Primeval Thule'' is a campaign setting set in the world of Robert Howard's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' and ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' (with a bit of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos thrown in) but taking place in a time between them, on the [[ArtisticLicenseGeography tropical continent of Greenland]].

%%* ''VideoGame/AgeOfConan'', obviously.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': The first game more than the second and third, which grew more into EpicFantasy.
%%* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' has [[ShowWithinAShow the book series]] ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Hjelmdallerman, the Man from Hjelmdall]]'', which is a StylisticSuck parody of the genre, with Hjelmdallerman himself being a blatant Conan-knockoff.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Kenshi}}'': Despite having all of the sword and none of the sorcery, it has more than enough of the other tropes that characterize the genre's gritty, cutthroat tone.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer'' was a Conan-based SaturdayMorningCartoon with all the '80s camp. The much less well-received follow-up, ''WesternAnimation/ConanAndTheYoungWarriors'', was more HeroicFantasy.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', an AffectionateParody of the genre.
%%* Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' plays this so straight that the character designs were even by Creator/FrankFrazetta, who was the TropeCodifier for Sword and Sorcery art.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' is what you would get if you took a corny '80s sword and sorcery film and turned it into a kids' cartoon.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'', which is kind of [[AffectionateParody a straight example and a parody at the same time]].
%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'' is practically a love letter to the entire genre.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' combines the genre with a heaping helping of science fiction.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' is epic in scale and revolves around a war of the gods, but Kratos is really only out for revenge and nothing else, simply not caring for the cataclysmic destruction following in his wake.

* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' is the {{TropeMaker}} -- if not TropeCodifier -- of the entire genre. In addition to the titular Conan being the TropeCodifier of the BarbarianHero, almost everyone who uses magic is portrayed as some type of EvilSorceror due to its [[MagicIsEvil nature]] (the one exception, who tried to use magic to ''help'' Conan, creeped the latter out to the point he wanted nothing more to do with them), Conan faces off against EldritchAbominations regularly (keep in mind the franchise is technically part of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos), and he's an UnscrupulousHero unafraid to [[VillainKiller get his hands dirty]]. It's almost impossible to find any sword and sorcery fiction that ''doesn't'' owe its existence to these stories in some shape or form.

%%* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' and ''Literature/BranMakMorn'' is the {{Trope Maker|s}}, if not TropeCodifier of the entire genre. It's almost impossible to find any sword and sorcery fiction that ''doesn't'' owe its existence to these stories in some shape or form.

If the heroes of a story are [[TheHero actually heroic]] and morally unambiguous, it's probably HeroicFantasy. If there is only a low supernatural presence, it is most likely LowFantasy. Can sometimes overlap with DarkFantasy. See also {{Wuxia}} and SwordAndSandal, the Chinese and Bronze Age Mediterranean versions (respectively) of the genre, both with very strong overlaps.

* ThudAndBlunder

* AmonSaga: A story set in a chaotic fantasy world with magic and monsters based around a young man seeking revenge for the death of his mother. Many of the characters are mercenaries or villainous soldiers, dark magic is used by evil sorcerers and the hero has to slay both man and beast in his quest for vengeance.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', particularly in the Black Swordsman arc at the start of the story. Though it mainly veers straight into DarkFantasy and CosmicHorror.

* ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian'', naturally.
* ''ComicBook/RedSonja.''

* The flashback stories featuring the prehistoric Avengers in Jason Aaron's ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' run.
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' started off as a parody of ''Conan'', then became a more general BlackComedy {{Satire}} and then...something [[MindScrew far stranger]].

* ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior'' plays close to the genre, but eventually subverts it. [[spoiler:All the magic and monsters turn out to be simply intimidation tactics by the savage warriors.]]
* ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle'' is a great example...in the ironic sense.
** Its sequel, ''Film/TheBladeMaster'' is a great example on how ''not'' to write sword and sorcery.
** Its second sequel, ''Film/QuestForTheMightySword'', is another bad example.
* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' and ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer''
** ''Film/RedSonja''
* ''Film/HawkTheSlayer''
* ''Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword''

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Aside from the unusual setting, the movies match the genre perfectly.
* ''Film/TheScorpionKing''
* The ''Film/DeathStalker'' movies are classic examples of '80s grindhouse sword and sorcery.
* ''Film/TheBeastmaster''
* ''Film/TheSwordAndTheSorcerer'': Right there in the name.
* ''Film/{{Conquest}}''... sort of, if [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs looking like it was made on several drugs]] still counts. Look, it's a Creator/LucioFulci movie, just roll with it.
* ''Film/TheNorthman'' has been described as the story of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (more or less) told in the style of ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}''. The sorcery elements are very much in the realm of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but the characters certainly think they're real.

* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'', as well as its many adaptations.

* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' and ''Literature/BranMakMorn'' is the {{Trope Maker|s}}, if not TropeCodifier of the entire genre. It's almost impossible to find any sword and sorcery fiction that ''doesn't'' owe its existence to these stories in some shape or form.
* Howard's companion of the Lovecraft Circle, Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith, has the ''Hyperborea'' and ''Zothique'' cycles. Of these, Hyperborea is more of a straight example, as it happens in MedievalPrehistory whilst Zothique is in the [[AfterTheEnd far post-apocalyptic future]].
* Some of the short stories set in Creator/GlenCook's ''Literature/DreadEmpire'' universe fit here; the author explicitly cites Fritz Lieber as an inspiration. The full-length novels, however, which have much more epic scope and higher stakes, fall more into the HighFantasy side of things, albeit of a rather dark and gritty sort.
* The ''Literature/EddieLaCrosse'' series is sometimes placed in this sub-genre, although it's sometimes closer to LowFantasy than other works called sword-and-sorcery (depending a bit on exactly which book you look at).
* Michael Moorcock's ''Literature/TheElricSaga''.

* Fritz Leiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser''.
* ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' and its AnimatedAdaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'': Skullbania appears to be one of these with obvious inspirations from ''Conan the Barbarian'' and similar fantasy stories.

* ''Literature/JirelOfJoiry'' by C.L. Moore has probably the first female protagonist in these, which inspired many more ActionGirl heroines.
* ''Literature/KaneSeries'' by Creator/KarlEdwardWagner.
* ''Sword Sisters'' set in the ''Film/LegendOfTheRedReaper'' universe and published by Creator/RagnarokPublications takes place in one such world.

* ''Literature/ThePusadianSeries'' was Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's attempt at making a version of the [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Hyborian Age]] that matched better with the world's real history.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' is the SpearCounterpart to Xena below.
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' is a staple of not only sword and sorcery, but FeministFantasy as well.
* ''Series/ConanTheAdventurer'', naturally.
[[/folder]]

* [[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]] positively adores this trope. Especially in their 2001 album, ''Violence Has Arrived.''

* ''Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea'', a retro-clone of ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]''.

* ''Barbarians of Lemuria''.
* There have been plenty of ''Conan'' [=RPGs=] over the years, with another one currently being published by Modiphius Entertainment.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** The game's roots are in this genre, with Creator/GaryGygax claiming the game owes more to Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber and Jack Vance than to Tolkien.
** The ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting specifically aims to emulate old pulp stories and is heavily influenced by ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'', as well as Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian.
* As does ''TabletopGame/OnMightyThews'', which even comes with a list of substitutions to make things more pulpy.
* ''Primeval Thule'' is a campaign setting set in the world of Robert Howard's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' and ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' (with a bit of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos thrown in) but taking place in a time between them, on the [[ArtisticLicenseGeography tropical continent of Greenland]].

* ''VideoGame/AgeOfConan'', obviously.

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': The first game more than the second and third, which grew more into EpicFantasy.
* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' has [[ShowWithinAShow the book series]] ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Hjelmdallerman, the Man from Hjelmdall]]'', which is a StylisticSuck parody of the genre, with Hjelmdallerman himself being a blatant Conan-knockoff.

* ''VideoGame/{{Kenshi}}'': Despite having all of the sword and none of the sorcery, it has more than enough of the other tropes that characterize the genre's gritty, cutthroat tone.

* ''WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer'' was a Conan-based SaturdayMorningCartoon with all the '80s camp. The much less well-received follow-up, ''WesternAnimation/ConanAndTheYoungWarriors'', was more HeroicFantasy.
* ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'', an AffectionateParody of the genre.
* Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' plays this so straight that the character designs were even by Creator/FrankFrazetta, who was the TropeCodifier for Sword and Sorcery art.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' is what you would get if you took a corny '80s sword and sorcery film and turned it into a kids' cartoon.
* ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'', which is kind of [[AffectionateParody a straight example and a parody at the same time]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'' is practically a love letter to the entire genre.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' combines the genre with a heaping helping of science fiction.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThundarrTheBarbarian'' is another classic '80s action cartoon that is set in a [[Main/AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic future]], that describes its setting as [[Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "A world of savagery, super-science and sorcery!"]].

* ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle'' is a great example.
** It's sequel, ''Film/TheBladeMaster'' is a great example on how ''not'' to write sword and sorcery.
** It's second sequel, ''Film/QuestForTheMightySword'', is another bad example.

* ''Film/TheSwordAndTheSorcerer''

* [[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]] positively adores this trope - especially in their 2001 album, ''Violence Has Arrived.''

* ''Film/RedSonja''

* ''Film/TheNorthman'' has been described as the story of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (more or less) told in the style of ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian''. The sorcery elements are very much in the realm of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane, but the characters certainly think they're real.

** It's second sequel, ''QuestForTheMightySword'', is another bad example.

* ''Film/CaveDwellers'' is a great example on how ''not'' to write sword and sorcery.

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* ''Manga/GoblinSlayer'' is a grim {{Deconstruction}} of the genre that follows the bloody exploits of a man and his relentless quest to murder every goblin he comes across.

* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' and ''Literature/BranMakMorn'' is the TropeMaker, if not TropeCodifier of the entire genre. It's almost impossible to find any sword and sorcery fiction that ''doesn't'' owe its existence to these stories in some shape or form.
* Howard's companion of the Lovecraft Circle Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith has the ''Hyperborea'' and ''Zothique'' cycles, of these Hyperborea is more of a straight example as it happens in MedievalPrehistory whilst Zothique is in the [[AfterTheEnd far post-apocalyptic future]].

* Fritz Leiber's ''Literature/{{Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser}}''

* ''Literature/{{The Ties That Bind|Hayes}}'' by Rob J. Hayes is set in a spectacularly grim and gritty world where the world's second-best swordsman has to deal with a ''lot'' of trouble from her male rivals. Thankfully, she has help.
* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'': [[HunterOfMonsters Monster hunter]] Geralt travels the land, killing monsters and lifting curses for coin, using swords, alchemy, and magic.

* The ''Literature/EddieLaCrosse'' series is sometimes placed in this sub-genre, although it's sometimes closer to LowFantasy than other works called sword-and-sorcery (depending a bit on exactly which book you look at).

* ''Literature/ThePusadianSeries'' was Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's attempt at making a version of the [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Hyborian Age]] that matched better with the world's real history.
* Some of the short stories set in Creator/GlenCook's ''Literature/DreadEmpire'' universe fit here; the author explicitly cites Fritz Lieber as an inspiration. The full-length novels, however, which have much more epic scope and higher stakes, fall more into the HighFantasy side of things, albeit of a rather dark and gritty sort.
* Some of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs' pulpy TwoFistedTales provide formative early examples. Though the stakes are often high enough to push the stories more into HighFantasy territory, the magic - or in the case of the PlanetaryRomance ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'' series, PsychicPowers - is limited enough to keep the focus more on swashbuckling action and swordfights. His heroes are principled and unambiguously heroic - but typically still have a little bit of BloodKnight in them. The Creator/FrankFrazetta covers many of Burroughs' books received later were a natural fit.
* ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' is an infamously terrible novella that goes for this sort of tone, mostly trying to mimic the style of ''Conan''. It tells of a BarbarianHero named Grignr getting mixed up in the [[ViceCity decadent city]] of Gorzom, running afoul of TheEvilPrince, and [[SaveThePrincess rescuing a princess]] from being [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed]] by a {{cult}}. Its legacy as a try-not-to-laugh contest played at science fiction conventions is more than well-deserved.
* ''Literature/FangboneThirdGradeBarbarian'' and its AnimatedAdaptation ''WesternAnimation/{{Fangbone}}'': Skullbania appears to be one of these with obvious inspirations from ''Conan the Barbarian'' and similar fantasy stories.
* ''Literature/TheIronDream'' is a DeconstructiveParody of the genre by posing an AlternateHistory where UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler became an author of pulp fiction in the mode of Creator/RobertEHoward, where mighty Aryan warriors fight villains who are thinly-veiled antisemtic stereotypes.
* ''Literature/TheBarbarianAndTheSorceress'', a short story which is clearly in the original style of these, with a heroic wandering warrior having to fight an {{evil sorcerer}}. It subverts some conventions though, as the hero [[DistressedDude has to be rescued]] by the title sorceress, who learned magic from the sorcerer's books without him realizing.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', particularly in the Black Swordsman arc at the start of the story.
* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'': The titular Claymores are warrior women who hunt monsters called Yoma, but are shunned by humans for being part-Yoma themselves.

* ''ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian''

* Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' and ''Literature/BranMakMorn''.
* Howard's companion of the Lovecraft Circle Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith has the ''Hyperborea'' and ''Zothique'' cycles, of these Hyperborea is more of a straight example as it happens in MedievalPrehistory whilst Zothique is in the [[AfterTheEnd far post-apocalyptic future]].

* ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' is an infamously terrible novella that goes for this sort of tone, mostly trying to mimic the style of ''Conan''. It tells of a BarbarianHero named Grignr getting mixed up in the [[ViceCity decadent city]] of Gorzom, running afoul of TheEvilPrince, and [[SaveThePrincess rescuing a princess]] from being [[HumanSacrifice sacrificed]] by a {{cult}}.

* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''
* ''Series/ConanTheAdventurer'' and currently Amazon is working in a new show.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''