page_title: List of mythological objects
section_title: Rods and staffs
hierarchical_section_title: List of mythological objects / Weapons / Pole weapons / Rods and staffs
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sun Wukong in einer Illustration zu Die Reise nach Westen aus dem 19. Jh. English: A 19th-century illustration of the character Sun Wukong, or "the Wanderer Sun". Русский: Сунь У-кун. Иллюстрация к «Путешествию на Запад», XIX в. 中文: 《西遊原旨圖像》孫行者
context_page_description: Mythological object encompass a variety of items found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion and spirituality from across the world. This list will be organized according to the category of object.
context_section_description: Caduceus (also Kerykeion), the staff carried by Hermes or Mercury. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings, and symbolic of commerce. (Greek mythology)
  Merlin's staff, the staff of the legendary wizard of Camelot, advisor and mentor to king Arthur. (Arthurian legend)
  Prospero's staff, staff belonging to the wizard Prospero in the Shakespearean play "The Tempest."
  Gambanteinn, appears in two poems in the Poetic Edda. (Norse mythology)
  Gríðarvölr, a magical staff given to Thor by Gríðr so he could kill the giant Geirröd. (Norse mythology)
  Nehushtan, a staff of bronze made by Moses so that all who looked upon it would be healed. (Jewish mythology)
  Rod of Asclepius, a serpent-entwined rod wielded by Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine. (Greek mythology)
  Ruyi Jingu Bang, the staff of Sun Wukong, which could alter its size from a tiny needle to a mighty pillar. (Chinese mythology)
  Thyrsus, a staff tipped with a pine cone and entwined with ivy leaves, carried by Dionysus and his followers. (Greek mythology)
  Khaṭvāṅga, Shiva and Rudra carried the khatvāṅga as a staff weapon and are thus referred to as khatvāṅgīs. In Buddhist mythology, it is a particularly divine attribute of Padmasambhava and endemic to his iconographic representation and depicted as an accoutrement of his divine consorts, Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal. In the twilight language, it represents Yab-Yum. (Hindu mythology)
  Aaron's rod, was endowed with miraculous power during the Plagues of Egypt that preceded the Exodus. Was carried by Aaron. (Jewish mythology)
  Staff of Moses, used by Moses to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and back, and was used at the parting of the Red Sea. (Jewish mythology)
  Ruyi (As Desired or As [You] Wish), a curved decorative object that serves as a ceremonial sceptre in Chinese Buddhism or a talisman symbolizing power and good fortune in Chinese folklore. (Chinese folklore)
  Was  (Power or Dominion), a scepter associated with the gods as well as with the pharaoh. In later use, it was a symbol of control over the force of chaos that Set represented. It appears as a stylized animal head at the top of a long, straight staff with a forked end. (Egyptian mythology)
  Circe's staff, a staff with which the sorceress Circe could transform others into animals. (Greek mythology)
caption: A 19th-century drawing of Sun Wukong featuring his staff.
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