sword and sorcery

sword and sorcery
Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using medieval weaponry.

In the typical Sword and Sorcery novel, the setting resembles the misty landscape of Malorys Le Morte dArthur, in that larger-than-life heroes struggle against strange and nightmarish antagonists.


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