75 Examples of Iconic Artifacts to Draw More Inspiration from

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Here’s a list of iconic fictional artifacts from popular culture across movies, books, games, and TV shows.

Many of these iconic artifacts are centerpieces to their respective narratives, driving plots and shaping characters’ destinies:

  1. The One Ring: From J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.”
  2. The Elder Wand: From J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.
  3. The Holy Grail: As depicted in movies like “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and literature.
  4. The Ark of the Covenant: From “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
  5. Lightsabers: From the “Star Wars” franchise.
  6. Infinity Stones: Particularly the Infinity Gauntlet, from the Marvel Universe.
  7. The Triforce: From the “The Legend of Zelda” video game series.
  8. The Tesseract: Another powerful artifact from the Marvel Universe.
  9. The Sword of Gryffindor: From the “Harry Potter” series.
  10. The Lament Configuration: The puzzle box from “Hellraiser” films.
  11. The Necronomicon: The Book of the Dead, often associated with H.P. Lovecraft’s works and the “Evil Dead” series.
  12. The Sorcerer’s Stone: From the first “Harry Potter” book and film.
  13. The Maltese Falcon: From the classic film of the same name.
  14. Excalibur: The legendary sword of King Arthur, depicted in countless films and stories.
  15. Mjölnir: Thor’s hammer from Norse mythology and the Marvel Universe.
  16. The Iron Throne: From George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series and HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
  17. Horcruxes: From the “Harry Potter” series.
  18. The Dagger of Time: From the video game “Prince of Persia.”
  19. The Marauder’s Map: From the “Harry Potter” series.
  20. The Orb: Featured in the film “Guardians of the Galaxy” from the Marvel Universe.
  21. The Golden Fleece: As depicted in the “Percy Jackson & The Olympians” series.
  22. The Philosopher’s Stone: From the “Fullmetal Alchemist” anime and manga series.
  23. The Delorean: Though a vehicle, it’s essentially a time-travel artifact in the “Back to the Future” series.
  24. The Heart of the Ocean: The blue diamond necklace from “Titanic.”
  25. The Mask: From the movie “The Mask” starring Jim Carrey.
  26. The Deathly Hallows: From J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series.
  27. Dragonballs: From the “Dragon Ball” series.
  28. The Master Sword: From “The Legend of Zelda” video game series.
  29. Captain America’s Shield: From the Marvel Universe.
  30. The TARDIS: From the “Doctor Who” TV series.
  31. The Flux Capacitor: From the “Back to the Future” series.
  32. The Genesis Device: From “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”
  33. The Glaive: From the movie “Krull.”
  34. The Witchblade: From the “Witchblade” comics and TV series.
  35. The Codex: From “Superman” movies.
  36. The Green Lantern’s Ring: From the DC Universe.
  37. The Staff of Ra: From “Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
  38. The Cursed Aztec Gold: From “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.”
  39. The One Chip: From “Johnny Mnemonic.”
  40. The Loc-Nar: From the movie “Heavy Metal.”
  41. The Crystal Shard: From R.A. Salvatore’s “The Icewind Dale Trilogy.”
  42. The Orb of Aldur: From David Eddings’ “The Belgariad” series.
  43. The Horn of Winter: From George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series.
  44. The Elder Scroll: From the “Elder Scrolls” video game series.
  45. Frostmourne: The cursed sword from the “Warcraft” series.
  46. The Dagger with the Time-Turning Crystal: From the “Prince of Persia” video game and film.
  47. The Atreides Hawk Ring: From Frank Herbert’s “Dune.”
  48. The Seeing Stone (Palantíri): From J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.”
  49. The AllSpark: From the “Transformers” movie series.
  50. The Resurrection Stone: From the “Harry Potter” series.
  51. The Eye of Agamotto: From the Marvel Universe.
  52. The Cosmic Cube: From the Marvel Universe.
  53. The Wand of Watoomb: From the Marvel Universe.
  54. The Medallion of Time: From the “Prince of Persia” video game series.
  55. The Three Sacred Treasures: From the “Kid Icarus” video game series.
  56. The Omnitrix: From the “Ben 10” TV series.
  57. The Chaos Emeralds: From the “Sonic the Hedgehog” video game series.
  58. The Dark Crystal: From the movie “The Dark Crystal.”
  59. The Amulet of Samarkand: From Jonathan Stroud’s “Bartimaeus” trilogy.
  60. The Red Book of Westmarch: From J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth legendarium.
  61. The Golden Ticket: From Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
  62. The Mauraders’ Map: From the “Harry Potter” series.
  63. The Cube of Rubik (Lament Configuration): From the “Hellraiser” series.
  64. The Portal Gun: From the “Portal” video game series.
  65. The Lasso of Truth: Wonder Woman’s weapon in the DC Universe.
  66. The Needful Things: From Stephen King’s novel of the same name.
  67. The Anhk: Represents life in various mythologies and appears in many works.
  68. The Grimoire: Witches’ spell books in various media.
  69. The Book of Shadows: A powerful book from “Charmed” TV series.
  70. The Klaatu barada nikto phrase: From the movie “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and later referenced in “Army of Darkness.”
  71. The Golden Gun: From the James Bond movie “The Man with the Golden Gun.”
  72. The Heart of Te Fiti: From the Disney movie “Moana.”
  73. The SCP objects: From the SCP Foundation series.
  74. The Monkey’s Paw: A talisman from W.W. Jacobs’ short story of the same name.
  75. The Seven Dragon Balls: From the “Dragon Ball” series.

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