Scepters, canes, wands and stands in comics, mangas and animes

Abstract

This paper analyzes the presence of scepters, staffs, rods, crosiers, staffs and caduceus displayed in comics, manga and anime, whether graphically or in cinema, and at the same time the way in which those instruments, generally referred to as relics with agency, are associated with magic, weapons and tools and which in turn are inspired by objects from ancient cultures, universal mythology or literature. To do this, an extensive search was carried out in graphic and film sources, from which an enormous number of references were obtained that were synthesized into the most representative ones to understand the artifacts. From the above, it is deduced that such elements are linked and inspired by the past and that they appear as channels of energy, magic, controllers and alterers of nature and manipulators of minds.