Knowing the etymological origin of the term dagger is not easy at all. And, although it is known that it derives from the French “dague”, it is not known where that Gallic word comes from. Thus, there are theories that state that it emanates from the Latin word “daca”, which can be translated as “Dacian knife”, and there are also those who believe that, in reality, it derives from the Persian “teg”, which is synonymous with “sword”. .
A dagger is a bladed weapon : that is, a weapon that has a steel or iron blade. In this case, its blade is short and usually has a double edge. The dagger has a lining that provides protection to the fist.
The origin of daggers is remote. It is believed that they emerged in the Bronze Age , thousands of years before Christ . The first daggers were made from ivory, bones and other materials.
Compared to other bladed weapons, the dagger is shorter than the sword , but longer than the dagger . Many times, in fact, it was used as a complement to the sword.
Daggers have been very important throughout history , although today they have lost their preponderance. In the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun , for example, two daggers were found, one of which would have been made with material taken from a meteorite.
In 44 BC , on the other hand, the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspirators who used daggers. The attack left him with twenty-three wounds, although only one was fatal.
It is also possible to find daggers in the realm of fiction . In the Prince of Persia saga, there is the Dagger of Time , a weapon that is part of the Sand Hallows set.
In the field of literature, the term in question has been widely used to give titles to different works. This would be the case, for example, of the novel “La daga”, written by Jorge Ruiz Fernández and which takes as its protagonist a journalist, Patricia de la Sierra, who will find it necessary to collaborate with the police.
Likewise, “The Dagger” is the title of the second part of the “His Dark Materials” series, written by Philip Pullman. In 1997, this book was published, telling that Lyra continues traveling and arrives in a corner of the other world where there are adults. There he will meet Will Parry, a twelve-year-old boy who belongs to our world, but who is trapped in it after, to defend his mother, he killed a man.
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It should be noted that the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), in its dictionary, mentions another meaning of the term dagger. This meaning refers to the row of bricks , created horizontally, that is formed in an oven with the aim of firing them.