For 10 points, name this sort of weapon exemplified by the Japanese katana.
While searching for one of these objects, a mother and daughter pair of divers found it with a talking snake in an underwater golden city. When he met Yoshitsune, the giant Benkei collected 999 of the objects of this sort that he needed to build a temple. YamatoÂ­Takeru used one of these objects to escape a circle of fire set by enemy warlords. A god wearing a girl transformed into a comb in his hair found one of these objects after he lured his foe to eight vats of wine. Amaterasu (*) ate one of these objects, then spit out three goddesses during a contest with her brother. One of them was discovered in the tail of the serpent YamataÂ­noÂ­Orochi by Susano'o. Amaterasu gave Ninigi a string of beads, a mirror, and one of these objects, called Kusanagi, which form Japan's imperial regalia. For 10 points, name this sort of weapon exemplified by the Japanese katana.
While searching for one of these objects, a mother and daughter pair of divers found it with a talking snake in an underwater golden city.
swords [accept katana until it is read]