Mythical: The Holy Lance

The Spear of Longinus/Ronginus: Holy Lance relics

A simple spear that which pierced the flesh of the son of God, this was after he was crucified and killed of course but some make that the spear was what killed Jesus. It is also called the lance of longinus, the holy spear, the spear of destiny. Longinus was the name of the centurion who owned the spear and used it to pierce the side of the crucified Jesus Christ.

The spear has taken a life of its own, portrayed in pop culture as a relic which grants certain mystical boons. The holy lance mythos is a very interesting topic. Influential leaders who shaped history such as Constantine, Justinian, Charlemagne and recently Adolf Hitler were believed to possess the spear at some point in their lives.  Pop culture has since then incorporated the spear into a myriad of medias from comic books such as Hellboy, Constantine to the more prevalent eastern product Evangelion.

              Apparently you get turned into a Saint after piercing the sides of the Messiah(Saint Longinus)

Mythical:Hand of Glory a thief's boon

The Hand of Glory is the pickled and dried hand of man who committed unlawful acts and hanged for his crimes. Often the left hand is used (several religions believe that the left hand is sinister???) or if not the left the hand that "did the deed".The Hand of Glory is effectively used by thieves to ransack houses safely. Being able to enter houses without stirring any of its occupants, putting them in a state of slumber. The hand is lit similar to a candle and as long as it is lit its powers are in effect, if the flames are to be put out then the power will cease.

To make a Hand of Glory, as stated in the Petit Albert:

"Take the right or left hand of a criminal who is hanging for his crimes from a gibbet beside a highway; wrap it in part of a funeral pall and so wrapped squeeze it well. Then put it into an earthenware vessel with zimat, nitre, salt and long peppers, the whole well powdered. Leave it in this vessel for a fortnight, then take it out and expose it to full sunlight during the dog-days until it becomes quite dry. If the sun is not strong enough put it in an oven with fern and vervain. Next make a kind of candle from the fat of a gibbeted felon, virgin wax, sesame, and ponie, and use the Hand of Glory as a candlestick to hold this candle when lighted, and then those in every place into which you go with this baneful instrument shall remain motionless"

The Petit Albert also provides ways to counter act the effectiveness of a Hand of Glory:

"The Hand of Glory would become ineffective, and thieves would not be able to utilize it, if you were to rub the threshold or other parts of the house by which they may enter with an unguent composed of the gall of a black cat, the fat of a white hen, and the blood of the screech-owl; this substance must be compounded during the dog-days"

An example of a Hand of Glory can be found the Whitby museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.