Sword Kladenets

[5] Although Vernadsky fails to elaborate, an alternative etymology connects the term kladenets to klast' (класть) "to lay or put",[6] and his interpretation lies in this camp.

[7] Another explanation, credited to Alexander Veselovsky (1888), theorizes that kladenets may be a corrupted pronunciation of Kgl'arentsya or Kgl'adentsya (кгляренцыя, кгляренция or кгляденцыя, кгляденция),[a] the sword of Bova Korolevich [ru].

[11] The Russo-Ukrainian tale of Bova was adapted from the medieval Italian romance of Buovo d'Antona, in which the original sword name is Clarença[11] or Chiarenza.

[9] In some versions of the wonder-tale (skazka) concerning the bogatyr "Yeruslan Lazarevich", mech-kladenets is mentioned alongside the Fiery Shield and Flame Spear (Огненный Щит; Пламенные Копья).

[4] The reasoning is not well-clarified, but this dictionary explains its view that kladenets (treasure) is often connected with the motif of being hidden inside a wall,[4] and in the tale example it gives, the "Tale of the City of Babylon" (Skazanie o Vaviloné grade Сказании о Вавилоне-граде), the samosek-sword is also called "Asp The Serpent" (Аспид-змей),[4] and it was ordered hidden inside the wall by the sword's owner, Nebuchadnezzar.