This depends on who you ask. Some may say yes, others no.
I'd say pulling the sword out of the stone certainly qualifies.
finally trows it in the water and then there came an arm and hand above the water which caught it and shook and brandished it thrice and then vanished with the sword into the water.
In order to protect Arthur, when he was born Merlin took him away to be raised in secret by Sir Ector. Between this and pulling the sword from the stone, I really don't know.
Loyalty best identifies the symbolism of the sword in "King Arthur". The only person who can take the sword out of the stone is the person who first shows loyalty to the thrown.
In the legend, Sir Bedevere is instructed by Arthur to throw Excalibur back into the lake, but in the film "Excalibur" by John Boorman, it is Sir Percival who is told to throw the sword back.
In Arthurian legend, it is the character Sir Bedivere who is instructed to return Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, to the Lady of the Lake. After Arthur's final battle, he asks Bedivere to throw the sword into the lake. Bedivere initially hesitates but ultimately obeys, casting the sword into the water where it is received by the Lady of the Lake.
an Adder (snake) bit one of Arthurs men, when he took out his sword and killed the snake he men of Mordreds army thought he mean to fight. :)
he throws the sword, Excalibur into a lake.
King Arthur's sword Excalibur was thrown back into the lake by Sir Bedivere as Arthur lay dying. Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall is supposedly the lake from which the sword came and to which it was returned.
The weight of an emerald sword and how heavy it would be would depend upon the size of the sword and the other materials which were made to use it.
Arthur gave the sword, known as Excalibur, to Sir Bedivere, one of his most loyal knights. After Arthur's final battle, he instructed Bedivere to return Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake, fulfilling a promise to return the sword to its mystical origin. This act symbolizes the end of Arthur's reign and the passing of an era.
Bedivere disobeys King Arthur by not throwing Excalibur into the lake after being instructed to do so, and he lies about throwing the sword when the king asks him what happened.