Y'know what I like about the Golden Axe lore that I believe most take for granted?
I liked that from all the medieval weapons they could of chosen, they chose an axe.
Think about it. They could of chosen a sword. Why? Because swords are popular and of elegant shape such as
Excalibur,
Kusanagi-no-tsurugi,
Master Sword,
Heavenly Sword,
Soul Edge and
Soul Calibur and every other legendary sword out there. But no, Sega chose a rather heavy, rather brutish weapon known to be used by burly types such as vikings, barbarians and executioners and made this particular axe to be golden and heavenly.
Makes me wish the Golden Axe series was more popular because as I mentioned in my list of examples there are many fantasy games where a legendary sword plays a big role but rarely are the less conventional medieval weapons play any such significance.