Barbarian Swords is a negative term for an uncivilized, uncultured person, either in a general reference to a member of a specific nation, like that of the the various Germanic tribes, the settled Gauls, or the raiding Huns, perceived as having an inferior level of civilization, or the term was defined as an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, insensitive person whose behavior is unacceptable in the society of the speaker. However, another popular idea for "Barbarian" is often associated within heroic fantasy, like that of the characters Conan the Barbarian, Kothar, and to a lesser extent, Fahfrd.