Its very old story so let’s
start it as they always do. Many many years ago their lived a farmer who was
hard working and very poor. He farmed in his farm but due to no rain in that
year he was unable to cultivate anything in his farms so he decided to travel
to another city and try his luck as labor. And he packed
all necessary things for his journey and left his house with his
old bullock cart. He traveled to south of his village as he
heard there is one prospered city to south of his village.
At the same time in the city to south came a heavy famine. In that city lived one priest who worshiped goddess of the town who one prospered that city with her wisdom. Everyone on town gathered to his house and asked him to call upon her and ask for her forgiveness and her Guardianship from this heavy famine. He agreed to perform a ritual which will summon her and for that ritual he gathered every one near an old tree at the boarder of city and performed ritual. Goddess appeared and guided them with telepathic voice that when first ray from east will hit this tree at same time one savior will appear on boarder of city. With ought to further delay to beg that good willed and hardworking person to be king of this city and his guidance is only savior of this town. And goddess disappeared along with her voice and every one waited for this prognostication to come true.
When the first ray of morning sun touched that tree Gordian reached town boarded and everyone was so happy and pleased to see goddess prognostication to come true they ran to receive their savior with joy. Town priest explained everything to him and begged to receive town kings place and asked his guidance for all town citizen. he was over whelmed and happy to hear this and accepted their offer and before he took place of king he went to that tree where that goddess appeared and guided her worshipers and decided to give something of his belonging as representation of his joy and happiness caused to him because of her prognostication. But at present he wasn't having anything to give her except his bullock cart so he took one rope and took his cart and tied it to that tree with toughest knot and said, “any human who can untie this tie will be the con curer of whole world."
over time passed era of Gordian as king was long gone but that bullock cart was still there and many prince warrior and kings visited that place and tried their luck to untie that knot but none of them succeeded in untying it. after some of years when great worrier was passing by this town heard about this and went to try his luck he stood on his horse and took out his sword and untangled that knot in few moments like it was easiest knot he ever untied. This worrier was later known as the Alexander the Great. And this is the story how phrase Gordian's knot came into English dictionary. And for those who don’t know the meaning of phrase "Gordian's knot" it means unsolvable mystery of puzzle very hard to solve problem very difficult to solve a cipher nearly undecipherable.
At the same time in the city to south came a heavy famine. In that city lived one priest who worshiped goddess of the town who one prospered that city with her wisdom. Everyone on town gathered to his house and asked him to call upon her and ask for her forgiveness and her Guardianship from this heavy famine. He agreed to perform a ritual which will summon her and for that ritual he gathered every one near an old tree at the boarder of city and performed ritual. Goddess appeared and guided them with telepathic voice that when first ray from east will hit this tree at same time one savior will appear on boarder of city. With ought to further delay to beg that good willed and hardworking person to be king of this city and his guidance is only savior of this town. And goddess disappeared along with her voice and every one waited for this prognostication to come true.
When the first ray of morning sun touched that tree Gordian reached town boarded and everyone was so happy and pleased to see goddess prognostication to come true they ran to receive their savior with joy. Town priest explained everything to him and begged to receive town kings place and asked his guidance for all town citizen. he was over whelmed and happy to hear this and accepted their offer and before he took place of king he went to that tree where that goddess appeared and guided her worshipers and decided to give something of his belonging as representation of his joy and happiness caused to him because of her prognostication. But at present he wasn't having anything to give her except his bullock cart so he took one rope and took his cart and tied it to that tree with toughest knot and said, “any human who can untie this tie will be the con curer of whole world."
over time passed era of Gordian as king was long gone but that bullock cart was still there and many prince warrior and kings visited that place and tried their luck to untie that knot but none of them succeeded in untying it. after some of years when great worrier was passing by this town heard about this and went to try his luck he stood on his horse and took out his sword and untangled that knot in few moments like it was easiest knot he ever untied. This worrier was later known as the Alexander the Great. And this is the story how phrase Gordian's knot came into English dictionary. And for those who don’t know the meaning of phrase "Gordian's knot" it means unsolvable mystery of puzzle very hard to solve problem very difficult to solve a cipher nearly undecipherable.
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