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Was there a king of England who when faced with a rope knot to undo dismounted his horse and cut it with his sword?
No, this anecdote does not relate to an English King but to Alexander the great, the King of Makedonia (356 BC to 13.06.323 BC). He had to untie the knot King Gordion had created, instead of fingering on the knot he cut it in halves with his sword.
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Name of sword shivaji?
"chandrahaas" It was Bhavani Sword
Why did Hereward the Wake kill his horse?
The answer lies in a 12th century chronicle called Gesta Herewardi (The Exploits of Hereward ), written by a Peterborough monk-historian in Latin, but based on an Old English memoir written by Leofric the Deacon, a priest in Hereward's household.Hereward's horse was called Swallow, and his sword, Brainbiter. At one stage during their ongoing battle with King William's Norman forces, Hereward and his resistance fighters come under such fierce attack Hereward believes he will be overcome by his enemies and captured or killed. Rather than let his famous horse become an enemy's prize, he kills it himself.Extract from the Gesta Herewardi :Chapter XXVIIHow Hereward was reduced to such straits that he slew with his own hands his excellent horse; and how next he overcame the army of five provinces.After some respite from serious pursuit in the aforesaid mere (Wide near Upwell), Hereward was more severely besieged by those in the region and by the king's men, and so hard-pressed that in despair he slew with his own hands his splendid horse, so that no lesser man should boast that he had got Hereward's horse. But at length he escaped from this danger with his men, passed over Brunneswold and went to live in the great forests of Northamptonshire, laying waste the land with fire and sword."
What is ogier's swords name?
Ogier The Dane or Holger Danske, had two swords, courtain and Sauvagine, the first one is a"mercy sword", a cutted sword that reminds mercy. The other, but not so popular sword (and supposed to be his "fighting sword), is Sauvagine, a "sword of justice", they both were handcrafted by the weaponsmith "Munifican", which was one of Charlemagne weaponsmiths, whom the Emperor take as the creator of three of his 9 great or mighty swords, the other 6 were produced by Ansias and Galas, with 3 swords each of them. Two of them for Charlemagne (Joyeuse or Fusbeta Joyosa and Flamberge, both made by Galas), other two to Ogier (Courtain and Sauvagine, made by Munifican, the other Munifican's sword was Durandal, Roland's sword), the other swords, one from Galas, and the three of Ansias, were each of them for one of Charlemagne's heroes, as Durandal for Roland. A curious fact about Courtain, is that it is the same name of Edward The Confessor's sword. so maybe we can say that we are talking about the same sword. but why, a king that fought against the danes, could have a dane's sword easy, Ogier could live, reign and die in ye old Britain
How do you use conqueror in a sentence?
The conqueror of worlds finally fell at the sword of a mighty hero. :) O YEAH!
Who was the god of the justice in Roman mythology?
Justica depicted standing with sword in one hand, scales in the other, blindfolded
