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Celtic knots are well-known but did you know that they are not exclusive to the Celts? They in fact turn up at an earlier time in history in Roman mosaics and were also used by the Vikings and Saxons. They represent patterns made by ropes, intricately woven, not inevitably in the shape of a knot. Occasionally they are continuous, i.e. with no loose ends, when they are called Gordian knots, named after the legendary knot that Alexander the Great tried to unfasten. When he was unsuccessful, as he must be as the knot had no end, he took his sword and sliced it through, cutting it in half in order to make two ends.

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