Braids of Barbarism: Difference between revisions

Compare [[Wild Hair]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Not really braids, but Kenpachi the resident [[Blood Knight]] in ''[[Bleach]]'' does his hair in very long points, each one having a bell at the tip. Nor because [[Real Men Wear Pink]], it's so his enemies can hear him coming and be ready to fight.

* Old Germany/Germania/[[Fan Nickname|Legolas]] in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has braids, and since he represents the Germanic Tribes he would definitely count.

 

== Comic Books ==

* [[Asterix|Obelix's pigtails]] are only one of the many braids sported by the inhabitants of the Gaul village.

* There's a variation in ''[[Elf Quest]]'' where Clearbrook's long hair is braided by her lifemate One-Eye. After rescuing her from the Gliders' captivity he is horrified to find that they have bound her hair up, and painstakingly re-braids it. When One-Eye dies she cuts off her braid and lays it upon his body. Ironically, it's only during this period, when she is driven by revenge, that she really acts like a warrior. Later on she bonds with Treestump, and once her hair has grown back he braids it again.

 

== Fan Works ==

* Hilda and the other Chinese Vikings (no, really) in the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fanfic ''[[Girl Days]]'' by Rob "Kenko" Haynie.

 

== Literature ==

** And the fact that she '''personally''' does it is a sign of another kind, because by his native customs only a woman who's intimate with a warrior touches his hair. She's '''proposing'''.

* In P.C. Hodgell's ''[[Chronicles of the Kencyrath]]'', the Merikit tribesmen wear their hair braided, with one braid on the left-hand side for every man killed, and one on the right for every child fathered. When heroine Jame is adopted into the tribe, Gran Cyd braids her hair as a warrior woman and smears it in the blood of her kills.

* Early in [[Andre Norton]]'s ''The Time Traders'', Ross Murdock, not yet knowing he's joined a [[Time Travel]] project, is puzzled to see a couple of men wearing long blond braids at the U.S. government base.<ref>A touch of [[Zeerust]] -- Norton expected 1950s haircuts to still be the norm in [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|the 1980s]].</ref> Another recruit explains, "Why do you suppose they sport those braids? Because they are taking a little trip into the time when he-men wore braids, and carried axes big enough to crack a man open!"

 

* On ''[[Andromeda]]'', the original [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] had long dreadlocks.

* As did Ronan in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Dwarves are likely to wear braids, especially in their facial hair.

** Many, many Norscans. Given that they're a race of [[Horny Vikings|Norse-esque people who are favoured heavily by the Dark Gods]].

** For the Imperium, the Space Wolves chapter of [[Space Marines]] commonly employ this to their hair and beards when not wearing helmets too. Not too unsurprisingly, they are based on [[Horny Vikings|vikings]] in style and culture. This is not uncommon for Imperial Guard regiments from several feral worlds too.

* In the ''Shards of Alara'' block of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', the human warriors of Jund wear a braid for each major victory in battle. The legendary [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=174876 Kresh the Bloodbraided] is renowned for possessing the most braids.

 

== Video Games ==

* Subtly implied in ''[[Nintendo Wars|Advance Wars Days Of Ruin]]'', the Lazurius COs have a strand of hair with several beads on it.

* [[Fallout: New Vegas|Ullyses]], the other Courier, sports dreadlocks and is the last member of a tribe called The Twisted Hairs. One of his audiologs implies that the braids were indicative of the wearer's accomplishments.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Water Tribe warriors wear <s>pony</s>wolftails but have several braids tied off with beads framing their faces. The Fire Nation prefers topknots for both men and women, which Zuko and Iroh cut off when declared traitors.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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