Braids of Barbarism: Difference between revisions

 

== Anime & Manga ==

 

 

 

== Literature ==

* 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.

* Reversed in the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Vows and Honor]]'' books by [[Mercedes Lackey]]. When the Goddess takes Tarma into the ranks of the Swordsworn, She cuts Tarma's braids off. Later in the series, Tarma's hair has grown back, but when Tarma is about to engage in ritual combat part of her preparations is cutting the braids.

** Braids and braided sidelocks are worn by eleventh-century Torenthi men. In addition to signalling an exotic otherness, they are menacing by association since Torenth has menaced Gwynedd for centuries. In earlier periods (tenth century particularly), such sidelock braids are also worn by noblewomen in Gwynedd (Camber's daughter Evaine is shown wearing them); these are often women descended from the Torenthi conquerors of the ninth century.

** In eleventh-century Gwynedd, borderers are depicted wearing braids, and this style is considered a fashion cue for barbarism (along with the tartans/tweeds) by lowlanders. [[Expository Hairstyle Change|When Kelson adopts the braid]] and Dhugal joins him at court, he seems to take on some of the "barbaric" power, much as he openly uses his "forbidden" Deryni powers. Notably, the male Servants of Saint Camber, a quasi-religious order devoted to a famous mage and a throwback to the tenth century, wear the braid and call it the ''g'dula''. It also marks the contrast between Kelson and Conall (who retains the short-cropped style of his father's generation). Conall's younger brothers and other young men of Kelson's court actually adopt the braid themselves as a tribute to their young sovereign and his popular foster brother.

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

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

 

 

** 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.

 

 

== 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.

 

 

== Western Animation ==