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* Many religions have prohibitions or rules in regards to hair. In literature, the most famous example is probably the Biblical Samson, whose parents were visited by an angel who allowed his barren mother to become pregnant if she would abstain from unclean meat and alcohol and never cut the child's hair or shave him. This essentially constituted a pre-natal initiation into a Jewish ascetic cult, and this super out-of-proportion before-birth devotion granted Samson the mystical power of invincible strength, allowing him to become one of the judges who were leaders of Israel. The major part of his story is a negative Important Haircut that eventually results in his blindness and death, making even the inversion of this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]].
** Isaiah 15:
{{quote|''Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;''
''Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.''
''They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep''
''Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;''
''Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off. ''
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* In the ''[[Babysitters Club]]'' series, Mary Anne has one when her father stops being overprotective of her.
* In ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' (the original story) the mermaid's sisters give the sea witch their hair in exchange for a knife that will grant the mermaid her tail back.
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