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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s Middle-earth, there are often a set of common hair-colours among various peoples, although averted as they are not uniform and not without exceptions. Of both Men and Elves, there are tribes who are dark-haired and those who are blond; Hobbits are generally brown-haired, while blond is rare.
** In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', the Riders of Rohan from the North tend to be blond, while the people of Gondor were chiefly dark-haired. Given the hierarchy he describes, this peculiarly puts blondness at the top and the bottom, among the good peoples at least (the blond Vanyarin Elves are almost sickeningly angelic, while the Rohirrim are supposedly lesser) and dark-haired peoples in the middle (the Noldor are troubled and rebellious, but still Elves and therefore more awesome than any human, while the Numenorians of Gondor and Arnor are "superior"—whatever that means—to the Rohirrim).
*** In this case, "superior" means "being friends with the [[Our Elves Are Different|Elves]]". Benefits included long lifespan and some ability to do things we'd call magic.
** Tolkien went further. The "swarthy" Eastern and Southron races were generally enemies of the "fair" races.
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