Fingon's plaits

Lissë · 05-14-2013, 04:57 PM

According to "The Peoples of Middle Earth" Fingon "wore his long dark hair in great plaits braided with gold". On the internet I found images of Africans or African Americans with many small plaits and Native Americans with two great plaits. Since I seem to remember that Tolkien was influenced by Nordic sagas I looked for Celts, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, but of course there are no images. What do you think Fingon’s plaits looked like? Tolkien couldn’t have thought of Native Americans, could he?

05-14-2013, 04:57 PM	#1
Lissë Sapling Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 2	Fingon's plaits According to "The Peoples of Middle Earth" Fingon "wore his long dark hair in great plaits braided with gold". On the internet I found images of Africans or African Americans with many small plaits and Native Americans with two great plaits. Since I seem to remember that Tolkien was influenced by Nordic sagas I looked for Celts, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, but of course there are no images. What do you think Fingon’s plaits looked like? Tolkien couldn’t have thought of Native Americans, could he?

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