Рыжий, рыжий, полосатый...

[nu57]

Интересная книжка Мишеля Пастуро об истории полосок. Пастуро рассказывает, почему с древности полоски вызывали отрицательную реакцию, воспринимались как нечто ущербное и неполноценное, а их намеренное ношение считалось вызовом обществу.

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[nu57]

А вообще с рыжими так было не всегда.

"...Redheads could also take comfort [for ancient Greeks]. Though they were spurned as witches across the later medieval world - and still are in some countries even today - they had prehistoric power, as shown in one of the most sublime pieces of art from all of antiquity.
The Bronze Age wall-paintings on the Greek island of Thera (modern-day Santorini), preserved when the island-volcano erupted c1600BC, show a gaggle of beauties. Just one young woman is allowed to approach the goddess - after restoration it became clear this exquisite creature is unique thanks to a mane of deep red hair.
Xanthos - "golden" or tawny - is a standard epithet used to describe heroes in epic literature. Orthodox thought tells us this is just a literary trope, but anyone who has stood with a tawny or redhead friend, backlit by a Mediterranean sun, will know something magical does happen. Here in front of you is spun gold. For a magpie culture that collected gold trinkets and golden jewellery so fine a single necklace could be made of 16,000 individually worked pieces, the power of the blonde was believed to be real."