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***Mithadan*** · 11-19-2022, 10:13 PM

Beware the lee shore, indeed.

It seems likely that there is no conclusive answer to be found here.

While CSN sang "almost cut my hair, happened just the other day..." I do not feel that is canon...

Bêthberry · 11-20-2022, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithadan

While CSN sang "almost cut my hair, happened just the other day..." I do not feel that is canon...

I'm not so much necessarily interested in what is canon as in the ways that Tolkien used hair symbolically, not as individual or idiosyncratic adornment, but to tap into cultural or social or class or gender status.

And that brings us to whether the Harfoots have hairy feet. I can't recall. Disa of course as a non-canonical character does not have a beard.

Galin · 11-25-2022, 11:32 AM

Tolkien illustrated both Beleg and Gwindor, and thus we can see the long hair.

Okay, it's an early-ish painting, but still. Although I'm guessing, in any case, that some will say these characters were in the wild in the scene depicted, and JRRT maybe took that into account.

So erm, there's that

11-19-2022, 10:13 PM	#1
*Mithadan* Spirit of Mist Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Tol Eressea Posts: 3,393	Beware the lee shore, indeed. It seems likely that there is no conclusive answer to be found here. While CSN sang "almost cut my hair, happened just the other day..." I do not feel that is canon... __________________ Beleriand, Beleriand, the borders of the Elven-land.

11-25-2022, 11:32 AM	#3
Galin Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,036	Tolkien illustrated both Beleg and Gwindor, and thus we can see the long hair. Okay, it's an early-ish painting, but still. Although I'm guessing, in any case, that some will say these characters were in the wild in the scene depicted, and JRRT maybe took that into account. So erm, there's that