I’m an archeologist and I’ve specifically studied hairstyles from around the world. There are zero depictions of Celtic peoples with dreadlocks. There ARE depictions of Celtic peoples with braids and glibbe (the Celtic matted hairstyle which is basically bowl cut with the hair over the forehead longer and that longer forehead hair matted into a single beaver tail mass).
The 3600 bc represententions you are likely referring to are not actually Greek in origin and they don’t represent dreadlocks, they represent coiled curly hair. At that time, Minoans braided and curled their hair, they did not matt it. It wasn’t until ~530 that we see statues that people uneducated on Greek traditions assume are dreadlocks, in part because many of the kouros statues are damaged. More well preserved kouros statues clearly show that the hair is curls, not dreadlocks. This would also be supported by the fact that at the time, Greek men had rituals of combing and oiling their long hair. Also, it’s often believed these kouros statues represent Apollo, which was never described or represented at any point with matted hair.
The “snake like hair” reference was actually written about the Germanic peoples by Romans. At the time, the accepted hairstyle for Roman men was short hair, so the “snakes” is either referring to the Germanic practice of braiding the hair and then encasing it in protective mud for battle, or to the fact that Germanic men at the time had very long hair compared to the Romans. There’s also the additional fact that the ancient Romans are well known for exaggerating or lying about their enemies in war, so it’s important to take their statements with a grain of salt.
Stop spreading misinformation and falsehoods. Stop speaking from ignorance.
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