In , events centered around Camden, London because Prince Harry, a ginger himself, was married to Meghan Markle there. In the Netherlands, Roodharigendag Red Hair Day has been celebrated as a two-day event since on the first weekend in September.
It began when Bart Rouwenhorst, a Dutch painter, decided to exhibit portraits of 15 redheads. Thousands of natural redheads attended from around the world. Red hair is the rarest hair color with less than two percent of the world being a natural redhead. That means less than million people have natural red hair. Of that two percent worldwide, 13 percent reside in Scotland and 10 percent in Ireland.
The gene involved comes from MCIR , also known as melanocortin 1 receptor, a genetic mutation that is recessive so both parents have to carry the gene for a child to have red hair. Even then, the child has only a 25 percent chance of being a natural redhead. Oh yes, gingers rule. Around BC, redheads were first mentioned in literature by the Greek poet Xenophanes. In his work, he described how back then, people typically created their gods in their own image and therefore the Thracian Gods had blue eyes and red hair.
Next, in around BC, Herodotus described how the Budni, a large and powerful nation, all had bright red hair and deep blue eyes. And today, when you visit the Acropolis museum in Athens, you will find several statues of ginger women on display. In ancient times, the hair of female statues was mostly painted red, as the Greeks loved the colour red.
Research shows that redheads are more sensitive to hot and cold pain, with their bodies able to change temperature much quicker. The exact reason for this is unknown, but it is thought that a link to the mutated MC1R gene could be the culprit to its effectiveness. Those with fiery-coloured hair were held in high esteem in Roman art and culture. Thought to be strong and determined, they were more expensive than other slaves, and prisoners would even have their hair dyed to be displayed as trophies.
Either that, or wigs of red hair were reportedly imported from northern Europe, for slaves to wear. Having pale skin may mean that redheads burn more easily when exposed to UV rays, but their paleness can serve as an advantage. This may sound like bad news, but this lower melanin-concentration means that gingers can cleverly produce their own Vitamin D within their body when exposed to low light conditions.
Founder and Editor of Ginger Parrot www. Follow us. A team at the University of Louisville discovered in that redheads are 'significantly' more sensitive when it comes to tolerating cold and heat pain, and they are also able to perceive cold pain more sensitively. According to Jewish folklore, Lilith was Adam's first wife.
She was too sexual and not obedient — and is often portrayed as a redhead. Mary Magdalene is often regarded as a promiscuous figure, while some people think she was a prostitute. She also gets the redhead treatment in art. The 'hyper-sexual' stereotype is wrapped up in religion. The idea that gingers are more passionate and sensual goes all the way back to the bible and its various interpretations.
In Jewish mythology, Adam actually got hitched before Eve came along, to a seductive and sexual woman named Lilith. As the legend goes, Lilith refused to be subservient to Adam and left him — leading to her being both demonized as sinful and hailed as a liberator of women. Historically, some religious people including monks even blamed Lilith for being the cause of 'sinful' wet dreams in men. The idea continued with interpretations of the New Testament. Mary Magdalene, who is often regarded as promiscuous and is believed by some to have been a prostitute, is also often portrayed as a redhead in artwork.
Confusion about genetics is to blame for the 'evil ginger' and 'soulless ginger' tropes. In fact, two non-ginger parents can still have a read-headed tot, as long as they both carry the recessive MC1R gene mutation. If they do, there's a 25 per cent chance their child will be a ginger. Judas may also have had something to do with the 'evil ginger' myth.
Though the bible does not actually say he had red hair, many medieval artists portrayed him that way — including Leonardo da Vinci in the Last Supper.
Judas pictured in Joos van Cleve's Last Supper and his supposed red hair have contributed toward redhead hatred. Hatred for people with red hair also has some anti-Semitic roots. A fair bit of antisemitism can be attributed to distrust for Judas a Jew because he betrayed Jesus incidentally, another Jew. So, because of his supposed auburn locks, that resentment of Judas and Jews somehow got rolled up with a resentment of redheads.
There also happens to be a relatively high percentage of Ashkenazi Jews with red hair. This idea continued to be reinforced through medieval times and the Renaissance period, particularly with Shakespeare's tragedy The Merchant of Venice, in which Shylock had red hair and actors portraying him would wear red wigs. But not all religions historically demonized redheads.
The Thracians, ancient tribes who lived in and around Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece circa BC, didn't cast gingers as demons. In fact, they worshiped gods with red hair and blue eyes. Of course, that's probably because many Thracians had red hair themselves.
This isn't totally good news for gingers, though, since the Thracians had a reputation for being rather violent and sold their unwanted children into slavery. The first carrot tops were born 70, years ago.
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