Long hair in literature

**theskeletonkey** · April 14th, 2010, 10:52 AM

Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter!
Also, Isabelle Lightwood from The Mortal Instruments.

**Atlantic** · April 14th, 2010, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Lamb

Long hair (and cutting long hair after a bad dye job) is pretty important in Anne of Green Gables.

In one of the sequels (Anne's House of Dreams I think), one of the characters has thick blonde hair down to her ankles.

Yes, and there's the "My hair is not going to be cut off" incident in L.M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon as well.

**Gumball** · April 14th, 2010, 10:59 AM

Starfilly beat me to the Sword of Truth mention, but that's the first thing that sprang to my mind also. It's definitely a status symbol in those books and is brought up numerous times. It's one of the ways Terry Goodkind seems to describe the women in the book: By their hair length and color.

**Pallas** · April 14th, 2010, 12:34 PM

Howl's Moving Castle. Sophie's hair is used to keep a fire going (long story).

At least, that's what happens in the movie version of the book. I'm not sure if it happens in the book too, sorry.

**PhillyGirl26** · April 14th, 2010, 01:28 PM

Gift of the Magi

**aragorn** · March 30th, 2011, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Atlantic

Yes, and there's the "My hair is not going to be cut off" incident in L.M. Montgomery's Emily of New Moon as well.

Did they do that part in the TV series?

**kouran** · March 30th, 2011, 10:29 AM

There is a story by Edgar Alan Poe about a woman called Ligeia, who had long black hair.

**muppetcrayz** · March 30th, 2011, 11:10 AM

I want to say the girl in Song of the Sparrow talks a lot about her hair.

**SwordWomanRiona** · March 30th, 2011, 11:22 AM

The Sword-women (Celtic female warriors) in The Eagle and the Raven, by Pauline Hedge (it's about the Romans invading Celtic Britain, in Boudicca's time) have long thick hair. Ranging from waist to knee.