To be super-accurate here, the Celts were supposedly tall and fair. But my Dad, who is Swedish-Irish by descent, has your Arthur's coloring exactly. And a very typical coloring in Ireland is: dark hair, fair skin, light eyes. I read that the Celts - the Irish, in particular - were supposed to be redheads, but that was because they brushed their dark hair back with lime (or henna?) so that it would look like their horses' manes!
I guess what people think today is that the Celts were relatively fair, and the pre-celtic people of the British Isles were small and dark. The modern coloring results from an admixture.
In any case, Arthur would likely have been part-Roman, wouldn't he?
Actually (celtic coloring)
Date: Tuesday, 2 November 2010 08:58 pm (UTC)I guess what people think today is that the Celts were relatively fair, and the pre-celtic people of the British Isles were small and dark. The modern coloring results from an admixture.
In any case, Arthur would likely have been part-Roman, wouldn't he?
Anyway, I like him! And I love his expression.