History Main / BeardOfBarbarism

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* Wulf in ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' is another Viking character with an impressive beard.
* ComicBook/VandalSavage usually has a beard. You can sort of tell how "civilised" he is in a given time by how trimmed it is. It's a full-on Beard Of Barbarism in ''ComicBook/DemonKnights''.

* Calhoun, the outlaw leader in ''Film/BreakheartPass'', combines a wild barbaric beard with BaldOfEvil for a unique look.

* While Franchise/{{Conan The Barbarian}} did not sport a beard, the Aesir, Vanir and other barbarians that he occasionally fought did have full beards.

* Colonel Colm Corbec of Literature/GauntsGhosts sports a classic example; while he's not a barbarian ''per se'', the Ghosts are often portrayed as much more barbaric than the other Guardsmen they fight alongside, like the [[BlueBlood Volpone Bluebloods]].
* This is an actual rule in ''Literature/RiverOfDancingGods'', but when the protagonist Joe gets transformed from a truck driver into a BarbarianHero, he notably lacks one because he's a Native American.
* Fafhrd in Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser is delivering a slave girl who threatens to tell her master if he tries to rape her, leaving him to grumble that just because a man has a beard "everyone assumes he is incapable of civilized seduction".

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Pretty much everyone has a seriously badass Beard of Barbarism on ''Series/{{Vikings}}''. Hell, even background extras get beards of such epicness that usually belong to main or supporting characters on other shows.
* D'Argo in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' has a Beard Of Barbarism made up of a mixture of hair and tentacles.

* [[http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-3/thor.jpg Thor]]
** Most of the [[Myth/NorseMythology Viking Pantheon]], in fact-how wild is up to interpretation and research (see above example).
* [[Myth/HinduMythology Shiva]] is sometimes depicted as having a long unkempt beard, which makes sense, considering that he's a hermit who dwells in the Himalayas, and is indifferent to civilized norms and conventions. And he is also known for possessing powerful [[DreadlockWarrior dreadlocks]] that can absorbed the impact of the mighty celestial river Ganges when she made her leapt down from the heavens. Here's an [[https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-439dbdc2a28aa6bf990ecf974cbc1cad-c image]]
** His bodyguards and attendants, the [[BodyguardingaBadass Ganas]], are also bearded barbarians.

* The {{Horny Viking|s}} Wrestling/{{Tursas}}, first seen in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, possessed a beard that extended past his pectoral muscles.

* ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer}}'' takes this trope and makes sweet, sweet love to it. The length and fullness of your beard is a direct indicator of how badass you are. From the Norscans to the Dwarfs to the northerly Imperials, almost everyone whose badass has some manner of thick, unruly, seriously grizzly looking beard.
** Norscans and Nordlanders combine this with SeadogBeard to varying extents -- the Norscans due to being demon-possessed Vikings, and the Nordlanders due to being 16th century Sweden in a Fantasy setting.

* Chaos Marauders from ''VideoGame/WarhammerMarkOfChaos'' bear giant, sometimes forked, sometimes heavily braided beards into battle against the enemies of the Dark Gods and come from a culture of what could only be described as ''Satanist Vikings''. Helmetless Chaos Warriors on the other hand, disappointingly avert this trope. Despite embracing it in the official art for them from the tabletop game.

* The Barbarian from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''. Note that The Barbarian of ''Diablo 2'' was bald and shaved.
* The Dwarf Mountain King in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} 3'' has skulls (presumably) from his defeated enemies attached to his mustache.

* Thok, Master of Dungeoneering from ''VideoGame/RuneScape''
* Bearded Nords and Giants in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' would probably qualify.
* Legate Lanius of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has one on his helmet. Beneath that, he simply has muttonchops and a goatee.
* Kaneli in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. He is the elder of the [[BirdPeople Rito]] tribe, which has a comparatively uncivilized culture compared with the other races of Hyrule, and he has a big braided beard that fits that role.

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Stoick the Vast, and most of the other adult male Vikings, in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
* Ludo of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' grew a beard while drifting in the void between Seasons 1 and 2. Once he starts getting his groove back (and after acquiring one half of Star's wand), he adds braids for a proper barbarian look.

[[folder: Real Life ]]

Usually paired with WildHair. [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarf beards]] also fit this trope most of the time, though with less barbaric conotations as Dwarves are usually depicted as at least as civilized as the humans around them.

* Fafhrd in Literature/FafhrdGrayMouser is delivering a slave girl who threatens to tell her master if he tries to rape her, leaving him to grumble that just because a man has a beard "everyone assumes he is incapable of civilized seduction".

* Fafhrd in Literature/FafhrdandtheGrayMouser is delivering a slave girl who threatens to tell her master if he tries to rape her, leaving him to grumble vthat just because a man has a beard "everyone assumes he is incapable of civilized seduction".

* The Barbarian King from ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. [[BloodKnight Kratos]] might count as well, which is ironic in a way since as a Spartan citizen he's ''technically'' the opposite of the original meaning of "barbarian" (essentially "somebody not from Greece").

* The HornyViking Tursas, first seen in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, possessed a beard that extended past his pectoral muscles.

* [[Myth/HinduMythology Shiva]] is sometimes depicted as having a long unkempt beard, which makes sense, considering that he's a hermit who dwells in the Himalayas, and is indifferent to civilized norms and conventions.

* The HornyViking Tursas, first seen in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, possessed a beard that extended past his pectoral muscles.[[/folder]]

* The Latin word for beard ("barba") is related to the Latin word for barbarian ("barbarus"). One theory holds that the word barbarus comes from the fact that the Romans were clean shaven, while the barbarians were not.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabal This guy]]. Suggested by @/{{Chabal2}}. Guess what he looks like...

* VandalSavage usually has a beard. You can sort of tell how "civilised" he is in a given time by how trimmed it is. It's a full-on Beard Of Barbarism in ''ComicBook/DemonKnights''.

* The hill tribes in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' have rather large beards.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Hagrid sports a comb-breaking, beetle-infested beard.

* NASA were not happy about the 'revolutionary' beards grown by the Skylab astronauts, which didn't match with the clean-cut American image such astronauts had exemplified throughout the Space Race. After MissionControl failed to compromise on their grueling and micro-managed schedule, the astronauts really did revolt by turning off all communications for a day off in the so-called Strike in Space.

* NASA were not happy about the 'revolutionary' beards grown by the Skylab astronauts. After MissionControl failed to compromise on their grueling and micro-managed schedule, the astronauts really did revolt by turning off all communications for a day off in the so-called Strike in Space.

* The Barbarian King from ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.

** Most of the Viking Pantheon, in fact-how wild is up to interpretation and research (see above example).

Subtrope of BadassBeard and sometimes BeardOfEvil. Combine with SeadogBeard for pirates; compare and contrast WizardBeard.

* Stoick the Vast, and most of the other adult male Vikings, in ''Film/HowToTrainYourDragon''.