Would it be historically inaccurate relative to that alternate history? If the alternate history isn't different on that specific point, it would still be according to this trope. However, if that is a difference, it would be normal and accurate for that world.
Also, Vikings could possibly be black.
Personally, I'd delete those examples that aren't set in the real world and are sufficiently different that the trope would not be in effect. A different world would have a different population, after all.
edited 4th Jul '12 1:55:09 AM by Feather7603
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Do character living in Fantasy Counterpart Culture count for this trope? Like say a Black person in a fantasy medieval Europe.
In the real medieval Europe, there were black folk
and anyway in a fantasy europe, you could have aliens living there, so why not blacks?
Personally, I would say that no, Black Vikings is not a trope that applies to fantasy settings.
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I agree. In a fantasy world, racial representation is what the creator wants it to be.
"In the real medieval Europe, there were black folk and anyway in a fantasy europe, you could have aliens living there, so why not blacks?"
Mostly in Spain (and even then, "Moors" could refer to either Berbers, Arabs or blacks as long as they were Muslims), they were not widespread outside of it. Took until the 20th century to see many of them in the rest of Europe.
Edited by Iridener on Sep 26th 2020 at 4:23:23 AM
I don't think we should use the term "negroid", given that anthropologists don't really consider it a meaningful term anymore. And more were divided into "white moors" (Arab) and "black moors" (African).
Black Vikings
This only deals with historical settings right? I asks because there examples from alternate histories and other fantastical settings were it would be unusual but not historically inaccurate to have a character of another race.