Redheadedness
547. Redheadedness
- Cortés, Hernando (1485–1547) conquistador received by Montezuma as god because of height and red hair. [Mex. Hist.: NCE, 662]
- Esau Isaac’s son. [O.T.: Genesis 25:25]
- Judas Iscariot so depicted in art. [Christian Icon.: Gaster, 165]
- Little Orphan Annie heroine of comic strip. [Comics: Horn, 459]
- Red-Headed League, the non-existent club used to draw a redhead away from where he could interfere with a bank robbery. [Br. Lit.: “The Red-Headed League” in Sherlock Holmes ]
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