Friday, October 3, 2008

What is diffrence between Nordic and Alpine

So many people ask what the Difference between Nordic and Alpine, this is rubbish, well it not rubbish and it came before Hitler's Great Time.

So i will find information about this topic.

Basic idea though

Just compare the head shapes not the hair or eye colour.

Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows a famous German war hero (Karl von Müller) as an example of the Nordic type.

Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows a famous German war hero (Karl von Müller) as an example of the Nordic type.

n 1899 William Z. Ripley published The Races of Europe[4] where he divided Europeans into three main sub-categories: Nordic, Alpine and Mediterranean. The Nordic race resided in northern Europe, especially (but not exclusively) among speakers of the Germanic languages and was typified by tall stature, wide shoulders, long head and facial form, straight and fine blond, red, or light to medium brown hair, and blue, light brown, grey or green eyes. While the concept of Nordic race became intertwined with a northern European cultural identity, the Alpine race was thought to predominate in central/Eastern Europe through to Turkey and the Eurasian Steppes of Central Asia and Southern Russia, and was said to be characterized by short stature, dark hair, dark eyes, narrower shoulders, a darker complexion and comparatively round head. The Mediterranean race was thought to be prevalent in southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa as well as in Wales, and was said to be characterised by dark hair, dark eyes, swarthy complexion, moderate-to-short stature, and moderate of skull


Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows the German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert as an example of the Alpine type.

Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows the German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert as an example of the Alpine type.

the Alpine race was thought to predominate in central/Eastern Europe through to Turkey and the Eurasian Steppes of Central Asia and Southern Russia, and was said to be characterized by short stature, dark hair, dark eyes, narrower shoulders, a darker complexion and comparatively round head. T
he Mediterranean race was thought to be prevalent in southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa as well as in Wales, and was said to be characterised by dark hair, dark eyes, swarthy complexion, moderate-to-short stature, and moderate of skull.
Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows a Corsican man as an example of the Mediterranean type.

Meyers Blitz-Lexikon (Leipzig, 1932) shows a Corsican man as an example of the Mediterranean type.


what is Teutonic?

Teutonic (later termed Nordic): The First Term of the Nordic race.


This is a Start but i will find better pictures and information.

1 comment:

clarifying knight said...

Nordic mainly centered in northern europe especially the northwest,in Scandinavia.The physical type is a very fair-skinned caucasoid who is tall,lean,long-headed,blue-eyed,with light to blond hair. The Alpine are centered in central and western europe,especially in France.Their physical type is a medium complexion in comparison to the Nordic only,medium to short stature,stocky in build,round-headed,hazel or light brown-eyed,with dark to medium brown hair,in some minority cases auburn color.