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donald r raab Wrote:
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> It's diffusion.
The legends are much more likely to have their origins in the desire of mediaeval chroniclers to claim ancient origins for national foundations myths.
Look at pictures of the male AE
> and their outer wear.
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> The kilt is the link. Looking at at it the whole
> time.
"The original dress of the Highlander was the Celtic Feile-breacan (belted plaid). This was a piece of tartan cloth, two yards broad and four long, which was drawn round the waist in nicely adjusted folds, and tightly buckled with a belt. The lower part came down to the knees in much the same manner as the modern kilt, while the upper part was drawn up and adjusted to the left shoulder so that the right arm might be perfectly free. This upper part was the plaid, which was used as a covering for the shoulders and body in wet weather; and when the use of both arms was required it was fastened across the breast with a brooch, often curiously enriched. A brooch was also used to fasten the plaid on the left shoulder." [http://tinyurl.com/qg4qv]
"Tarkhan complete sheet First Dynasty (about 3000 BC) UC 28670
"This 'rectangle' (Egyptian ifd, often translated as 'sheet') represents the basic item of Egyptian dress. This very early example, measuring c.283 x 105 cm and of good quality, no doubt would have belonged to a wealthy person. Before being put on it would have been folded end-to-end, creating a central transverse fold. If, rather than being used as a simple cloak, it was worn by a man in the manner of a kilt, it may also have been folded side-to-side, making a longitudinal fold. Worn thus it would have been tied on itself at the waist, with the fringed edge uppermost; the central transverse fold was at the front, reaching from the front of the waist down to the right shin. A belt or sash may have been worn over."
[http://tinyurl.com/n6l3z]
I would suggest that any similarity between the two forms of dress arises from the fact that there are only a certain number of ways in which it is possible to wear a rectangular piece of cloth.
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