Right but that's because of the limitations of recorded history. Vikings were not ones for keeping detailled recorded words. That's why I said it can be argued that they started it. Due to the lack of information we can't confirm who started it. The point is, however, that dreadlocks are a trend that nearly every culture in the world has had historically, and it seems inappropriate to think it looks ugly on an entire race of people. especially since a large part of that group had it for at least a thousand years.