What is the Aryan race?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_race

Answer 2

There is no Aryan race, it is a made up concept that was very important in Nazi ideology. It was used for all non-Jewish and non-Slavic whites, and Nazis believed that these "Aryans" were a superior race. In Nazi Germany the term was constantly used with the meaning "non-Jewish". You didn't have to be blond and blue eyed to be "Aryan" (actually only few Germans look really "Nordic"), you just had to show documents that you didn't have Jewish ancestors and no one cared about what you looked like. All Jews were considered as non-Aryans per definition, even if they were blond or blue eyed.
Because of the way it was used by Nazis, the word itself has become a racist and antisemitic word in the West. It has other meanings in Asia, see this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan

Answer 3

Well, all of the answers are correct per se....but the "real" answer is:

When Atlantis was flooded and sunk under the sea, a few survivors left and formed their out race. However, the leader, Dingerhoff, could not spell "Atlantean" to save his life. But because he had moved his people high into the mountains, he called his race "Aireans".

Now as generations passed, one of Dingerhoff's grandsons (who was no rocket scientist either (and couldn't spell worth a lick)...spelled the race "Aryans".

And that is how the "Aryan Race" started.

Answer 4

There is no such thing.

It is a 19th century construct by some central European philosophers/philologists who maintained that language equals ethnicity, and that a race of blond, blue eyed barbarians invaded and conquered Europe and India in prehistoric times, establishing what's nowadays called Indo-European language(s) which then were called Aryan or Indo-germanic languages. They imagined them as noble savages like Conan the Barbarian, Nietzsche called them the "blond beast", and meant it as a compliment.

These days the latest good theory is that the earliest farmers spread naturally westward, from western Asia gradually and slowly taking the new lifestyle through the whole of Europe, mixing with the local hunter-gatherers in the process so that after many millenia their language was spoken in the whole of Europe and western Asia, developing into the different modern languages of today.

Answer 5

The "Aryan race" is a concept in European culture that was influential in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It derives from the idea that the original speakers of the Indo-European languages and their descendents up to the present day constitute a distinctive race. In its best-known incarnation, under Nazism, it was argued that the earliest Aryans were identical to Nordic people. Belief in the superiority of the "Aryan race" is sometimes referred to as Aryanism. This should not be confused with the unrelated Christian religious belief known as Arianism.


nordic people were generally blonde hair and blue eyed.

Answer 6

It is what was the result of the Nazi breeding program in WW2. Blonde haired, blue-eyed Germans. they also tried brainwashing the children to create Hitler's "Master Race," a group of hateful, self-promoting people, to carry on his dream of supremacy. There are still some out there, but most of the brainwashing did not stick.

The Neo-Nazi's are a remaining few of them.

Answer 7

It is thought they were the ancestors of the Indo-european tribes that migrated into India and Europe (naturally lol). It explains the numerous similarities between old indian myths, languages etc and their european counterparts. This would also include old persian counterparts as well.

They were not a "race" per se, just another bunch of nomads.

Answer 8

It dates back to the time of Hilter. He wanted to create a "super race".Now it is characterized by the skin heads and the KKK and the white power movement. It is very prevalent in prison gangs. This a very dangerous group and I suggest to stay away. But that's just my opinion

Answer 9

If li am remembering correctly, there isn't one. Hitler was a very misguided man. His ancestry's had some Jewish people in it. And if you noticed,his hair was far from blond. He was obviously following inner promptings from an evil spirit or force that just wanted to bring terror to the world and kill Jews. Its a fascinating subject. Check it out on the web

Answer 10

According to Hitler, they are the "purest human beings". They have blonde hair and blue eyes and fair skin.