The Greek statues were based on Nordic beauty ideal. According to Sumerian texts, Ziusudra(Enki's son) has white skin and silver hair and blue eyes. Clavigero described Quetzalcoatl(“Feathered Serpent”/Votan) as “white in complexion, tall and corpulent, broad in forehead, with large eyes, long, black hair, thick beard: a man of austere and exemplary life, clothed in long garments, gentle and prudent. He was expert in the art of melting metals and polishing precious stones which he taugh to the Toltecans."