Victor Pelevin. The sacred book of the werewolf (№ 302400)

In every culture it is customary to associate the appearance with certain personality traits. Beautiful Princess, kind, compassionate; the evil witch is ugly, and nose she has a huge wart. There are more subtle connections that are not easy to formulate - it is built around them the art of pictorial portrait. Over time, these relationships change, so the beauty of the same era often cause other confusion.