Multiple civilizations around the world have preserved remarkably consistent legends of fair-skinned, often bearded deities or culture heroes who arrived from the sea, taught agriculture, laws, architecture, writing and the arts, established order, and then departed with a promise to return. This repeated pattern of White bringers of civilization—described in the same physical terms and with the same civilizing role—demonstrates that at least some ancient "gods" were real historical figures who traveled the world and elevated these societies.
