"They made their foes flee in horror because their swarthy aspect was fearful, and they had, if I may call it so, a sort of shapeless lump, not a head, with pin-holes rather than eyes. Their hardihood is evident in their wild appearance, and they are beings who are cruel to their children on the very day they are born. For they cut the cheeks of the males with a sword, so that before they receive the nourishment of milk they must learn to endure wounds. Hence they grow old beardless and their young men are without comeliness, because a face furrowed by the sword spoils by its scars the natural beauty of a beard. They are short in stature, quick in bodily movement, alert horsemen, broad shouldered, ready in the use of bow and arrow, and have firm-set necks which are ever erect in pride. Though they live in the form of men, they have the cruelty of wild beasts." citat från den gode (goten) Jordanes
citerat från Wiki ang Huns, här diskuteras även skalldeformering
mer vetenskapligt:
"Skull deformation was a widespread custom among the
Gepids (21 of the 54 skulls examined were deformed), that
they took over from the Huns living with them. It was present
in all six groups identified within this population, but its ratio
was the highest among the Mongoloids."
Anthropological conclusions of the study of Roman and
Migration periods. Volume 44(1-4):87-94, 2000
Acta Biologica Szegediensis
I artikeln diskuteras det kring fenomenet skall deformering och slutsatsen blir att det är svårt att säga huruvida Hunnerna införde det eller inte. Både germaner och mongoliska folk (hunner) hadde seden.
Andra sidor beskriver fenomenet som utbrett med ett möjligt ursprung från Asien.