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Uxmal, Mexico

            Pyramid of the Magician (or the Pyramid of the Dwarf)

The structure is featured in one of the best-known tales of Yucatec Maya folklore, "el enano del Uxmal" (the dwarf of Uxmal), which is also the basis for the structure's common name. Multiple versions of this tale are recorded. It was popularised after one of these was recounted by John Lloyd Stephens in his influential 1841 book, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan. According to Stephens' version, the pyramid was magically built overnight during a series of challenges issued to a dwarf by the gobernador (ruler or king) of Uxmal. The dwarf's mother (a bruja, or witch) arranged the trial of strength and magic to compete against the king.

The exact height of the Pyramid of the Magician is in dispute and has been reported as tall as 40 metres and as low as 27.6 metres. The accepted median height is 35 metres, with the base measuring approximately 69 by 49 metres. Despite the absence of an exact measurement, the pyramid remains the tallest structure at Uxmal.

The Pyramid of the Magician is the most distinctive Mayan structure on the Yucatán Peninsula. The pyramid is considered unique because of its rounded sides, considerable height, steep slope, and unusual elliptical base.

Taken in: México / Yucatan / Uxmal (show map)

Taken on: October 23, 2011

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Mexico

Meksyk

Jukatan

Yucatan

Wioletta Ciolkiewicz

Uxmal

Pyramid of the Magician

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