The Mayan Legend of the Sorcerer Dwarf – Part 1
OK, so where was I?
Oh yeah, now I remember. I was about to tell you the Legend of the Sorcerer Dwarf . . . but then, Christmas came along and everything stopped for a while.
I hope you had a wonderful time during the Holidays, whether you celebrated it traditionally with family and friends or quietly at home by yourself enjoying the time to relax or any other way.
I am always amazed at how everything so quickly gets back to normal. For me, after all the running around doing last minute gift shopping, going to parties, preparing many meals and wrapping presents, suddenly, it is all over and everything returns to just the way it was.
Well, almost. There is still that warm rosey glow that lingers after being together with loved ones.
So, now, back to the Sorcerer Dwarf. It is this legend that originally brought me years ago to the archeological ruins at Uxmal in the Mexican State of Yucatan.
Edgar Cayce’s trance source said that citizens of Atlantis had established colonies in Yucatan in anticipation of their homeland being destroyed by earthquakes. But, where in the Yucatan had the Atlanteans settled?
I figured that wherever Atlanteans had been, a residual myth or legend would pervade the region handed down through the generations.
This legend would also had to have a magnificent flavor to it similar to the legends surrounding the construction of the Great Pyramid in Egypt, which I believe was also constructed, at least partially, by Atlanteans.
For example, as I wrote on page 149 in When We Were Gods, “There is an ancient Arab legend that says that the [great] pyramids were built by supernatural beings called the jinn, entities who could enter animal bodies and even stones.”
So, here’s the legend of the Sorcerer Dwarf. It makes the outrageous claim that the sorcerer dwarf built the main Uxmal pyramid in one night. Now, if that isn’t a legend derived from Atlantis, I don’t know what is!
Because it has rounded sides and is oval rather than square, this pyramid is also the most unusual pyramid in the Yucatan and perhaps in the world.
The Very
Unusual
Pyramid of
the Sorcerer
Uxmal
Yucatan
Photo Copyright 2008 Carol Chapman
Copyright 2009 Carol Chapman.
A continuing article from Carol Chapman’s emailed Newsletters.
