Mayan Figure of a Scribe (Man with dwarfism). The ornate turban worn by this man is typical of the courtly garb of key individuals serving the ruler in the royal courts of the Classic Maya. AD 550-850, Walters Art Museum [1265×1800]

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People with dwarfism were important members of royal Maya courts. They are portrayed serving food, playing musical instruments, holding sacred objects for the ruler, and as diviners and scribes. Their elevated social roles were steeped in cosmology and religious mythology, especially that of the maize god, who was assisted by a dwarf when the deity set the Three Stones of the cosmic hearth at the beginning of Creation. The Classic Maya viewed people with dwarfism as the living embodiment of the maize god’s supernatural helpers, who continued their sacred duty in the regal court.