The hunchback has long been a symbol of revilement in art and literature. This write up tries to find the cause of the deformity into two iconic hunchbacks in literature, Manthara and Quasimodo.
Keywords: Chondroepithelial dysplasia; Manthara; Schuerman's disease; The Hunchback of Notre dame; Valmiki; Victor Hugo; cleidocranial dysplasia; dowager's hump; osteoporosis.