THE JAGUAR BABY
OR GOD GIII AS XIB

The Jaguar Baby is the God GIII in an infant formnamed Xib (young man). He is often depicted with his partner Chac-Xib-Chac performing the sacrificial dance. This god isreally a form of God III, one of the Palenque Triad, threeancestor gods of the kings of Palenque. He along with God I may be alternate versions of the Hero Twins, the prominant protagonists in the Popol Vuh.