Chac Xib Chac’s Family Tree

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Family

• Hun Hunahpu(parent),Jaguar God of the Underworld(sibling),Unen K'awiil(sibling)— Miraculous

  The Palenque inscriptions name Hun Hunahpu, the Maize God, as the father of the Triad deities — Chac Xib Chac, Unen K'awiil, and the Jaguar God of the Underworld — linking the city's patron gods to the primordial cycle of maize death and rebirth.

  ⚠ The identification of the Popol Vuh's Hun Hunahpu with the Classic Maya Maize God who fathers the Palenque Triad rests on epigraphic interpretation (Stuart, Taube). Some scholars question whether the K'iche' and Classic Maya figures are the same deity.

Aspect of

• Chaac

  Thompson identified Chac Xib Chac as the eastern directional aspect of Chaac, the red-painted storm bringer who carries rain from the rising sun's quarter, his name literally meaning 'Great Red Chaac.'

  ⚠ Schele, Freidel, and Stuart argue GI of the Palenque Triad is a distinct solar-aquatic deity, not the eastern Chaac. Thompson (1970) treats them as identical.

Member of

• Palenque Triad

  The Palenque Triad, the three patron deities of the city, comprised Chac Xib Chac (GI) as the senior member, Unen K'awiil (GII) embodying lightning and royal power, and the Jaguar God of the Underworld (GIII) representing the night sun.