Of all the mythical characters in Mesoamerican cultures, Xbalanque, the dark moonlit hero twin counterpart to bright Hunahpu, is the most alluring. throughout the myths he seems to a be contradictory character, being a Lord of Xibalba whilst at the same time being killed there, being a proud warrior whilst having a name that suggests womanhood (his classical name Yax Balam contains the element yax 'lady'). His half-jaguar, half-man form also strongly suggests the were-jaguar child statuettes of Olmec times, and so I feel Xbalanque has a very deep history indeed.