The sun is depicted with 6 flames surrounding an oval center.

In the rongorongo texts these 6 flames could be used to depict a division of the solar course into 6 parts.

However, according to the rongorongo texts there were two 'years' - the summer 'year' and the winter 'year'. Sun was 'absent' during the winter 'year'.

Furthermore, sun governed also the daily cycle. As such, he could be represented as a little child in early morning, growing by a gesture of 'eating' to reach a fully grown state at noon.