In the 3rd period of the Small Santiago calendar a haś glyph with different feather sizes indicates different 'fire' sizes:
2 + 4 = 6 big feathers at left presumably refer to how the calendar is regulated by the sun into 2 halves ('winter' and 'summer') and 4 quarters. The following 8 feathers of lesser size are presumably the result of a numerical progression (1, 2, 4, 8 ... ). The sum of the 4 first terms in the progression is 15 (as in the 15th, Otua, moon night). 15 is 1 less than 16, the term which follows beyond 8 in the progression and which number is equal to the period number for autumn equinox:
In Small Santiago there are 3 periods (16-18) devoted to autumn equinox (while there is only one, the 16th period, in the parallel calendar of London Tablet). Close to the tip of the 'branch' (in Ga3-14) follow 3 dot-like small 'feathers'. These correspond in design and number to the 'toes' at bottom right, and also to the number of glyphs in the 16th period. The dot-like small 'feathers' (and the 'toes') look 'spooky' - they are not in touch with the 'branch'. It means they are outside the regular order of the calendar, they indicate 'extra-calendrical'. The 3 extra-calendrical periods (16-18) could maybe equally well be regarded as belonging to the end of the 'summer year' as to the beginning of the 'winter year'. However, as 18 = 360/20, a good guess is that they belong to summer. |
