Although I have classified as moa 15 glyphs in Keiti, only one of them has the typical design we immediately can identify, viz. Eb5-22:
Metoro recognized the situation: moa ure tupu ('rooster' with 'penis' which 'excites'). Somebody must set the sun in motion at winter solstice. It is the business of the king to do that, to light the new fire. Cfr Samoan tupu = 'king'. 'Excite' (tupu) comes from Latin citare (cfr ciēre - 'set in motion'). 'Incite' and 'excite' both imply 'light the fire' (which has gone out); to arouse somebody, to make somebody move. The fingers in Eb5-21 signifies fire and in Eb5-23 ragi is drawn as the topmost flame of the sun. The top of the year means the season of winter solstice. The birth of a new year is called out triumphantly by the originator, the chief cock, just as at dawn in the diurnal cycle. |
