Here I have added two more glyphs at the beginning of the text (= the beginning of line b3):
The 4 glyphs at the beginning probably illustrate the dim winter solstice time. Sun is hiding in his ink like an octopus. Qb3-2 shows his shape anyhow, represented as a 6-cornered hole in the stomach of honui. He is not present, but his absence is very much felt. In P we first saw an incompletely drawn mauga glyph - a forewarning 'spirit' - while in the text above the story has advance further. Qb3-14 and Qb3-16 are together marking Qb3-15, a glyph (maitaki) which will be explained later on in this dictionary. In Qb3-19 we observe the shape of a rising fish (spring sun has emerged from vaha mea (Qb3-17). The 'boat' has turned from Qb3-18 (still with 'sails looking backwards') to Qb3-19. The rising fish has an outline which shows it to be just a transformation of the earlier mauga stage. |