|
3. Te Poko Uri |
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|
Ga5-8
(118) |
The wings of
this fat bird are drawn as a separate unit, distinct from
the bird itself, and presumably it is a 'glyph
play' (analogous to word play). We can imagine the
shape behind the bird as a viri glyph turned a
quarter around, a method we have seen before:
However, there
is an important difference: In Ga1-26 and Gb1-6 the
'person' and viri are integrated, not separate units.
This wingless bird
has not moved far from his egg we can see from his body form, it is a very young
bird (which also explains why he is so fat). That the
'wings' indeed is viri, can easily be proved by
counting, given that we understand also Ga1-1 as viri
(a distorted variant):
 |
116
= 4 * 29 |
|
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga5-8 |
|
118
= 4 * 29.5 |
With both Ga1-1
(Hanga Takaure) and Ga5-8 as viri glyphs, they
must both be black, we know from earlier (the 29th night of
the moon is black). A little fat black (uri) chicken sounds like the future great king
of the island (Te Kioe Uri). But the king cannot be
located at a viri point:
|
|
57 =
2 * 28.5 |
 |
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga2-29 |
|
59 =
2 * 29.5 |
