2. Instead of the straight center 'stem' in hua poporo we can in hoea see its opposite, a curve. The curve in general in the rongorongo system of writing probably represents the final stage of a development. For instance does haś end in a curve, as noted in the summary: ... The haś glyphs are characterized by a bent 'branch', marked with 'feathers' on the outside:
The bent 'branch' represents the path of a luminary, beginning at bottom and moving up and clockwise, ending at the tip ... Close to the end of the kuhane journey she describes a curve: ... The dream soul came to Rangi Meamea and looked around searchingly. The dream soul spoke: 'Here at last is level land where the king can live.' She named the place 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The mountain she named 'Peke Tau O Hiti A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul moved along a curve from Peke Tau O Hiti to the mountain Hau Epa, which she named 'Maunga Hau Epa A Hau Maka O Hiva' ... The word paupau - suggesting Hanga Te Pau, the 366th and last day of the year - means 'curved'. At Te Pei both haś (Gb1-6) and curved leg + clubfoot (Aa6-12) apparently are used to indicate the final stage of the first part of the kuhane journey:
From the summary at haga rave:
... The sign at left (haga rave) should here be read out as haga and together with the clubfoot sign (pau) it is quite clear that Haga Te Pau is the meaning of the glyph, the bay where - according to Manuscript E - Ira and his companions landed in order to explore the island before king Hotu Matua could arrive. In the sacred geography of the island Haga Te Pau is a bay on the southern (dark) coast ... Haga rave glyphs indicate a 'bay', implying a place of 'rest' (in peace) ... |
