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The key number in
G is 472 / 8 = 59, the number of nights in a lunar double-month (2 *
29.5 = 59), and 3 * 59 = 177:
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Ga6-21 |
Ga6-22 |
Ga6-23 |
Ga6-24 |
Ga6-25 |
Ga6-26 |
Ga6-27 (168) |
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Ga6-28 |
Ga6-29 |
Ga7-1 |
Ga7-2 |
Ga7-3 |
Ga7-4 |
Ga7-5 (175) |
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Ga7-6 |
Ga7-7 (177) |
Ga7-8 |
Ga7-9 |
Ga7-10 |
Ga7-11 |
Ga7-12
(182) |
The kuhane
(according to Manuscript E) moves in the opposite direction compared
with the sun - from west to east - and she visits twice as many
locations as there are multiples of 59, i.e. 16. The first 6 of them
are:
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1. Nga Kope Ririva |
2. Te Pu
Mahore |
beginning |
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3. Te Poko Uri |
4. Te
Manavai |
time
↓ |
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5. Te Kioe Uri |
6. Te
Piringa Aniva |
end |
Ga7-7 at 177 probably indicates Nga Kope Ririva (the
three rocks standing in the water, tutuu vai, outside the southwest corner of the mainland). Moon
(represented by the kuhane of the sleeping Hau Maka)
comes in from the west and sun leaves in the west. Therefore the
text on side a of G (following the sun) ends with Nga Kope
Ririva and begins with Te Piringa Aniva (where all
the people gather to give the king feathers - symbolizing fire):
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1.
Te Piringa Aniva |
2. Te Kioe Uri |
beginning |
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3. Te
Manavai |
4. Te Poko Uri |
space
↓
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5. Te Pu
Mahore |
6.
Nga Kope Ririva |
end |
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