In the 3rd sun-is-present period of the 1st half year, according to G, a rising fish follows a variant of mea ke:
The location of this mea ke, immediately after haú at Ga3-14 (suggesting π) and before the rising fish, presumably indicates the end of a time of darkness, a break in time. Of the six lines forming the triplet of wedges at the top of normal mea ke glyphs only half of them remains. A 'glyph play' apparently has put the three missing ones as 'toes' in haú. The 'turtle' (hônu) at Ga3-12 stands at the end of the old year, and a new fire must be alighted. The 'head' of the old year has already begun to sprout (Ga3-11). The moon sign is missing on ragi in Ga3-10, and possibly it instead is located at the top of Ga3-11. The two 'eyes' in hau tea (Ga3-10) characterize the time of solstice, and perhaps they also are alluding to the two 'eyes' of the 'nut' at bottom in Ga3-11. |
