7. The divine twin will deliver the life-giving 'water' (vai-ora-a-Tane) in spring, and maybe he is Tane. In the day calendar of Tahua we find glyphs which resemble toa and tao, viz. tapa mea:
From the dead (dry) shape of toa, via the canoe of promise (tao) the red light of tapa mea will arrive. ... It seems likely that Llew's mediaeval successor, Red Robin Hood, was also once worshipped as a stag. His presence at the Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance would be difficult to account for otherwise, and 'stag's horn' moss is sometimes called 'Robin Hood's Hatband'. In May, the stag puts on his red summer coat ... The 'red summer coat' does not arrive immediately beyond winter solstice (or midnight). Mea means red and tapa means cloth. |
