By counting with two glyphs per day in the text of Tahua (and beginning with Aa1-1 as glyph number 1), we arrive at Aa1-37, in the central figure of which is a hanau sign:
Time is split up at Hatinga Te Kohe (the breaking of the bamboo). The rule of sun (symbolized by a bamboo staff or walking stick) is finished - ihe tau is at left. At right is a reversed ihe tau, which means the opposite of death, viz. birth. The new 'fish' is rising in Ab1-38, as if released from the interior of the staff. In Ab1-39 a moe with curved neck announces the new season (henua in Ab1-40) when moon will rule. Ab1-40 together with the same sign in Ab1-35 function like a frame around day number 354. A careful scrutiny reveals that 'breaking' is illustrated at left in ihe tau, and also at left in ragi. First comes the 'breaking', then comes the new 'ruler' (a word which denotes a straight stick). But to distinguish the moon 'ruler' from the sun 'ruler' the henua signs in Ab1-35 and Ab1-40 are thin and bent. Number 1 refers to the sun and 2 to the moon (waxing and waning), therefore there are two henua glyphs. The single sun 'ruler' is seen at left in ragi. |
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