In the summary at honu it was stated that light and water stand in opposition to each other, implying that spring sun ('fire') and turtle ('water') are mutually exclusive. Since then it has dawned upon us, following the wisdom of Ogotemmêli, that they are complementary - different sides of the same phenomenon. Sun heats the water and the evaporation will later turn into rain and close the cycle. Flames move upwards, water downwards. Looking at the honu glyphs of G, I noticed they have a tendency to be concentrated in what presumably is the 2nd quarter of the year, when sun is at his strongest. These 10 (out of a total 17) caught my attention:
Redmarked Ga5-10 and Ga6-24 obviously belong together in some way. At least they serve the function of forming a group of the 5 honu glyphs between them. There is one more glyph of this sort, viz. Gb6-26:
120 is a regular number and possibly indicates ⅓ of 360, 4 solar months. If we add the preceding 63 in the cycle we will reach half 366. Adding 45 more (from Ga5-10 up to and including Ga6-24) we get 183 + 45 = 228 = 12 * 19, a well-known number we should recognize. The remainder is 65 + 178 + 1 (Gb6-26) = 244 = 4 * 61 (or ⅔ of 366). These numbers suggest the triplet of 3 honu glyphs have a role to play in dividing the 'year' (472 days long) into sections:
6 * 24 (as in Ga6-24) = 144 = 12 * 12, maybe expressing how far spring sun can go, not beyond a well defined limit. As to Gb6-26 we probably should increase 6 with 8 (for the glyph lines on side a), and then we receive a satisfactory 14 * 26 = 364, another firm limit for the sun. |
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