From studying honu glyphs with holes in the G text we have learnt much. What looks like holes are indeed meant to be holes. Surprisingly these holes are probably not empty - out from them come 'torrents of celestial water'. It should be noted at this point, that Metoro said vai (water) not only at the glyph type which I have labelled as vai but also at other glyphs with 'holes', for example:
Although Metoro never said vai at any of the honui glyphs it is fairly certain that the hole in honui glyphs corresponds not only in visual expression but also in meaning to the hole in honu glyphs. We can therefore guess honui glyphs contain 'water':
The work with honu glyphs in G has revealed a structure where a certain kind of honu (with no legs) apparently are located at the solstices (where sun does not move and consequently has no need of legs). The overall structure of the G text can now be defined, see this page. |
