It can now be stated that the pair of vaha mea and mago glyphs we have been studying in the G text have their counterparts in H, but with a twist. Instead of a straight and rising shark with an open red gap 'vaha mea' followed half a year later by a shark which is bending around (mago), these events come in the opposite order:
We could name Hb9-63 mago ke (a 'different' shark) because of the extra sign (mea ke). It is a fat shark, and so is vaha mea in Ha7-31. The sign of no longer lean indicates waning. The lean sharks (Ga1-4 and Ga7-16) belong to the first half of the year, when sun is waxing. The fat sharks (Hb9-63 and Ha7-31) belong to the back side of the year, the night side, the domain of the moon.The fat vaha mea is similar to the lean one in standing at the beginning of the season, and the fat mago is similar to the lean one in standing at the end of the season. Or rather one night beyond - presumably the mea ke sign can here be read as a sign of negation. Instead of vaha mea (the beginning of the red sun season) the rising shark in Ha7-31 can be imagined as a kind of vaha tea (the opening up of the white moon season), an idea which comes to mind when studying tagata in Ha7-32 - the head alludes to hau tea:
In G we have 472 - 182 = 290 days which lie outside the 'mea' season', 10 times 29 suggests 10 months in the dark. In H we have ca 1296 - 3 * 58 - 375 = 747 glyphs outside the mea season. 747 / 3 = 249 nights. Probably we must take away 42 of them (when sun is down in the underworld), and 249 - 42 = 207 = 9 * 23 (32 reversed). Twice 207 = 414 (= 9 * 46 = 18 * 23), and here we have the underlying reason. About half the tamaiti cycle (413 days) is given to the moon. 207 (moon) + 42 (underworld) + 182 (sun) = 431 (4 followed by reversed 13). To be more exact: 1296 - 3 * 58 - 374 = 1296 - 174 - 374 = 748 glyphs belong to the 'tea' season and 174 + 374 = 548 to the mea season. 748 + 548 = 1296. Converted to days it becomes 748 / 3 = 249⅓ respectively 548 / 3 = 182⅔ days. 249 + 183 = 432. Half a year is a fraction more than 182 days. This fraction then causes the natural 249 days of the moon to also become a fraction more. 249 can be read as 24 * 9 = 216 days, which converted into glyphs becomes 216 * 3 = 648 which is the number of glyphs both on side a and on side b of H. End of numerical arguments. Why is there a shark in Hb9-63 and not a tamaiti, or the reverse, why is there not a shark at Gb7-3? Following the moon (in G) does not invite to thinking about what sun is doing those 5 dark days outside 'law and order' (between winter solstice and tamaiti). Moon continues her way as usual and does not care. But the child is important for her. Therefore tamaiti must be mentioned in the text, he has a station for himself. Which automatically excludes a shark image. The text of H seems to be more preoccupied with sun than moon, even mentioning those 42 nights when sun goes deep. When the new sun child afterwards miraculously is born, he is on his way upward like a shark from the depths of the sea. Later he will walk on land. A shark on land should be introduced when he is down in the sea. |
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