In the glyph catalogue I have listed 4 ika hiku glyphs under Q, and one of them is the 'prototype' I used as an example of the glyph type:
It is quite difficult to decide - now several years later - which one it was, which became the prototype, whether it is Qb2-15 or Qb2-24. They are drawn exactly alike. The 'legs' are definítely not depicting 'feathers' (fire). Those in Qb2-15 and Qb2-24 are rather meant to allude to the opposite phenomenon, ua (rain):
It seems as if the triplet of wave-forms in ua have been turned a quarter into a horizontal position. Maybe this implies two things: First, that Qb2-15 is located where the horizontal dimension is ruling (i.e. a solstice). Secondly, that it is not water in form of rain but water in form of sea waves. ... Mermaid's purses (also known as Devil's Purses) are the egg cases of skates, sharks and rays. They are among the common objects which are washed up by the sea. Because they are lightweight, they are often found at the furthest point of the high tide ... |
