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The sun god has two wives, one in the far north: ... Hine-takurua lived with her elder Tangaroa (a sea being - origin and personified form of fish). Her labours were connected with Tangaroa - that is, with fish ... ... The Sun spends part of the year with the Winter Maid ... afar out on the ocean. In the month of June occurs the changing of the Sun and he slowly returns to his other wife, to the Summer Maid who dwells on land ... ... The old folk have told me that at the time of the winter solstice the wise men of yore would say 'The Sun is returning to land to dwell with the Summer Maid ... Several years ago, while collecting manu rere glyphs from all the rongorongo texts and comparing them, I noticed that Qa3-14 was characterized by tiny wings and fishy feet in comparison with manu rere without extra signs:
The fishy winter spirit is leaving in Qa3-14. The number signifies π, that half a cycle is ending. |
