Only one manu rere glyph in Q is 'unmarked', has no extra sign added in order to change the meaning. This fact makes it very special. It is located 4 days beyond Hanga Takaure:
With Hanga Takaure (*Qa7-17) as point of reference, *Qa7-25 will be number 9. Here, evidently, the spirit (manu rere) of the sun king is leaving. In G we can search for the corresponding days. 204 - 64 = 140 (as in 10 fortnights):
Hanga Takaure is here located at Ga5-24 - where the 1st '36' is ending, day number 200 from winter solstice (as alluded to by the henua period number). Moreover, the 3 feathers up front on ariki probably represent the spring sun which will be 'eaten' (kai in G, vaha kai in Q), a 'joke' which we can understand only now by comparing with Q. We must remember this, that the kai gesture has two 'faces', it can either be used to indicate the growth of the figure at left or as the figure at left being 'devoured'. It can either mean tagata kai or kai tagata. 10 months of spring sun is from this perspective ending after 200 days (with his spirit leaving 4 days later). Each such month measures 20 days. |