4. The appearance of a fake Rogo at winter solstice also in the rongorongo texts means that there is a time space from winter solstice to the time of the reappearance of the true face of the sun. This was measured out as 8 * 8 = 64 days. Then comes the front side of the tablet (as if the chess board so far had been upside down). Then comes the real battle (not the fake one in midwinter): ... Begun in the eighth epoch of creation, this struggle makes the transition to the succeeding ages of the ao, the 'day' or world known to man. Indeed the struggle is presented as the condition of the possibility of human life in a world in which the life-giving powers are divine. The end of the eighth chant thus celebrates a victory: 'Man spread about now, man was here now; / It was day [ao] ... The man king wins this time too, by calling himself a god and by transferring his human nature to the god. He is making god in his own image and making himself into the image of god (Tiki). By this trick he has added divine strength to his own initial cleverness. He can take command over mother nature and rule like a king. However, it is necessary to light a new fire at winter solstice, the old one has gone out. Fire in a dormant state inhabits trees. Trees are the main part of vegetation. So Rogo, the god of vegetation, must appear at winter solstice. By appearing in midwinter with his tree Rogo will raise the sky. A new fire caused by the cosmic tree will create the new year. This has nothing to do with a battle. Furthermore, the god of vegetation (trees) must be an aspect of Jupiter, the autumn garment of the sun god. By taking command over the tree (Jupiter) and use him in order to make a new fire it in a way is man who is defeating the tree (Jupiter, the sun). Much of a battle it is not. It is man standing erect as an equal of the tree, but he has an adze in his hand. |