The curious structure of the G text, where 360 is not the end of the time flow, can be understood as an effort to coordinate time and space. Considering the fact that Polynesia lies with its center in a band south of the equator, the time from new year (where Sun is reborn) to the equator should be counted as 24 (times 10) - i.e. equal to the number of degrees of latitude which Sun has to travel in order to reach Polynesia from the tropic of Cancer. Counting only with whole numbers 192 must be regarded as the necessary time from winter solstice to 'midsummer'. 7 * 24 = 168 and 8 * 24 = 192. The K text has 192 glyphs, as I once reconstructed it without imagining any connection with the distance from the tropic of Cancer to the equator. But I noticed that glyph line Ka1 was the longest of them with 24 glyphs, and I also noticed that the sum of the glyphs in the following lines was 168. This 168 baffled me. It definitely occurred as a significant number in the texts. But to continue with K, patterns were revealed, e.g.:
In the parallel G text the structure is different because the glyph lines are longer:
The course of the Sun southwards from his point of birth does not end at the equator, but the equator forms an important midstation. When Sun then continues towards the tropic of Capricorn he will gradually become less forceful. Halfway to the tropic of Capricorn we are at 24 + 12 = 36º and the regular solar year should end here - given that we count degrees as 'decades' of days. The calendar of G has glyph number 364 (counted from Gb8-30) as a vaha kai of death:
The fishes which follow possibly indicate that we have reached the 'water' (in the sky). The last quarter of the year of waxing Sun means he will dive down towards the South pole. |
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