The 3rd (toru) line on the front side ought to tell us about how the wheel of sun once again mysteriously emerges from the primary chaos:
Counting with 2 glyphs per day manu kake in Aa3-10 can be described as a.m. of day number 186 / 2 + 27 = 120 counted from manu rere in Ab8-31:
Although manu kake here would seem to be an appropriate appellation (where we can imagine a new 'bird' ascending, kake), Metoro instead underlined that the bird has 2 faces - ko te manu ariga erua. If a new 'year' is beginning not only in midwinter but also some 4 months later, then it would be reasonable to talk about the latter sun appearance as the 2nd 'face of the bird'. With 1 glyph per day manu ariga erua would be 240 days into the year, at a time when the 'face' of the sun disappears for a while, and in such a situation it would be more difficult to understand the words of Metoro. |