My intuitive approach led us to a guess, viz. that (pi)kea in Ab6-84 is located at the very beginning of the 1st half of the year, when Sun light once again just has returned. This idea emerged from non-straight 'global thinking', and it is now time to try to work in a more 'down to earth' mode of thought:
If we look at these 10 glyphs (once grouped thus by me from the visual cues only) as a list, then the kea glyph will be number 9, and the following ihe tau appropriately marks number 10. At 10 it is all over. Tagata in Ab6-76 is depicted in profile to enable us to see his open mouth - he is 'eating' (i.e. growing). Then follows a peculiar combination of Rogo - note the form of his right arm - seen in profile and with his bottom obliquely cut off, together with a puo sign. A similar puo forms the central 'body' of kea in Ab6-84. Another Rogo is depicted en face immediately below Rogo in Ab6-77, this one holding a double nuku (whích possibly should be understood as autumn 'turning around', leaving). His right arm looks like the crescent of Moon. We should remember what Ogotemmêli said - viz. that in the beginning, before fire had been brought down to earth, the arms and legs of man had no joints and were flexible like serpents. In Ab6-77 the right arm of Rogo has joints, in Ab6-82 it is his left (front) arm which has joints. If the first 5 glyphs represent the 1st half of a cycle and the next group the 2nd half, then we should compare parallel signs, for instance the redmarked glyphs below:
Corresponding to the 2 henua glyphs in the first group we find a bent henua respectively an ihe tau sign. I interpret the bent henua as a Moon variant of the otherwise straight Sun henua 'stick'. The first group above could be referring to the light from Sun and the second group to the light from Moon. Ihe tau indicates how the season of Moon light has ended. To the right and left of the puo body in Ab6-84 we can imagine the 2 'faces' of Moon - waxing and waning. The leg in front is formed as a waning crescent and the head at the back has a big open mouth. The central body is depicted as a different entity, maybe the night when waxing moon has left - i.e. the full moon night. Rogo in Ab6-82 could correspond to the night when moon is invisible, and the double nuku could refer to how the old month is 'turning around'. The double nuku would then have a double function, not only to indicate the dark night when Moon is regenerated (bathing in vai ora), but also to indicate where in the year the counting by Moon should restart. Rogo in Ab6-77 stands at midsummer, presumably, which explains why he is holding a puo sign (to indicate Spring Sun has 'gone down into earth'):
Next we will try a numerical approach. |
