We have arrived at the conclusion that moko in Ca4-23 presumably represents the 3rd among 4 black nights between the final of the 'old fire' and the 'ignition' of a 'new fire':
In the text of G there is only one manu rere glyph without eye - probably meaning complete darkness - and he is located to the right of hanau moko:
It is not clear which cycle is ending with the 'feathered hakaua' (Gb3-10). One alternative is to simply count from Ga1-1 and declare that 10 months with 30 days in each is the cycle completed with Gb3-10. Another alternative is to count from Ga3-6, in which case the cycle will be 8 * 29.5 = 236 days long:
This alternative is better because it explains the 8 + 8 'feathers' around hakaua. Either way the 4 black nights cannot belong in the old cycle, if anything they must belong to next cycle. In Ca4-25 it is ignited by Saturn, in Gb3-15 the day belongs to Mercury. Mercury and Saturn (and Old Sun) appears also in connection with the other two moko glyphs in line Ca4. Manu rere glyphs are seldom withour their eyes (excepting in the idiosyncratic P text), but for the moai statues it was the opposite: '... The great stone Moai of Easter Island were at one time equipped with beautiful inlaid eyes of white coral and red scoria. In a number of cases - though not at Ahu Akivi - sufficient fragments have been found to make restoration possible, showing that the figures originally gazed up at an angle towards the sky ... The two moments in the year when Easter Island traditions say that the Moai of Ahu Akivi come alive and are 'particularly meaningful' are the June solstice and the September equinox - respectively midwinter and the beginning of spring in these southern latitudes ...' The eyeless manu rere in Ca4-24 could refer to winter solstice - when the 'old eye' has left. The eyeless manu rere in Gb3-14 on the other hand could refer to the 'eye' of Moon because the main structure of the G text follows the cycle of Moon. |
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