3. The daytime journey of Sun leads him on a path from his 'birth as a little child' through the opening at the horizon in the northeast (tokerau) and across the sky dome to his 'death' at the entrance to the night side in the southwest (toga). What happens then? He must make his return journey on the back side of course:
At left the ship of Sun is rising towards midnight and it has a number of small circles on its hull. If we count them we will discover a pattern: 3 + 13 = 16. First comes 3 circles packed tightly together and then follows 13 with spaces between them. The other ship of Sun, at right, is descending towards morning and it has 12 small circles. It probably means we should count according to Sun from midnight. Very many small circles surround the ship at left, and they could represent water droplets or a myriad of stars. At right they have disappeared and instead a time of light has returned. Night in a way ends at midnight, and from then time begins anew. The oval ('egg') form on top of the head of the falcon god becomes different after midnight, it turns into a circular form with a double rim. A similar transformation could occur also according to the rongorongo rules, because there are both single-rimmed and double-rimmed vai glyphs:
The transformation of the oval form with a single rim into a circular form with a double rim evidently occurs at midnight. We can see the transformation taking place below the belly of Nut, where in a third 'egg' a 'yolk' already has started to develop:
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