8. The double-ring signs used in the skirt of Pachamama were also used in the texts of rongorongo, and one instance is seen at bottom in Eb7-14:
This location at bottom probably means below the midline of the year. Metoro usually said vai at double-ring signs, i.e. he connected this type of sign with fresh water. Water collects at the bottom and the rainy season should be at the bottom end of the year. A contrast comes in the following Eb7-15 where a single-ring sign is located at the top end of the glyph. This type of sign, with a vertical line of division, presumably refers to the other end of the year, characterized by a high and clear sky. A bird indicates 'high', and we will then expect a fish to indicate 'low'. Possibly the fish at bottom in Aa8-27 fulfills this function. If so, then the parallel between Aa8-28--29 on one hand and Eb7-15 on the other becomes evident. The divided single-ring head of manu rere corresponds to the pair of oppositely oriented tapa mea glyphs. And in Aa8-30 the single-ring head is formed like a fist from which flames emerge. Metoro said to manu mata etahi at Eb7-15, and the 'bird with a single eye' should be Sun. The vertical line dividing his eye is presumable meant to say that Sun is present only during half the year - the other half he spends with his winter maid far north. Or maybe we should say far south, because 'winter' is toga which also means 'south'. Metoro said te toga at Eb7-16, and - we should remember - number 16 (Jupiter) suggests 'final':
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