6. Sun (Ira) and Moon (Raparenga) do
not have 'the necessary ability', as Barthel puts it, to raise the sky roof (presumably
personified by the turtle),
but Mars can accomplish it. As in the week the calendar for the year
has Sun and Moon at the beginning. Then follows the strong one, Mars
(Kuukuu):
| Now you spoke,
Kuukuu: 'You don't have the necessary ability,
but I shall move the turtle. Get out of my way!' |
he ki mai koe e
Kuukuu e ina ai o korua kei i a au tau honu ena ana ngaei ka maeha korua. |
| Kuukuu stepped
up, picked up the turtle, using all his strength. |
he oho a kuukuu.he
ketu i te honu hekekeru i
ketu ai i te honu. |
| After he had lifted
the turtle a little bit, he pushed her up farther. No sooner had he
pushed her up and lifter her completely off the
ground when she struck Kuukuu with one fin.
She struck downwards
and broke Kuukuu's spine. |
he iri ka iri era
ka avaava ro.etahi no o kapeu i pua mai era kia
kuukuu.he ava ki raro he
hati te tua ivi o kuukuu. |
| The turtle got up,
went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. |
he ea te honu
he
uru ki roto ki te vai he oho. |
| Ina
No, nothing, no-one; ina au
kaihaga I don't want to.
1. Negative, no, not; ina e
rakerakega, innocent; ina ko tikea,
unperceived; ina e ko mou, incessant;
ina o nei, absent; ina kai riva,
uncertain; ina kai mou, eternal; ina
kai tikea, unperceived; ina kai kai,
abstinence, fasting; ina kai titika,
incorrect; ina kai rakei, ill prepared.
2. Breath G. Inaga T, lung. |
| Ai
Aai
1. Who: interrogative pronoun used in place of
koai te mee...: Aai i-tu'u-mai-nei,
e-haśru-ró-ana au? = Koai te mee i-tu'u-mai-nei,
e-haśru-ró-ana au? Who is it who came here
when I was sleeping? 2. Whose: genitive pronoun.
1. (Ko ai) Who, which.
2. Then. 3. Consequence. 4. (Hai). |
| Korua
You (plural). You; na korua,
ta korua, yours. |
A calendar with 364 days will have 52 days for each
of the 7 planets:
|
Sons of Hau Maka |
Sons of Hua Tava |
|
Ira |
Sun |
52 |
Kuukuu |
Mars |
156 |
|
Raparenga |
Moon |
104 |
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
208 |
|
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
260 |
|
Uure |
Venus |
312 |
|
Makoi |
Saturn |
364 |
An alternative is to base the
calendar on the obvious opposition between Ira and Makoi,
i.e. to use the pattern of the tzolkin, which evidently has the days of
summer in the center:
|
52 |
260 = 5 * 52 |
52 |
|
364 = 4 * 91 = 7 * 52 |
The difference between the sons of
Hau Maka and the sons of Hua Tava will then recede
into the background:
|
Ira |
Sun |
52 |
Raparenga |
Moon |
104 |
Makoi |
Saturn |
364 |
|
|
Kuukuu |
Mars |
156 |
|
|
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
208 |
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
260 |
|
Uure |
Venus |
312 |
And then we have seen evidence for
the entrance to a new year with Mercury in first position:
|
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
52 |
Uure |
Venus |
156 |
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
104 |
Makoi |
Saturn |
208 |
|
Ira |
Sun |
52 |
Kuukuu |
Mars |
156 |
|
Raparenga |
Moon |
104 |
The year will then be divided in 2 parts,
208 + 156 = 364 days. The assymmetry suggests there should be an 8th
planet beyond Mars, but for some reason this one is missing. Therefore
Kuukuu becomes the last 'person' in the year of Sun.
The turtle broke the spine of
Kuukuu, therefore the year cannot grow any longer. 13 * 12 = 156
and in order to reach 13 * 14 = 182 there should be another 26 days.
The double character of Mercury implies one 'leg' (26 days)
in spring and the other in autumn:
|
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
26 |
Uure |
Venus |
130 |
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
78 |
Makoi |
Saturn |
182 |
|
Ira |
Sun |
52 |
Kuukuu |
Mars |
156 |
|
Raparenga |
Moon |
104 |
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
182 |
In the text of G day number 182 (=
7 * 26) is an
ika hiku ('tail fish') glyph and it is in a Sun-day:
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga7-11 |
Ga7-12 (182) |
Ga7-13 |
In another reading it is
possible to connect mago in Ga7-16 with vaha mea which in Ga1-5
indicates the 'red opening' of a new year:
 |
 |
178 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga1-4 (5) |
Ga1-5 |
Ga7-14 |
Ga7-15 |
Ga7-16 (186) |
Ga7-17 |
|
182 = 7 * 26 |
There certainly is structure, but no
simple one. By dividing Mercury in 2 halves there will be 7
equally long 26-day periods in half a year. The rest of
the text in G is 472 - 182 = 290 days long, or 10 times
the dark night number (of Mercury).
And we should also remember the basic 16 *
29.5 = 472 day long cycle which connects the cycles of
Moon with the cycles of Venus, and thus indirectly with
the cycles of Earth (because 8 * 365 = 5 * 584):
|
phase |
observed periods |
periods in the G text |
difference |
|
evening star |
263 |
290 |
+ 27 |
|
black |
8 |
8 |
- |
|
morning star |
263 |
236 |
- 27 |
|
black |
50 |
50 |
- |
|
sum |
584 |
584 |
- |
We can guess the evening star phase of
Venus is
meant to begin with Ga7-17 and to end with Ga1-3.
The division of Mercury in 2 halves is supported by Wednesday according to the H
text, because the standing person seen in profile with a
kai gesture in front can hardly be explained
otherwise than to state that he indicates how spring still is in force.
Not until the day of Mercury comes the 'decapitation'
(the cap sign with open mouth):
 |
 |
 |
|
Hb9-33 |
Hb9-34 |
Hb9-35 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Hb9-36 |
Hb9-37 |
Hb9-38 |
|