2. The expression he aringa ko mua a hanga te pau made Barthel hesitate:
If we compare with Gb5-12 (the glyph which probably corresponds to Hanga Te Pau) it is clear that it consists of 2 parts:
At left there is a haga rave variant and at right a tagata variant:
The well of Puna Pau could be illustrated at left by the very deep and narrow haga rave, and a harbour (haga) is where the journey is ending. Thus the back side of Hanga Te Pau should be at the end of the journey. The front side is not the normal tagata, which is seen en face, instead this person is looking forward. He is not standing still, i.e. he is motivated (looking ahead). His face (ariga) is in front (mua) in order to try to see what lies ahead. Thus he ariga ko mua a haga te pau i nape ai te igoa ought to mean that the name given by Makoi was: Hanga Te Pau, Landing Site of Ira and Moving Ahead Like a canoe Hanga Te Pau has a stern (muri) and a prow (mua). Time is moving, not coming to a full stop, because that happened earlier, at day number 360 (a Moonday):
Apparently there are 4 'sky pillars' between day 360 and Hanga Te Pau:
Presumably they represent the 4 quarters of the solar year, standing up at the entrance to the new year. |
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