At the end of the old year his head was swallowed: ... Whereas, over the next two days, Lono plays the part of the sacrifice. The Makahiki effigy is dismantled and hidden away in a rite watched over by the king's 'living god', Kahoali'i or 'The-Companion-of-the-King', the one who is also known as 'Death-is-Near' (Koke-na-make). Close kinsman of the king as his ceremonial double, Kahoali'i swallows the eye of the victim in ceremonies of human sacrifice ... December is the summer solstice month south of the equator and there was a single eye swallowed according to the Polynesian model. In contrast the Raven swallowed several eyes - 7 of them I think, because the Mayan formula 'One and Seven' (Hunaphu and also Death) seems to point at the single daytime star Sun (One) respectively at the nighttime planets (Seven). December north of the equator is a 'nighttime' month, because Sun spends this half of the year south of the equator. At 22h was heliacal Sadalmelik (α Aquarii, the Lucky King) and it looks as if there was a swallowing event at this place:
The outline of the daytime path of the One (Sun) as regarded from Easter Island - with February as a summer month equal to August north of the equator - is in Gb2-15 illustrated by a swallowing mouth (vaha kai):
The very special preceding Gb2-14 (not 3-14) has a vero with a pair of inside eyes, perhaps in order to indicate also the Moon was involved. 14 * 29½ = 413 = February 17 and at that time of the year η Piscis Austrini rose with the Sun. The right horn is designed like a fish-hook (upside down beak) and a kind of 'Moon island' may here have been drawn up (born, hanau). There are no arms (rima) and the orientation en face means a standstill:
Possibly the Swallower is the Southern Fish. But her mouth comes later. There are twin waterspouts emerging from the top hole (pu) in Gb2-16:
And the 7th mata is gone. |
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