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5. On Easter Island where such hairy animals as goats were absent it would have been natural to regard the 'hairy man' as a 'feathered man', i.e. as a cock.

In Camp 6 the calendar of the week according to H was presented, and Tuesday (the day of Mars) has feather signs in front:

 Sunday

 1

 42

 

 

 

2

 41

 

 

3

40

 

 

4

39

 

 

5

38

 

Monday

6

37

 

 

 

7

36

 

 

8

35

 Saturday

 

9

34

 

 

10

33

 

 

11

32

 Friday

 

12

31

 

 

13

30

 

Tuesday

4

29

 

 

 

15

28

 

 

16

27

 

 Wednesday

17

26

 

 

 

18

25

 

 

19

24

 

 

20

23

 Thursday

 

21

22

 

The 'void' position (in the center) is occupied by Mercury. 42 - 6 = 36 and 16 + 6 + 20 = 42.

Moon has feather signs on her back and Venus has them all around:

Moon
Hb9-22 Hb9-23 Hb9-24 Hb9-25
Hb9-26 Hb9-27 Hb9-28 Hb9-29
Mars
Hb9-30 Hb9-31 Hb9-32
Venus
Hb9-48 Hb9-49 Hb9-50

The 7 planets are visible in the night, not in daytime. Sun rules the day but he also inhabits the night. There are no feather signs in Sunday because in the night he cannot be seen:

Sun
Hb9-17 Hb9-18 Hb9-19 Hb9-20 Hb9-21

... The central (important) glyph of Sunday (Hb9-19) puzzled me at first because why should Sun fall victim (rau hei) when in the middle of his course? Now, we know, the reason probably is that he was considered to be born 'at midnight' and like all sky persons he cannot live more than from the horizon of birth in the east to the horizon of death in the west, half a cycle. The following manu rere could represent his living soul escaping from the old carcase and 9 * 20 = 180 is equal to the number of degrees in half a cycle. However, after contemplating moe in Hb9-21 another interpretation is to say that the first day of the week represents the time when in the middle of the 'night' a new Sun is being born. The other 'planets' will then follow suit, each one ruling over a part of the year ...