4. Once again, we have reason to expect the 'calendars' in
the rongorongo texts to be generalizations. Often, I
believe, they are not meant to describe specific cycles of
time. If possible the creators of the texts would rather
have tried to reach results which could be read in more than
one way, in order to show the similarities (such as between
daytime and summer) and to play with the glyphs.
But the signs of the glyphs are there to help us through the
maize. For instance has Rogo at the beginning of the
year one eye at left (in the past) and one eye in front, and
this makes it possible to understand that he probably stands
at a time of solstice.
He has the position of Janus (the Roman 'god' at the
'door' between the old and the new - we know him from
January):
In this picture (from Wikipedia) the light is appropriately
shining on his face in front, while the back side of his
head lies in the shadows.
On the other hand, at the beginning of the 8 periods of the Moon calendar we cannot see the eyes of Rogo. But instead we can observe his open mouth, as if ready to eat (grow). Apparently it means there is no 'standstill' at the beginning of these 8 periods:
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