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6. Searching 20 glyphs beyond Christmas Day (or rather Christmas Eve) we maybe should find Tjugondedag Knut in January 13 (or rather in January 12). It ought to be in a day of Moon (who is the only one capable of harnessing Sun, 'making him behave'):

Ga8-21 (225) Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25 Ga8-26
January 4 5 6 7 8 9
Gb1-1 Gb1-2 Gb1-3
10 11 12
Gb1-4 Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (236)
20 days beyond Christmas Eve 14 236 + 144 - 365 = 15

But I think we should also look at Gb1-10 where a head has been erased (swept away) and where the limit 13 * 29½ = 383½ is crossed. It is the 20th glyph counted from December 31 (i.e. beyond day 364):

Ga8-17 (221) Ga8-18 Ga8-19 Ga8-20
December 31 (365) January 1 (1) 2 3
12
Gb1-7 Gb1-8 Gb1-9
January 16 17 18
Gb1-10 (240) Gb1-11 Gb1-12 Gb1-13 (243)
240 + 144 = 384 20 21 22

Candlemas could consequently be a further 20 glyphs ahead counted from Gb1-10, although the main alternative should still be to count 40 days beyond December 24 (glyph 214). 214 (= 314 - 100) + 20 = 234 (Gb1-4) and 234 + 20 = 254 (= 354 - 100) = 40 days beyond Christmas Eve:

Gb1-14 Gb1-15 Gb1-16 Gb1-17 Gb1-18 (248) Gb1-19 Gb1-20 (*314)
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Gb1-21 Gb1-22 Gb1-23 Gb1-24 (254) Gb1-25 Gb1-26 Gb2-1
January 30 31 February 1 2 3 4 5
Gb2-2 Gb2-3 Gb2-4 (*324) Gb2-5 Gb2-6 Gb2-7 Gb2-8 (264)
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Gb2-9 Gb2-10 (*330) Gb2-11 Gb2-12 Gb2-13 Gb2-14
13 14 15 16 17 18
Gb2-15 Gb2-16 (*336) Gb2-17 Gb2-18 Gb2-19 Gb2-20
19 20 21 (52) 22 23 24
Gb2-21 Gb2-22 Gb2-23 Gb2-24 Gb2-25 Gb2-26 Gb2-27 (283)
25 26 27 28 March 1 (60) 2 3

There may be an example of 'glyph-play' at Gb2-10, where 266 + 64 = 330 obviously could allude to mago in Ga7-16, because in November 26 (at the current heliacal rising of Antares) the day number in our calendar is 330.