1. Stromberg (the high place from which a wheel of fire was forced downhill at the height of summer) is located far north of Easter Island and on the other side of the earth. Yet, also there Spring Sun had to be pushed down into the water (thereby - like the 'spittle' of the 'Old Calabash' - making sure that a new good life would come again next year). It 'proves' we must primarily think in terms of time and not in terms of space. Agricultural people do not move about in space very much, they remain where they are in order to take care of the earth they live on.

Furthermore, a 'land of spring' (20 days of 'ebb') was evidently incorporated as the best part of the month, and maybe in the face of Climbing Moon we should see a reflection of Growing Sun. Waning Moon ought then to be a reflection of Descending Sun, one could think. But since he has only 1 face this is doubtful. If Sun has his face abruptly hidden by the rain clouds of autumn, then he cannot show us a mirror image of Growing Sun (which would be necessary if the face of Waning Moon was a reflection of Sun). His 'head' disappears into the water, later on to be fetched up and put high in a tree to dry.

Using the text of G in combination with the information in Manuscript E about the kuhane stations it is possible to state that probably the main structure of time should be regarded as 8 + 8 lunar synodic months. The kuhane of Hau Maka arrived at the southwestern corner of the island and then moved along the southern coast to Tama:

6	Te Pu Mahore	*Te Poko Uri*	*Te Manavai*
6	*Te Kioe Uri*	*Te Piringa Aniva*	*Te Pei*

6	*Te Pou*	*Hua Reva*	*Akahanga*
6	*Hatinga Te Kohe*	*Roto Iri Are*	*Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa*

When she later moved upwards onto 'the place aloft' (Poike) it probably meant she entered the 'land of Sun' (who is born in the east). The first 6 stations on the island proper should therefore represent Waxing Moon and the next 8 stations Waning Moon, including the dark new moon phase when Moon 'dies' after having given birth to a 'son' (Tama):

One Tea

Hanga Takaure

The picture is complex, though, because it incorporates various events and aspects. The te sign suggests we should think 7 + 5 rather than 6 + 6. And then by the addition of One Tea and Hanga Takaure - before she moves across Poike - 7 + 5 will change into 7 + 7 = 14.

Waxing Moon
Te Pu Mahore	*Te Poko Uri*	*Te Manavai*
*Te Kioe Uri*	*Te Piringa Aniva*	*Te Pei*
*Te Pou*

Waning Moon
*Hua Reva*	*Akahanga*	*Hatinga Te Kohe*
*Roto Iri Are*	*Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa*	*One Tea*
*Hanga Takaure*

In order to reach 20 we must add 6 more:

*Poike*	*Pua Katiki*	*Maunga Teatea*
*Mahatua*	*Taharoa*	*Hanga Hoonu*

The last station is Hanga Hoonu and like number 14 (Hanga Takaure) it is a bay of rest, where movement (life, light) stops. Hanga Takaure could represent the end of winter (the season of Moon) and Hanga Hoonu maybe the end of spring.