5. In order to reach 8 we must
add 2 lunar months to those 6 at Te Pei (the 'residence'
of Hau Maka) and these should probably be located earlier. 2
months at the end of side b
in the G text are added in order to increase 8 months (236
days) to 10 months (300 days):
|
side
b |
side
a |
side
b |
 |
63 |
230 |
5 |
 |
 |
|
Gb6-26 (409) |
Gb1-6 |
Gb1-7 (237) |
|
64 |
6 |
|
300
days |
The last of Sun's 10 * 30 =
300 days is represented by Gb1-6, the 6th glyph on side b. We
can imagine 1-6 as shorthand for 'the person with a single
face, Sun, has reached his end', and compare this with how at the
16th station of the person with two faces, Moon, her cycle is
completed.
The pace of Sun is
not the same as the pace of Moon, there is a difference of half a
day between 30 and 29.5 (the lunar synodic month). Therefore
tamaiti comes 10 * ½ = 5 glyphs (days) later than Rogo in
Gb6-26 (otherwise Sun and Moon would not be able to 'join forces' in
the 'twilight zone' at Te Pei):
|
side b |
side a |
side b |
 |
58 |
230 |
5 |
|
|
|
Gb7-3 (414) |
Gb1-6 |
Gb1-7 (237) |
|
9 |
6 |
|
295 nights |
Similarly, we can e.g. 2
months after winter solstice count and expect Sun to
arrive 8 * ½ = 4 glyphs (days) earlier than Moon. However, the
text of G is more complex than so and it is presumably more relevant to instead count 8
* 30 = 240 in order to find the end of Sun at Gb1-10 where we
can see that 'his head has been swallowed':
|
side
a |
side
b |
|
58 |
 |
 |
 |
169 |
5 |
|
|
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
Ga3-1 (61) |
Gb1-6 |
|
60 |
176 |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb1-7 |
Gb1-8 |
Gb1-9 |
Gb1-10 (240) |
From manu kake in Ga3-1 up to and
including Gb1-10 there are 240 - 60 = 180 days, which is
half 360. The glyph type manu kake ought to be
located in the first day of a new season:
|
60 |
|
178 |
|
119 |
 |
|
Ga3-1 (61) |
Gb1-10 (240) |
Gb5-6
(360) |
|
180 = 6 * 30 |
120 = 4 * 30 |
|
300 = 10 * 30 |
If we count from tamaiti and 4 months ahead
we will arrive at Ga2-28, and Sun should arrive 6 * ½ = 3 glyphs (days) earlier,
at Saturn in Ga2-25:
