INTRODUCTION TO LEVEL
5 In this level I will concentrate on the Sun. Most of the rongorongo texts seem to be about the sun, presumably documenting calendar data. But calendars can contain different kinds of events, astronomical as well as earthly. My experience so far indicates that astronomical events were regarded as intertwined with earthly ones. Festivities should follow from the events in the sky. In this level I will introduce a Polynesian dictionary. It will facilitate trying to understand the comments made by Metoro. My dictionary is no general one but created only in order to cover the words that might be crucial for understanding the rongorongo texts. Also this level (the 5th) is going to be published gradually, sublevel for sublevel. |