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So what am I saying? I am saying that the idea of sun rays extending up above the line of the horizon already before sunrise harmonizes with the Inuit idea of the two stars of Aagjuuk and the two stars of Sivulliik together announcing the rise of the sun after the long dark period, the same structure for the year as for the day.

Moreover, I guess that here we also find the image expressed in rei miro (GD13). Those (two) in front reminds me of the Polynesian rei mua, and rei muri then - reasonably - would be Aagjuuk. A rei miro is a ship with rei mua at front and rei muri at the end, the ship of the sun.

By chance (?) I happen to notice, in Tablette Échancrée (D) these glyphs in sequence:

Possibly this affirms my suggested 'reading' of rei miro. The glyph at left has no 'feathers' and it is turned backwards, the one in the middle on the other hand has the customary 'feathers' - presumably indicating light. At left the boat of the sun is turned upside down, because it is 'dead'. The old year no longer rules the sky, no longer delivers vai-ora to this world of ours.

The miro wood corresponds to the sun and as rei on the chest of the chief indicates his role as benevolent ruler. Miro also means ship. Hemispherical fruits are like half-years:

1. Wood. 2. Ship (Ko te rua o te raa i tu'i ai te miro ki Rikitea tupuaki ki Magareva = On the second day the boat arrived at Rikitea which is close to Mangareva. He patu mai i te puaka mo ma'u ki ruga ki te miro = They corralled the cattle in order to carry them on to the boat.) Krupa.

T. 1. The tree Thespesia populnea. ...a fine tree with bright-green heart-shaped leaves and a yellow flower resembling that of the fau, but not opening wide. The fruit is hemispherical and about twice the size of a walnut, consisting of brittle shell in which are several septa, each containing a single seed. The wood resembles rosewood and is of much the same texture. Formerly, this tree was held sacred. Henry. 2. Rock. (To'a-te-miro = Long-standing-rock.) Henry.