 In Mamari we have what I call the 8th period like this:
The unusual moon glyph in Ca8-24 probably means that it is a canoe, not the moon; the two wings in Ca8-25 could be equivalent to the two shells in viri, a sign of change of state (here from one month to the next) and we have seen these two wings in 1a. The 'Janus'-figures would in Mamari mean the old and the new moon(th). Ca8-25 has nearly completed her circle (left wing nearly touching the tail indicating light), whereas Ca8-29 not yet has started (just seating), though it is unclear why he looks exactly as he does. Both have solar heads, indicating that moon is getting her light from the sun. Though Ca8-25 has her beak closed and with an open beak (devouring time) the association with sun had been better. Perhaps she has a moon head? Is not the moon devouring time too? Ca8-27 is the sun in hônu shape. Here we can also see viri, the 'arms' are the outer parts of viri, the middle part being hidden behind the shields of the 'turtle'. Notice that there is a central line in hônu, he is the 5th (the number of the sky) central pillar around which everything is rotating, but here he is shown as 6 (the number of the sun, here indicated by adding a 'penis' and by him being the 6th glyph in this period). He is the fire drill. And with this central line we could perhaps read it as a combination of the ordinary sun-hônu and sun-niu. Both are there in 1a.
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