It seems as if ika (GD38) going down, is similar to toa tauuru (GD47), similar shapes and (therefore) similar meanings. There are three such glyphs in these three similar sequences of glyphs. There are four 'birds' in each of the sequences - I count two in Ab4-43 because that one has two heads. Five (or six) glyphs maybe points to the difference between the number of nights in a true year and in a regular year. The 'birds' in Ab4-45--46 have a big hook on their beak, making us remember the idea about such a 'bird' in Tahua meaning the moon. However, even if these 'birds' really signify the moon we must notice that their left wings are not short and the left feet are not long. Furthermore their beaks are extraordinary long and thick, certainly a mark of some kind. (Full moon?) |