TRANSLATIONS
There were 28 kuhane stations (+ te pito, the whole island, not possible to define precisely, because it lies in the dark). Beyond the 24 stations of the monthly calendar there are 4 beyond the reach of the sun. These 4 stations are external to the solar calendar for the year and therefore correspond to the 2 * 53 glyphs beyond Hanga Te Pau in the G text. We should keep in mind these 2 extra months at the end of the kuhane journey when trying to understand the 2 extra sets of 53 glyphs at the end of the G text:
The residence of the abdicated king, Ahu Akapu, has a name reminding us about Akahanga, the 9th station which is the 'anchorage place' of the dead king. We ought to reread what was said about the stations beyond Hanga Hoonu: ... The dream soul came to Rangi Meamea and looked around searchingly. The dream soul spoke: 'Here at last is level land where the king can live.' She named the place 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The mountain she named 'Peke Tau O Hiti A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul moved along a curve from Peke Tau O Hiti to the mountain Hau Epa, which she named 'Maunga Hau Epa A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul went to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa. As soon as the dream soul looked around, she saw the sand (beach), which was very white and light. She remained there and explored everything. After she had looked around carefully, the dream soul of Hau Maka said, 'Ah! This is the place that will serve as a residence for the king. She named the place 'Oromanga A Hau Maka O Hiva' and also named the neighboring bay 'Hanga Moria One A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul stepped forth lightly and reached Papa O Pea. She carefully looked around for a place where the king could settle down after his arrival and gather his people around (? hakaheuru). Having assembled his people (?) and having come down, he would then go from Oromanga to Papa O Pea, so went the speech of the dream soul. She named the place 'Papa O Pea A Hau Maka O Hiva'. She then hastened her steps toward Ahu Akapu. There she looked again for a residence of the king. Again the dream soul of Hau Maka spoke: 'May the king assemble his people (?) and may he come in the midst of his people from Oromanga to Papa O Pea. When the king of Papa O Pea has assembled his people (?) and has come to this place, he reaches Aha Akapu. To stay there, to remain (for the rest of his life) at Ahu Akapu, the king will abdicate (?) as soon as he has become an old man'. She named the place 'Ahu Akapu A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The (entire) land she named 'Te Pito O Te Kainga A Hau Maka O Hiva'. Not until the kuhane reached level land (like the surface of the sea) at Rangi Meamea (sounding like a very red place in the sky) was she satisfied. Then she described a curve between the two mountains, Peke Tau O Hiti and Hau Epa. A curve is what the hanga rave glyph type illustrates. At the end of this curve is the end of the solar year. At the other side of Hau Epa she is in the 'land of the moon', where the sand was very white and light. There, at Oromanga, the king should live. A bay, Hanga Moria One, was included (as if it was a female companion to Oromanga). Then the kuhane 'stepped forth lightly' (as if carrying a powerful torch) and reached Papa O Pea, the place where all the people should gather (in the darkest season of the year). Then follows a difficult to understand description of how one king will abdicate (and go to Ahu Akapu) while another (?) will remain with his people. From Gb7-9 up to and including Gb8-5 there are 28 glyphs:
The ariki (Gb7-11) has 3 + 4 fiery feathers and his arms are drawn 'alive' while his legs are 'spooky'. We should remember how the takaure glyph type has similar arms though oriented downwards: Hanga Takaure lies in the 1st half of the year. Gb7-7, Gb7-14, and Gb7-20 have Z-positions (in the Fischer X, Y, Z pattern). Gb8-1 could correspond to Mauga Hau Epa (with insect-like characteristics, which I interpret as referring to the old dry shell). We can improve our 'map':
A list over the haga stations:
Summing up the ordinal numbers we reach 73 = 365 / 5. |