The two-phase
cycle (moa -
hua) is
probably too
simple. The
'skull' must dry
out before use.
Before Ure
Honu could
use the skull of
king Hotu
Matua it
had been taken
care of in the
proper manner by
his first-born
inheritor:
|
...
Night
came,
midnight
came,
and
Tuu
Maheke
said
to
his
brother,
the
last-born:
'You
go
and
sleep.
It
is
up
to
me
to
watch
over
the
father.'
(He
said)
the
same
to
the
second,
the
third,
and
the
last.
When
all
had
left,
when
all
the
brothers
were
asleep,
Tuu
Maheke
came
and
cut
off
the
head
of
Hotu
A
Matua.
Then
he
covered
everything
with
soil.
He
hid
(the
head),
took
it,
and
went
up.
When
he
was
inland,
he
put
(the
head)
down
at
Te
Avaava
Maea.
Another
day
dawned,
and
the
men
saw
a
dense
swarm
of
flies
pour
forth
and
spread
out
like
a
whirlwind
(ure
tiatia
moana)
until
it
disappeared
into
the
sky.
Tuu
Maheke
understood.
He
went
up
and
took
the
head,
which
was
already
stinking
in
the
hole
in
which
it
had
been
hidden.
He
took
it
and
washed
it
with
fresh
water.
When
it
was
clean,
he
took
it
and
hid
it
anew.
Another
day
came,
and
again
Tuu
Maheke
came
and
saw
that
it
was
completely
dried
out
(pakapaka). He
took
it,
went
away,
and
washed
it
with
fresh
water
until
(the
head)
was
completely
clean.
Then
he
took
it
and
painted
it
yellow
(he
pua
hai
pua
renga)
and
wound
a
strip
of
barkcloth
(nua)
around
it.
He
took
it
and
hid
it
in
the
hole
of a
stone
that
was
exactly
the
size
of
the
head.
He
put
it
there,
closed
up
the
stone
(from
the
outside),
and
left
it
there.
There
it
stayed
... |
Three days are
probably added
to the end of a
year before next
year can begin.
180 (= 6 * 30 =
12 * 15) + 182
(= 7 * 26 = 13 *
14) + 3 = 365.
This piece of
information is,
though, not
included yet in
the glyph
dictionary. Nor
is its proper
place at moa.
Focus must
remain on the
moa phase,
not on the
hua phase:
In
the
2nd
period
of
the
Mamari
moon
calendar
the
head
of a
'dead
cock'
(the
border
line
is
not
closed)
cries
out
triumphantly:
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ca6-25 |
Ca6-26 |
Ca6-27 |
Ca6-28 |
Ca7-1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ca7-2 |
Ca7-3 |
Ca7-4 |
Ca7-5 |
Ca7-6 |
Ca7-7 |
A
new
glyph
line
is
'born'
immediately
thereafter
-
the
new
moon
is
now
visible.
Sun
has
revitalized
the
moon,
while
in
the
1st
period
new
moon
is
still
not
visible:
| 1 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca6-17 |
Ca6-18 |
Ca6-19 |
Ca6-20 |
Ca6-21 |
 |
 |
 |
The moon signs in Ca6-22--23 are different from the 6 moon signs in Ca7-2--7, i.e. the nights are different. |
| Ca6-22 |
Ca6-23 |
Ca6-24 |
|
6 * 28 = 168 =
12 * 14, as if
it was a union
between 12 * 15
and 13 * 14.
168
is also = 7 *
24, a measure
covering a week
if each day has
24 hours:
168 is
furthermore
equal to 2 * 84
= 4 * 42 = 8
*21.
The link
'triumphantly'
leads to the
time immediately
before Tuu
Maheke took
care of the
skull:
|
The
'cock'
crying
out
is
otherwise
a
soft
death
call:
"The
king
arose
from
his
sleeping
mat
and
said
to
all
the
people:
'Let
us
go
to
Orongo
so
that
I
can
announce
my
death!'
The
king
climbed
on
the
rock
and
gazed
in
the
direction
of
Hiva,
the
direction
in
which
he
had
travelled
(across
the
ocean).
The
king
said:
'Here
I am
and
I am
speaking
for
the
last
time.'
The
people
(mahingo)
listened
as
he
spoke.
The
king
called
out
to
his
guardian
spirits
(akuaku),
Kuihi
and
Kuaha,
in a
loud
voice:
'Let
the
voice
of
the
rooster
of
Ariana
crow
softly.
The
stem
with
many
roots
(i.e.,
the
king)
is
entering!'
The
king
fell
down,
and
Hotu
A
Matua
died.
Then
all
the
people
began
to
lament
with
loud
voices.
The
royal
child,
Tuu
Maheke,
picked
up
the
litter
and
lifted
(the
dead)
unto
it.
Tuu
Maheke
put
his
hand
to
the
right
side
of
the
litter,
and
together
the
four
children
of
Matua
picked
up
the
litter
and
carried
it.
He
and
his
people
formed
a
line
and
went
to
Akahanga
to
bury
(the
dead)
in
Hare
O
Ava.
For
when
he
was
still
in
full
possession
of
his
vital
forces,
A
Matua
had
instructed
Tuu
Maheke,
the
royal
child,
that
he
wished
to
be
buried
in
Hare
O
Ava.
They
picked
him
up,
went
on
their
way,
and
came
to
Akahanga.
They
buried
him
in
Hare
O
Ava.
They
dug
a
grave,
dug
it
very
deep,
and
lined
it
with
stones
(he
paenga).
When
that
was
done,
they
lowered
the
dead
into
the
grave.
Tuu
Maheke
took
it
upon
himself
to
cover
the
area
where
the
head
lay.
Tuu
Maheke
said,
'Don't
cover
the
head
with
coarse
soil
(oone
hiohio)'.
They
finished
the
burial
and
sat
down."
(Manuscript
E
according
to
Barthel
2) |
Like alfa and
omega the cock
appears both at
the beginning
and the end.
Maybe the cock
at dying is
represented by
Aa3-21:
Only Aa3-17 has
a moa
with closed
perimeter.
Aa3-21 is open
at the tail and
Aa3-26 has been
robbed of his
front member (ure).
Maybe the one at
bottom left in
Aa3-17?
The ordinal
numbers tell a
similar story:
17 is less than
18 (the limit
for
the living sun),
21 is one more
than the next
limit at 20 and
26 = 182 / 7.
Metoro
said moa
only at Aa3-26.
At Aa3-17 and
Aa3-21 he
instead said
ona:
| Ona
1. Ta.: ona, he, she. Sa.: ona, his, hers.
Ma.: ona, id. 2. Ta.: ona, rich. Mq.: ona, id.
Churchill. |
The link
'revitalized'
leads to:
|
The
sun-lit
lunar
period
consists
of
28
nights.
Its
beginning
comes
immediately
after
the
dark
new
moon:
"...when
the
new
moon
appeared
women
assembled
and
bewailed
those
who
had
died
since
the
last
one,
uttering
the
following
lament:
'Alas!
O
moon!
Thou
has
returned
to
life,
but
our
departed
beloved
ones
have
not.
Thou
has
bathed
in
the
waiora
a
Tane,
and
had
thy
life
renewed,
but
there
is
no
fount
to
restore
life
to
our
departed
ones.
Alas'..."
(Makemson)
The
astronomical
meaning
is
clear:
During
the
ca 2
nights
when
moon
is
dark
it
is
because
moon
is
passing
between
sun
and
earth.
Moon
is
in
other
words
bathing
in
the
light
from
the
sun.
The
concept
of
death
being
necessary
for
birth
is
alluded
to
by
lamenting
over
those
who
have
died
during
the
last
month
and
which
unlike
the
gods
cannot
be
'recycled'
(return
unchanged). |
2
dark nights for
the moon and 3
for the sun. 2
half-years and 3
moon phases.
Absent moon
implies present
sun and absent
sun present
moon.
The link '1st
period' leads to:
| waxing |
full moon |
waning |
| period 1 |
8 |
period 4 |
8 |
period 6 |
7 |
| period 2 |
11 |
full moon |
period 7 |
11 |
| period 3 |
9 |
period 5 |
10 |
period 8 |
8 |
| sum |
28 |
sun |
18 |
sum |
26 |
| illuminated |
20 |
56 nights with illuminated moon |
illuminated |
18 |
| no moon visible |
8 |
no moon visible |
8 |
The
Mamari
moon
calendar
is
structured
with
the
1st
period
separated
from
the
following
two.
Not
only
the
shapes
of
the
night
glyphs
(showing
moon
crescents)
indicate
the
difference
between
the
1st
period
and
the
rest,
but
also
the
number
of
glyphs.
28 -
8 =
20
glyphs
for
the
waxing
moon
is
followed
by
18
for
full
moon
and
another
18
for
waning
moon.
Period
8 is
exceptional
and
balances
period
1
with
another
8
glyphs.
The
number
of
glyphs
(20 +
18 +
18 =
56)
is
coordinated
with
the
number
of
nights
in a
lunar
double-month.
29½
* 2
= 59
and
3 of
them
are
dark.
During
56
nights
the
moon
can
be
visible
(weather
allowing).
The number of
periods is 1 + 6
+ 1 = 8. Twice the calendar must cycle during a lunar double-month,
i.e. 2 * 6 = 12 (maybe alluding to 6 months before midsummer and 6 after)
and 2 * (1 + 1) = 4 (perhaps alluding to the 4 corners of the earth). |
