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TRANSLATIONS
It is reasonable to imagine the creator of the Tahua text to have juggled numbers of glyphs in order to make a 'statement' in form of distance between midsummer solstice (Aa4-59) and te pito (Ab8-43):
We should check this assumption now. I take the opportunity to include the number tables for distances between glyphs as a page to be reached via: texts / Tahua o / next page / next page Furthermore, I use our question as an example of how the tables works:
The results may be summarized like this:
The results at first do not seem to be very encouraging: 982 = 2 * 491, 983 is a prime number and 984 = 24 * 41. If we count with Aa4-60 instead, the numbers will be 983, 982 and 981 (= 9 * 109). If we count with Aa4-58 instead, the numbers will be 985 (= 5 * 197), 984 and 983. If we count with Ab8-42 instead, the new distances will be 983, 982, 981 (Aa4-59), 982, 981, 980 (Aa4-60) respectively 984, 983, 982 (Aa4-58). The only new number is 980 (between Aa4-60 and Ab8-42) = 2 * 2 * 5 * 7 * 7 = 28 * 35. 28 is the number of moon-is-shining nights in a month and 35 is the lunar month we have reconstructed as 420 / 12. The method used gives a series of possible results (980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985) depending on how we measure. It may therefore be a coincidence when we imagine us see a 'cosmic' number (980). We must not forget to measure the other way around the circuit: 1334 - 980 = 354 = 2 * 3 * 59 = 6 * 59 That does it! Another 'cosmic' result appears: 59 is the number of nights in a 'true' double month (we include also the nights when moon is invisible), while 6 is the number of such 'true' months which are possible to make room for inside a year: 6 * 59 = 354 and 7 * 59 = 413 We have arrived at the conclusion that there is an intended length between Aa4-60 and Ab8-42:
However, it may be that we should shift the glyphs one step to the right:
I think this is a better solution. We have the 'navel point' in the center, as it should be. Furthermore, e hanau presumably means a point of birth. If we move ahead from Ab8-43 up to and including Aa4-61 I guess it means to move from the center (mother earth) to the point of birth. The alternative path from (just after) birth is leading up to the point of death (back to earth). Considering the form of Ab8-43 the alternative path is probably the main one: Given that GD56 (hanau) describes 'birth' (which I earlier have guessed), then logic implies that the upsided down 'legs' of GD56, placed at the top of Ab8-43, means the opposite, viz. 'death'. The alternative path (painted red above) is 'life', the path between birth and death. |
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