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If the model
suggested is correct, then we ought to find Hatinga Te Kohe
at glyph number 354 * 2 = 708 (= 24 * 29.5):
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Gb5-1 (354) |
Reducing 708 with
those 42 glyphs which belong at the end of side b (from pito
at Ab8-43 and forward) we reach a significant number, viz. 666 (what
has been called the Number of the Beast).
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Aa8-67 |
Aa8-68 |
Aa8-69 |
Aa8-70 |
Aa8-71 |
Aa8-72 |
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Aa8-73 |
Aa8-74 |
Aa8-75 |
Aa8-76 |
Aa8-77 |
Aa8-78 |
Aa8-79 |
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Aa8-80 |
Aa8-81 (708) |
Aa8-82 |
Aa8-83 |
Aa8-84 |
Aa8-85 |
Only
4 glyphs then remain on side a. In Aa8-80 the 'break' (hatiga)
is illustrated. As to
the meaning of the haati glyph in Aa8-81 - see this
hyperlink.
| Hati
Hati 1. To break (v.t., v.i.);
figuratively: he hati te pou oka, to die, of a
hopu manu in the exercise of his office (en route
from Motu Nui to Orongo). 2. Closing word
of certain songs. Vanaga.
Hahati. 1. To break (see
hati). 2. Roughly treated, broken (from physical
exertion: ku hahati á te hakari) 3. To take to
the sea: he hahati te vaka.
Vanaga.
Ha(ha)ti. To strike, to break,
to peel off bark; slip, cutting, breaking, flow, wave (aati,
ati, hahati); tai hati, breakers,
surf; tumu hatihati, weak in the legs;
hakahati, to persuade; hatipu, slate.
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Metoro sometimes said
hati, sometimes haati, and even haaati at this type of
glyph (but also at kava). Maybe he interpreted these two glyph types
(haati and kava) as basically the same.
The idea of breakers (tai hati)
and to break (hati) having something in common is shared between the
Polynesian and the English speaker. The white foam generated Aphrodite, and
when something is broken something is born. From the broken bamboo staff a
beautiful lady emerges. Or a beast.
The toppling at midsummer
generates a new season, the breaking at Hatinga Te Kohe likewise.
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According to
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"...
The Number of the Beast is described in the Book of Revelation 13:18.
From the King James translation:
Here is wisdom. Let him
that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six ... |
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"...
666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the first 36 natural numbers (i.e.
1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666), and thus a
triangular number.
Since 36 is both square and triangular, 666 is the sixth
number of the form n2(n2
+ 1) / 2 ...and the eighth number of the form n(n
+ 1)(n2 + n + 2) / 8 ...
...
666 is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers (i.e.
22 + 32 + 52 + 72
+ 112 + 132 + 172 = 666).
... The Roman
numeral representation of the number 666 (DCLXVI) uses once each the Roman
numeral symbols with values under 1,000, occurring in descending order of their
respective values (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1)
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We
can add that 666 = 354 * 2 - 42, where 354 = 12 * 29.5 (the length
of the lunar month). Beyond a lunar year (354 days) the order
created by Man (tagata) reaches no further - it is a time for
the Beast. |
Why leave 4 glyphs at the end of
side a? The wish to start 42 glyphs before side a cannot be the cause, it
would be no match for the master carver to let 666 glyphs stretch all the
way to the end of side a.
4 was maybe thought of as another
kind of pito? 364 - 360 = 4 = 354 - 4. The quadrangular earth is what
comes beyond the order of light.
531 = 18 * 29.5 is the number for
Sirius measured in Tahua glyphs. In days it becomes 265.5 and equal
to 9 lunar months. Sirius marks a cardinal point, a point where the wave of
the old season is breaking. Ua may mean wave, as if land was
submerged. Adding a little 'eye' at the crest of the wave converts the sign
to its opposite - the sea returns what it has taken by means of the surf
reaching high up on the beach.
Te Pei is therefore a
station down in the dark sea.
The little sign at left in the
rising Sirius fish (Aa6-73) looks like a moon crescent, and at left (in the
past) the moon reigns (and implicitly, at right 'sun' - Sirius - is the
ruler).
6-73 could indicate
that 5 * 73 = 365 is in the past.
Aa8-80 is the only glyph of its
kind in Tahua, but in G we seem to have three such glyphs:
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Aa8-80 (529) |
Ga4-20 (103) |
Ga7-18 (187) |
Gb8-17 (229) |
Neither of the
ordinal numbers (counted from Ga1-1) are measured by 29.5 or by 29.
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Ga4-20 |
Ga4-21 |
Ga4-22 |
Ga4-23 |
Ga4-24 |
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Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 |
Ga7-20 |
Ga7-21 |
Ga7-22 |
Ga7-23 |
Ga7-24 |
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Gb8-17 |
Gb8-18 |
Gb8-19 |
Gb8-20 |
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Gb8-21 |
Gb8-22 |
Gb8-23 |
Gb8-24 |
