The flounder is amazingly flat, a strange creature, a natural point of origin for the pearls of myth.

"M783. Makah. 'The war against the South Wind'

Formerly, the land animals and fish paid a visit to the South Wind. They found him asleep and thought they would frighten him. The Cuttle-fish hid under the bed, the Flounder and the Skate lay flat on the floor at the foot of the bed, and the Mouse bit the sleeping Wind's nose.

The latter jumped out of bed and, in so doing, slipped on the two flat-fish and fell. The Cuttle-fish twined its tentacles round the Wind's legs.

(Wikipedia: striped pyjamas squid.)

This so enraged the Wind that he began to blow with such force that the perspiration rolled down his forehead and formed rain.

Finally, he succeeded in blowing all his tormentors home again. But, out of spite, he came back down to earth at intervals to torment his enemies, for the land animals are very uncomfortable in rainstorms and many fish are thrown up on the shore by the big breakers and perish ..." (The Naked Man)

The fish are floundering on the reefs, so to say.

... Did Maui then as Huahega told him, did as his mother said. That wave fell back, the great wave of the monsters soaked away. The bottom of the sea was bare, and all the monsters floundered on the reef, they flapped in pools ...

In this story there are 2 flat-fish, one presumably at each solstice.

The Mouse plays the role of biting, which we recognize from the how he gnawed off the rope from the sky. He generates the action (the wind), he is the kuhane which guides, the Opener of the Way (Upwaut).

The perspiration explains why drops are falling beyond summer solstice, sweat not tears.

The role of the flat-fish is to be slippery, a message confirmed in the next story about battling the winds:

"M784. Nootka. 'The origin of tides'

Formerly, the wind blew unceasingly; low tide did not exist, and it was impossible to gather shell-fish. So people resolved to kill the Winds.

Several animals who had been sent on ahead failed in this mission: one of them was the Winter Robin, who succeeded in entering the Wind's house, but forgot what he was there for as he warmed himself in front of the fire, which burnt him and gave him red spots.

The Sardine was no more successful, and came back with his eyes closer to his snout than to his gills.

Finally, the Seagull, in spite of his weak eyesight and his broken arms, crossed the cape swept by violent winds which guarded the entrance to the enemy village. The Skate and the Halibut took up their position near the door; the Winds, as they came out, slipped on the Halibut, and fell and tore themselves on the Skate's barbs.

(Wikipeida: Skate)

Only the West Wind offered any resistance; he promised however that, in future, he would bring fine weather with gentle breezes and cause the tides to ebb and flow twice a day, so that humans could catch edible shell-fish. On this condition, his life was spared ..."

"... The Halibut's trick of causing the hostile wind to fall by using the contrast between the two sides of its body, one rough, the other slippery, is found in the mythology of the Kwakiutl, the Bella Bella, the Tsimshian, the Haida and the Tlingit ..."  (The Naked Man)

If flat-fish are located at the solstices, then the slippery side should (I guess) correspond to the Rigi side (eels are slippery) and the rough side be the back side (tu'a). The dorsal fin (one) side is rough like a lance (óé).

The Winds seem to be connected with the winter storms and notable is the fact that there is a fire in their house. It may be the house in which the new year fire is alighted, I guess.

Next flat-fish victory:

"M785. Vancouver Island Kwakiutl. 'The pacified wind'

In order to put an end to the violent wind which blew unceasingly, the animals waged war on him, although several fell victim to his stench.

Finally, the halibut stretched out in front of his door. When the wind tried to go out, he slipped on the fish and fell. The animals took him prisoner and only released him on condition that he promised to be more gentle."

The door, at which the 'cruxial' event takes place, must be the door through which time passes from one of the half-years to the next. We remember Ming Thang:

... It is indeed 'the king standing in a gateway' and Soothill (5), p. 62, makes the suggestion that it refers to the emperor's station on the threshold between one room of the Ming Thang [Bright Palace, 'the mystical temple-dwelling which the emperor was supposed to frequent, carrying out the rites appropriate to the seasons'] and another when an intercalary month intervened in the normal cycle of his perambulation ...

The formidable stench is the nose equivalent of a terrible din for the ear, similar to fireworks for the eye and the turmoil of an earthquake for the sense of balance. Agitation for the senses, as in a gusty wind.

A window is like a door for the wind. We remember: '... As the two women were bored, they did what they had been told not to do and broke the celestial vault: the wind rushed through the opening and they saw their native earth beneath ...'

The idea with a window is to let in the light, not the wind, yet the name 'window' means 'eye for the wind'.

There seems to be a hole at winter solstice, a hole because the half-years do not cover a time-space interval in between them. Quite in order, then, that we have a hole at the 'root of the tree' in Gb2-16:

"M786_{a, b}. Nootka. 'The duel between the Raven and the Skate'

The Raven wanted to eat the Skate and challenged him to a duel.

However, the latter avoided the attacks by turning sideways.

According to M786_b, the Raven did likewise by jumping up and down on the spot; he insisted that the Skate should lean forward, but the latter succeeded in wounding the Raven by doing the unexpected thing and withholding his fire until the Raven's feet had touched the ground again.

After being pierced by his opponent's javelin, the Raven gave up the fight."

The Skate turns sideways to offer as little area as possible for the Raven to aim at. The Raven tries another trick - to jump up and down instead of standing still. We can understand that. But why did Raven insist of the Skate leaning forward?

The javelin which pierced the Raven - when he touched the ground (probably the western horizon) - corresponds to the lance (óé) and to the barbs of the Skate. I imagine it may correspond also to the vero glyph type:

The Raven and the Skate may be symbolizing season beginning at summer solstice respectively at winter solstice. The Raven - we know - is the thirsty bird. If the Raven is being pierced by the javelin of the Skate, it should be the event of the Raven's fall at autumn equinox.

There is logic in how when the flat-fish turns around at summer solstice (from showing her 'eel' side to her 'dorsal' side) - remember: she is a fish, i.e. a female - her apperance must nearly vanish for a while. I suddenly realize how this picture may be the base for a glyph type we have encountered a few times earlier.

Recently:

-24 and -12 tell us about the final half-months of the 2nd respectively the 1st half-years, I guess. This idea agrees well with how I have interpreted Gb2-13--18 as summer solstice. Both sun (19 in Gb2-17) and moon (6+4+19=29) meet there.

Both in Gb2-9 and Gb2-11 there are vero signs - for the sun (8) and for the moon (7). Gb1-22--23 and Gb1-25 are examples of rau hei, the 'temporally dead' (like mimosa having been touched a moment ago).

Going backwards in time, we should remember: