TRANSLATIONS
Presumably it is no coincidence that the Q 'calendar' is ending the day at noon while the other three texts, A, H, and P move on to the evening. Because the night 'calendar' of Q shows toa glyphs alluding to fishes, while the other texts have toa glyphs where the outlines do not close but leave openings (like open seashells there is nothing left living inside):
I have marked with red also Aa1-37--38 and Pa5-23, because these glyphs have another 'life sign', viz. an inverted maro string. Moreover, Pa5-23 has also a closed perimeter. The fish-toa in Q once inspired me to write:
The idea is still useful, I think. For instance is Qa5-32 (notice the ordinal numbers) easier to understand if turned 2 quarters around as suggested, with a feathery upside down mauga looking and functioning as the origin (feeding) a new being, a rising shark. While Q seems to describe life as beginning in the evening and ending at noon, with the great fish implicitly being caught in a net, the other three texts have a more prosaic description with life beginning at dawn and ending in the evening. Then follows a night journey and presumably a net catches the dream soul of the deceased at dawn. Man lives only twice. The 'Rain God' calendar apparently is structured as Q, suddenly beyond 'noon' earth has swollen the 'Rain God' and it is as if the time between 'noon' and 'evening' did not exist. If that is a correct description 13 measures only the 3 quarters from 'evening' to 'noon'. One quarter is missing, and 13 + 3 = 16, the moon number which on Gilbert Island was transforned into the sun number 20. With a quarter beyond 'noon' missing, the natural order is to begin when sun (the 'Rain God') has gone down: The continuity from old to new then becomes the central important issue. 5 old 'stations' are followed by 4 'growing-up' (new fire - notice the fingers) stations. Only the last 4 stations are truly god-like. The reversal at 'noon' comes as the end of the reign of Mother Nature, because at 'noon' raw nature is converted by the society of man. Man takes a long time to mature and half his life has gone when that happens. But that is another story not covered by the 'stations' of the 'Rain God'. Man is no fish. Man's fate is to be part of culture. Therefore his quick death caused by Mother Nature does not fit. He will go on (if properly mummified) during another 'season' living in a dreamworld, but at 'dawn' even pharaoh will be caught. The net at dawn is for catching the spirits from moving into next 'day'. There are two more nets, though, not only the one for catching the great spring fish at midsummer, but also one at midwinter, for catching the warrior (Tuu) who rules beyond midsummer. |