TRANSLATIONS

TRANSLATIONS

We have arrived at the conclusion that moko in Ca4-23 presumably represents the 3rd among 4 black nights between the final of the 'old fire' and the 'ignition' of a 'new fire':

end of Old Sun	4 black nights				birth of New Sun

Ca4-20	Ca4-21	Ca4-22	Ca4-23	Ca4-24	Ca4-25 (101)

In the text of G there is only one manu rere glyph without eye - probably meaning complete darkness - and he is located to the right of hanau moko:

end of old cycle	4 black nights				new cycle is born

Gb3-10	Gb3-11	Gb3-12	Gb3-13	Gb3-14	Gb3-15 (306)

It is not clear which cycle is ending with the 'feathered hakaua' (Gb3-10). One alternative is to simply count from Ga1-1 and declare that 10 months with 30 days in each is the cycle completed with Gb3-10.

Another alternative is to count from Ga3-6, in which case the cycle will be 8 * 29.5 = 236 days long:

		233		4
Ga3-6 (66)	Ga3-7		Gb3-10		Gb3-15 (306)
*236 = 8 29½**

This alternative is better because it explains the 8 + 8 'feathers' around hakaua.

Either way the 4 black nights cannot belong in the old cycle, if anything they must belong to next cycle. In Ca4-25 it is ignited by Saturn, in Gb3-15 the day belongs to Mercury.

Mercury and Saturn (and Old Sun) appears also in connection with the other two moko glyphs in line Ca4.

Manu rere glyphs are seldom withour their eyes (excepting in the idiosyncratic P text), but for the moai statues it was the opposite:

'... The great stone Moai of Easter Island were at one time equipped with beautiful inlaid eyes of white coral and red scoria. In a number of cases - though not at Ahu Akivi - sufficient fragments have been found to make restoration possible, showing that the figures originally gazed up at an angle towards the sky ... The two moments in the year when Easter Island traditions say that the Moai of Ahu Akivi come alive and are 'particularly meaningful' are the June solstice and the September equinox - respectively midwinter and the beginning of spring in these southern latitudes ...'

The eyeless manu rere in Ca4-24 could refer to winter solstice - when the 'old eye' has left. The eyeless manu rere in Gb3-14 on the other hand could refer to the 'eye' of Moon because the main structure of the G text follows the cycle of Moon.

Moko in Ca4-5 is a Sun day, and the following rau hei has no limb in front - it represents Moon:


Ca4-4	Ca4-5	Ca4-6

Ca4-7	Ca4-8 (84)	Ca4-9

Saturn in Ca4-4 (tagata seen en face) seems to deliver a rau hei in time for the coming Thursday (Ca4-9, where 4 * 9 = 36). The Wednesday bird is no standard manu rere, but instead the variant related to kara etahi. And its wing in front has the mark of Rogo. Once again (cfr Gb3-15) Rogo is connected with Mercury. Next moko plays the role of Saturn, and both Venus and Sun are absent (cfr the summary at ihe tau):


Ca4-10	Ca4-11 (87)	Ca4-12

At Moon in Ca4-13 we can count 4 * 13 = 52, possibly referring to 52 weeks in a year. Hau tea has 'Janus eyes' and it is Wednesday again:


Ca4-13	Ca4-14 (90)	Ca4-15	Ca4-16 (92)

For a thorough discussion we must consider the possibility that these 2 moko glyphs are belonging to the end of the back side of the text - because 348 + 92 = 440 (and 392 - 92 = 300):

	427		5		4
Cb1-1 (1)	427	Ca4-5 (429)	5	Ca4-11 (435)	4	Ca4-16 (440)

For instance is 435 = 15 * 29 (and, we should remember, 12 * 29 = 348). Furthermore, 4 * 11 = 44 (as in 440).

But we cannot pursue this trail here, it would take too much time and effort.

Evidence suggests the 16 glyphs from number 77 (Ga4-1) could be referring to the end and new beginning of a cycle dictated by Moon:

25		46
25	Ca1-26	46	Ca3-22	Ca3-23	Ca3-24	Ca3-25


Ca4-1 (77)	Ca4-2	Ca4-3


Ca4-4	Ca4-5	Ca4-6

Ca4-7	Ca4-8	Ca4-9


Ca4-10	Ca4-11	Ca4-12	Ca4-13	Ca4-14	Ca4-15	Ca4-16 (92)

The pair of moko glyphs would then be a pair because Moon has 2 faces. There are 2 'Janus hau tea' glyphs, there are 2 rau hei (excluding the composition in Ca4-4), and there are 2 ihe tau (excluding the composition in Ca4-5).

Beyond these 20 glyphs, which presumably are referring to Moon, there is also a single moko in a position which may represent winter solstice:

end of Old Sun	4 black nights				birth of New Sun

Ca4-20	Ca4-21	Ca4-22	Ca4-23	Ca4-24	Ca4-25 (101)

This single moko has Sun signs:

Moon		Sun

Ca4-5	Ca4-11	Ca4-23

Not only is there a hint of a male member at bottom but we can also see that his mouth is open, as if in anticipation of spring ahead, the time of vaha mea.

The location of these 3 moko glyphs early on the front side of side a can therefore be explained as due to the back side stretching its influence on to the first 4 glyph lines on side a. We can still think of moko as a sign belonging late in the cycles.