What is the meaning when in *Qb6-25 tagata and toki
are drawn as separate units?
Qa6-29
*Qb6-25
Would this not be the normal way of presenting 'reality' - with
Man distinct from his Adze?
We can see other differences between Qa6-29 and *Qb6-25.
Tagata toki is leaning forward while tagata+toki
are leaning in the opposite direction. The neck is taller in
Qa6-29, maybe a sign of high summer.
In Qa6-29 arm and toki are forming a serpentine S. In
*Qb6-25 shoulder and elbow possibly are drawn to illustrate a
kava sign. At the bottom of toki there is a slight
bulb and perhaps this toki is also a hipu:
kava
*Qb6-25
hipu
6
* 25 = 150 could mean *Qb6-25 is standing at a halfway station
for the sun. 5 * 5 (a 'square of fire') is the opposite of the
black 29. A new 'fire' would be an explanation for tagata
at left being a separate unit - the old sun is delivering a new
sun (a son - a 'calabash'). It is a day of Saturn and around the
corner is a Sun-day.
Let us investigate.
Two hanau
glyphs define a sequence of 5 days (10 glyphs):
*Qb6-17
*Qb6-18
*Qb6-19
*Qb6-20
*Qb6-21
*Qb6-22
8
*Qb6-23
*Qb6-24
2
*Qb6-25
*Qb6-26
The kai gesture in *Qb6-17 ('one more' than 16) is
reversed - a time of shrinking is in the past. There are no mata
although the posture is en face. The hand in front is like a dry Y crotch.
I
have structured these 10 glyphs as 6 + 4 in an effort to
coordinate the number of glyphs with an imagined 6 * 40 =
240 days long spring followed by shorter autumn with 4 * 40 = 160 days.
10 * 40 = 400, but my structure is only a conjecture.
On the other hand, I have grouped the first 8 glyphs as 3 + 3 + 2
because of the 3 manu rere glyphs. These manu rere are designed to be
special, but the idea ought to be that 3 different 'spirits' are
rising towards the sky at 3 different times. We can
compare with the calendar of the week according to H:
Hb9-17
Hb9-18
Hb9-19
Hb9-20
Hb9-21
Hb9-39
Hb9-40
Hb9-41
Hb9-42
Hb9-43
Hb9-44
Hb9-45
Hb9-46
Hb9-47
Hb9-51
Hb9-52
Hb9-53
Hb9-54
Hb9-55
Hb9-56
Hb9-57
Hb9-58
In *Qb6-20 there is a twin henua and possibly it should be
contrasted with the first of the hanau glyphs:
*Qb6-17
*Qb6-20 (636)
wavy
horizontal limbs
straight vertical limbs
636 can be
counted as 6 * 36 = 216, and 6-20 could refer to 6
spring months when Moon is given only 20 nights per
month in order to accomodate also her sun child. 6 * (20
+ 10) = 180. Ordinal number 17 'belongs' to Venus and 20
to Moon, beginning respectively end.
Another contrast is offered by *Qb6-23--24 contra *Qb6-25--26:
*Qb6-23
*Qb6-25
wavy arm
kava arm
straight 'staff'
diminishing at its top end
crooked 'staff' increasing at its bottom
At the onset
of my work with this glyph dictionary I was too ambitious and tried
to identify small signs added to the basic glyph types. The chapter
for manu rere, therefore, contains a description of an
assortment of small variations encountered in the major texts.
Below is an
example, where I now have added magenta for 10 manu rere
glyphs which have peculiar heads:
Qa3-14
Qa7-125
Qa9-17
Qb1-5
Qb1-11
Qb2-13
Qb3-10
Qb3-12
tiny wings, fishy feet
unmarked
straight left wing,
strange head
not thin long left wing
thin long left wing
not thin long left wing
not big bird
big bird
Qb4-14
*Qb6-19
*Qb6-22
*Qb6-24
depressed beak, straight left wing, strange head
strange head
Let us now
count day numbers:
*Qb6-17
*Qb6-18
*Qb6-19
*Qb6-20
*Qb6-21
*Qb6-22
376
377
378
*Qb6-23
*Qb6-24
*Qb6-25
*Qb6-26 (642)
379
642 / 2 + 59 = 380
In
Gb6-26 we have located Rogo
and consequently it could expected to find some sign of him
also in *Qb6-26. But the day number is only 380 (not
409 as in Gb6-26). A month is missing.
Moreover, the
Q text does not stretch - it seems - beyond day 368. Therefore *Qb6-26
should be located in day 380 - 368 = 12. Or rather in day 385 - 368 = 17
because 64 presumably is the number to be added for glyphs at the end of
side b. 17 is a number which then should force us to try with a new
structure:
*Qb6-17
*Qb6-18
*Qb6-19
*Qb6-20
*Qb6-21
*Qb6-22
381
382
383
*Qb6-23
*Qb6-24
(640)
384
*Qb6-25
*Qb6-26
*Qb6-27
*Qb6-28
*Qb6-29
*Qb6-30 (646)
385 (= 368 + 17)
386
387 = 646 / 2 + 64
These 14
glyphs arrive 200 days beyond those we saw earlier
(and 234 / 2 = 100 + 17):
Qa6-28
Qa6-29 (234)
Qa6-30
Qa6-31
Qa6-32
Qa6-33
64 + 234 / 2 = 181
182
183
Qa6-34
Qa6-35 (240)
184
Qa6-36
Qa6-37
Qa6-38
Qa6-39
Qa6-40
Qa6-41
185
186
187
In
this labyrinth we should notice that 368 - 181
(at tagata toki) = 187 (at the final in
Qa6-40--41).
Presumably
the connection between tagata toki and tagata+toki can be
found by considering day number 384:
*Qb6-23
*Qb6-24
(640)
384
The 13th
kuhane station is Roto Iri Are and 13
* 29.5 = 383½. *Qb6-23 is the last glyph needed to
reach 383½. From this perspective we can see that
tagata+toki arrives at the beginning of next
day. *Qb6-24 is located at a 'time zero' (as if at
midnight).
Similarly,
tagata toki comes in the day after day 180. Both are located at the
beginning of a new 'year':
Qa6-26
Qa6-27
Qa6-28
Qa6-29 (234)
180
64 + 234 / 2 = 181
No
fraction interferes between day 180 and day 181. To
avoid odd day numbers we can consider both Qa6-28
and Qa6-29 to be at 'time zero' (which is supported
by -29 as the night when moon is bathing in
vaiora a Tane). A 'big stick' is motivated.
