TRANSLATIONS

TRANSLATIONS

"Mathematics was moving up to me from the depth of centuries; not after myth, but before it. Not armed with Greek rigor, but with the imagination of astrological power, with the understanding of astronomy.

Number gave the key. Way back in time, before writing was even invented, it was measures and counting that provided the armature, the frame on which the rich texture of real myth was to grow." (Hamlet's Mill)

Next page is the summary page for mea ke:

The mea ke glyph type is associated with winter solstice, the time when sun has reached the deepest point in his yearly cycle.

It is illuminating to compare with the full moon glyph in the Mamari moon calendar:


Ca7-24	mea ke

At full moon a maximum of light has been reached, and then comes another 'season' when the sun light reflected from the moon is waning. At bottom inside the full moon oval waxing moon is seen at left and waning at right, the light from the sun 'staff' is broken at full moon.

In mea ke the 'broken' sign is at the top end of the glyph (and at the outside), and instead of a moon oval there is a henua sign. It means a maximum of darkness has been reached, in other words that the sun light is at its minimum.

Excursion:

An alternative interpretation of the K text.

Before moving on into the pages of the excursion I must point out that vae glyphs always are oriented with knee forward. If the creator of P had wished to give a meaning inverse to that of the ordinary vae glyphs he could not have turned it around.

... Evidence suggest vae indicates 'exit' ('going away') of a season.

Evidence also suggest the season in question is the old year. No evidence has been found which indicates vae was used at the end of any other season.

The 'person' leaving is the sun. The moon ought ideally to be at her full moon phase at new year. If vae occurs among signs of moon, then - presumably - it is the waxing phase which is leaving ...

Writing about the moon instead of the sun (in the 'moon key' instead of the 'sun key'), yet telling about winter solstice, he could not use the ordinary vae glyph type - because it was used for telling about sun leaving.

Compressing the vae into a curved shape would result in two effects: it would look like a waxing moon crescent and a curved shape signifies the end of the 'journey'.

... The dream soul came to Rangi Meamea and looked around searchingly. The dream soul spoke: 'Here at last is level land where the king can live.' She named the place 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The mountain she named 'Peke Tau O Hiti A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul moved along a curve from Peke Tau O Hiti to the mountain Hau Epa, which she named 'Maunga Hau Epa A Hau Maka O Hiva' ...

sun		2		27
	Ha3-3		Ha3-6		Ha3-34
	111		114		142
moon		2		25
	Pa2-56		Pa2-59		Pa3-26
	109		112		138
sun		2		27
sun	Qa2-133	2	Qa2-136	27	Qa3-21

I cannot stop thinking about mea = 'red' being related to mea = 'different'. At the top of the mountain a different view appears. Beheading a fish the gills (mea) will be seen.

Va'e, vae, vaega

Va'e: Foot, leg; te va'e mata'u, te va'e maúi, right foot, left foot. Va'e ruga, va'e raro, quick and light, without detour (lit.: foot up, foot down). Ka-oho koe ki a nua era va'e ruga va'e raro, ina ekó hipa-hipa, hurry straight to your mother, do not make any detours. Va'e pau, misshapen foot, clubfoot. Vae, to choose. Vaega, middle, centre; i vaega o, in the middle of. Vanaga.

1. Foot, paw, leg, limb; vae no roto, drawers; karikari vae, ankle. P Pau.: vaevae, foot, leg. Mgv.: vaevae, id. Mq.: vae, id. Ta.: vaevae, avae, id. 2. Pupil. 3. To choose, elect, prefer, promote, vote; vavae, to destine, to choose; vaea (vae 2), pupil. Vaeahatu (vae 1 - ahatu): moe vaeahatu, to sleep sprawling with legs extended. Vaega, center, middle, within, half; o vaega, younger; ki vaega, among, between, intermediate. P Pau.: vaega, the middle. Mgv.: vaega, center, middle. Mq.: vaena, vavena, vaveha, id. Ta.: vaehaa, half. Vaehakaroa (vae 1 - roa): moe vaehakaroa, to sleep with legs stretched out. Vaehau (vae 1 - hau 3), pantaloons, trousers. Vaeherehere (vae 1 - here 1), to attach by the paw. Vaerere (vae 1 - rere 1), to run. Churchill.

Ta.: 1. Timbers of a boat. Ha.: wae, knees, side timbers of a boat. 2. To share out. Sa.: vae, to divide, to share. Ma.: wawae, to divide. Churchill.

At the middle (vaega) Marduk divided (vae) the night.