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TRANSLATIONS
At poporo in the glyph dictionary the first attempt at defining kuhane stations resulted in this map for glyphs with ordinal numbers as multiples of 59 - counted from Ga1-1:
Since then we have slipped from the track by changing to counting from Gb8-30, and I think that was a mistake. We can make a table showing all the kuhane stations we identified on side a:
If multiples of 29.5 define glyphs which are located at the beginning of stations, then there should be an additional station covering the first glyphs on side a. What comes beyond Te Piringa Aniva according to Manuscript E? It is Te Pei. If on side a multiples of 29.5 define glyphs which are located at the end of stations the problem disappears. But then the reverse problem enters the stage: What comes before Maunga Hau Epa? It is Peke Tau O Hiti:
In G number 236 is the first glyph of Te Pei:
Counting from Ga1-1 there will be only 28 glyphs for One Tea, unless we add Ga1-1. But moon dies at One Tea, she should therefore be 'cut short'. Side a has only 229 glyphs, which is not enough for 8 stations (8 * 29.5 = 236). If we add 6 glyphs at the beginning of side b we reach 235, which means that also the last station on side a could be regarded as 'cut short'. However, by reason of the construction of the 'net' there will be twice 29 at the beginning of side a, which saves the situation - there is need only for 29 glyphs for the stations beyond Nga Kope Ririva (which has 30 glyphs). Possibly we should think that the first station on each side should have 30 glyphs. If so, then Te Kioe Uri is the first station on side a, and there will be only 6 stations for the 'sunny' side (while there will be 8 on the side of the moon). In other words: 28 instead of expected 29 for One Tea, at the end of side b, in a way corresponds to 29 instead of expected 30 for the station at the beginning of side a. The first station on side a should according to Manuscript E be Te Pei, and possibly it is that station - but for the preceding year. On side a the movement goes towards west, ending at Nga Kope Ririva. On side b the movement goes towards east, ending at One Tea. Both movements can start from Te Pei. If we now advance from the numerical 'net' cast by us upon the text of G, we should as our next step introduce the glyphs:
With red I have marked 9 of the 16 stations, because I deem the names to be connected with the glyphs. On side a I have redmarked 3 only, but 2 of the 8 stations are not yet named, making the percentage 50. On side a I have redmarked 6 of 8, i.e. 75 %. On side a the stations with odd multiples of 29.5 are not redmarked. On side b, though, even the odd Te Pou and One Tea are redmarked. Te Manavai and Te Pu Mahore have glyphs which resemble that of One Tea. All three stations are odd. In G kiore+henua (+ rising maro) appears only on side a (Gb8-2 being a special case):
Not until Te Kioe Uri do they appear. In Tahua they do not appear at all. Instead, there is another type of glyph with henua at left and a single arm connecting from the person at right, which possibly is the opposite of kiore+henua:
The first such glyph (Aa7-4) comes in the second half of Te Pei, and the type could very well represent the state of absent sun (only light from the night sky is illuminating the earth below). Nowhere else in any of the rongorongo texts can we find the glyph type, it is unique for Tahua. |
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