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TRANSLATIONS
"The early Babylonian kings, from the time of Sargon I. till the fourth dynasty of Ur or later, claimed to be gods in their lifetime. The monarchs of the fourth dynasty of Ur in particular had temples built in their honour; they set up their statues in various sanctuaries and commanded the people to sacrifice to them; the eight month was especially dedicated to the kings, and sacrifices were offered to them at the new moon and on the fifteenth of each month." (The Golden Bough) By 'coincidence' it happens to be October when I am writing this. The 8th month. They have inserted two months. I think the reason is the precession. Time had gone away from the earlier positions. Once spring was connected with Taurus, then the zodiac constellations moved and when spring equinox reached Pisces it had moved two paces, moving Taurus away from Mars to May, forward in time. Sun was moving too fast. "In a pass of the Peruvian Andes stand two ruined towers on opposite hills. Iron hooks are clamped into their walls for the purpose of stretching a net from one tower to the other. The net is intended to catch the sun." (The Golden Bough) There are two times when the water comes rushing in, not only with the monsoon in midsummer but also with the arrival of the 'water' half of the year (winter):
The ua glyph type is oriented vertically, the way rain moves. In Gb4-3, though, a glyph play combines ua with mea ke, as if to indicate the dark dry interior of a hare paega. The time of fruits has ended, and henua is in a ghostly state. Sun is interred. By 'coincidence' Aquarius, the astrological sign, happens to be frozen in time as the old constellation located in midwinter north of the equator = the middle of summer on Easter Island. We do not need to refer to the monsoon season in order to explain the flood in Aa6-66. Gb4-3 is glyph number 324 (counted from Gb8-30). Counted from midsummer (Gb1-6 at 236), Gb4-3 comes after 88 days. With precession moving about 26,000 years for 360º, 88 days is ca 88 / 365.25 * 26,000 = ca 24 % of 26,000 = ca 6,000 years. The astrological system may have been frozen in time about 4,000 years ago. The constellation Aquarius has moved - according to my idea - from say December 21 to March 19 (equal to 'June 21' to 'September 19' on Easter Island), and it will soon occupy equinox. Aa6-66 is glyph number 482 = day 241 (not day 236), and maybe we should think in terms of 83 days instead (or why not 84 = 3 * 28). The details are not important - my point has been made. 24 glyphs at the end of side b of G could allude to 24 % of 26,000 because by these 24 added Te Pei will be at 10 * 26 = 260. The setting of the Pleiades was according to the Gilbertese conception at the opposite end of Antares rising, i.e. in 'longitude'. But also in 'latitude' - at 24º N respectively 26º S. The rising of Antares should have been announcing summer, therefore the setting of the Pleades should have announced winter (or to be more specific the new year).
In the text of G the 10 * 26 glyphs 'on side a' (the 'front' side) could be referring not only to the spring sun but also to Antares. To begin the text with 50 glyphs could have been natural - to identify the span in 'latitude' for spring sun coming from the far north. The solar cycle could have been thought of as 5 seasons, each with 60 + 12 = 72 days. The winter half of the cycle could have been thought of as 6 * 28 nights = 168 = 4 quarters each with 30 + 12 = 42 nights = 2 halves with 60 + 24 nigths. Hua Reva is quite natural to connect with the constellation Aquarius (which has moved from summer solstice to autumn). It is the time when the sky waters will force sun away, it is quickly growing dark. Te Pei is more strange - how come sun tumbles down so quickly? Pei (not far from π) are 'grooves, still visible on the steep slopes of some hills, anciently used as toboggans. People used to slide down them seated on banana-tree barks. This pastime, very popular, was called pei-âmo.' The grooves could have been the result of rain water anciently having rushed down. A possible explanation is acute observations paired with memories kept alive of monsoon rains in some earlier habitat. But without support from the astrological sign Aquarius Aa6-66 would presumably not have been drawn with a ua sign indicating the deluge. Number 261 will come at Gb1-7, and - we remember - 261 is a famous fundamental 'constant' in the rongorongo texts. It is equal to 9 * 29, i.e. 261 is a doubly dark number, and it explains why suddenly sun has disappeared, why his 'head' is lost:
The astrological sign Aquarius (the Cosmic Dragon) quickly puts out the 'fire'. And it happens in the 8th month (Te Pei). Next page:
The name '8th Island' could be explained by 2 month having been inserted at the beginning of the calendar, due to the precession of the equinoxes. The year does no longer begin at winter solstice but ca 84 days later. 84 - 24 = 60 = 2 months. Maybe we hould count with the beginning of the first part of the year from Gb8-6:
Ga1-26 catches attention. It is glyph number 50 counted from Gb8-6. Ga1-29 is 'black' both by reason of 29 (moon) and by reason of the sun (53) - and of course by reason of its ghostly picture. If we consider a beginning to be at Ga1-30 (by reason of Rei and by reason of the 'black' Ga1-29), then 53 days is - it seems - the regulated time space for the first phase of the calendar. The number does not stand for some true number of days but follows from the harmony of the 'sphere'. 53 / 2 = 26½, i.e. two 26-day months are in the past. Counting from Gb8-6 the ordinal number for Gb4-3 (where 4 * 3 = 12) will be 324 + 24 = 348 = 12 * 29. In Tahua we can add 2 * 24 = 48 to glyph number 482 (Aa6-66), and the result is 530 = 10 * 53,. a similar final 'dark' number. The glyph is Aa7-30 and it corresponds to day 530 / 2 = 265:
The Mayan word for moon is u, and according to Metoro it is the u season which is being born (u hanau ia). The hand held high is empty, no more 'sun fingers' are left. I made a quick search in my Polynesian dictionary for maka (which occurs both in Hau Maka and in the words for the strange glyph in Aa7-31). One item was found: ... Vaitoa (vai-toa 2), sugar. Mgv.: vaito, id. Vaituru (vai-turu 1), water conduit. Vaivai, weak. PS Mq.: vaivai, soft, pleasant, agreeable. Sa., To.: vaivai, weak. Pau.: Vaiho, to set down, to place. Ta.: vaiiho, to place. Ma.: waiho, to set down. Pau.: Hakavaivai, to delay. Ta.: vaivai, to rest a bit. Ta.: Vaianu, a plant. Mq.: Vaimata, tears. Ha.: waimaka, id. Vaitahe, a flood. Sa.: vaitafe, a river. Ha.: waikahe, running water, flood. Vaitupu, spring water. To.: vaitubu, well water ... Metoro seems to have used the Hawaiian maka instead of mata (referring to the 'eyes' to be seen in Aa7-31). Why did he do that? Because sun was going north, to Hawaii. The tears of the Hawaiians would welcome him, it was spring north of the equator. Ki te maka nuku, to the tears of the greeting crowds (nuku) on Hawaii. Hau Maka should be living north of the equator. |
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