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The word moe (which
Metoro often used at moe glyphs) together with the
visual impressions from the glyph type makes it easy to draw the
conclusion that the intention could be to illustrate the end of
a 'tired old' season.
However, another explanation is
probably more correct - viz. that moe marks the time when
next season is making itself noticed by light in the
east (although the celestial body expected still has not
risen). When the light announces the arrival of the moon it is called
koata and this seems to have been a reason for great joy (koa).
...when the new moon
appeared women assembled and bewailed those who had died since the
last one, uttering the following lament: 'Alas! O moon! Thou has
returned to life, but our departed beloved ones have not. Thou has
bathed in the waiora a Tane, and had thy life renewed, but
there is no fount to restore life to our departed ones. Alas'...
Possibly Metoro
said gao takoa (koata reversed) for spring sun
'pushing the celestial roof higher'. The prominent necks of some moe
glyphs could express how the 'sky roof' is being pushed up to let in
light, e.g.:
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Excursion:
A few notes on the
structure of the Tahua text. |
The light in the sky at the
horizon in the east, different at different times, could be stars.
155 = 5 * 31 could be an
allusion to spring sun, but the main reason is rather 12 * 13:
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155 |
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169 |
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Ga6-6 (147) |
Gb3-12 (303) |
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12 * 13 = 156 |
13 * 13 = 169 |
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25 * 13 = 325 |
147 = 3 * 7 * 7, and 472 = 25 * 13 + 49 * 3.
The 1st 47 (147) is announced at 6-6, the
2nd 47 (472) at 8-30. 6 * 6 = 36 and 8 * 30
= 240.
The first pages of the excursion:
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On side a of Tahua another moe
announces the arrival of the opposite season, the season of rain
(ua):
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Aa6-64 |
Aa6-65 |
Aa6-66 |
Aa6-67 |
Aa6-68 |
Aa6-69 |
Aa6-70 |
666 is the number of the beast. And
6 * 66 = 396 = 22 * 18, where 22 could indicate π (by way of the
approximation 22 / 7). In other words, possibly half a full cycle
has been reached at Aa6-66. The full cycle in question would then be
2 * 18 = 36 (meaning 360).
6 * 66 = 396 is also equal to 11 *
36. Keeping in mind 4 * 18 (at Ab4-18) = 72 we can count 396 - 72 =
324 = 9 * 36 as the difference. Possibly an allusion to Akahanga
(the burial site of the sun king) is inteded, because 324 is close
to 11 * 29. 5 = 324.5 and water extinguishes fire.
666 is indeed a strange number. 6 * 6 * 6 = 216 = 9 * 24 = 12 * 18 =
3 * 3 * 3 * 8.
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Playing with 72 = 2 * 36 = 4 * 18 = 8 * 9 it
is possible to state that at the 1st 72
(Ab4-18 and Ga6-6) the sun arrives. But 9 *
8 is also the end of the previous season:
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9 |
8 |
72 |
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9 |
12 |
108 |
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9 |
24 |
216 |
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9 |
36 |
324 |
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9 |
40 |
360 |
108 -72 = 36 =
360 - 324.
216 - 108 = 108 =
324 - 216.
108 = 3 * 36.
In other words: Akahanga is
located at sun station number 9 (because 9 / 10 of 360 = 324). But for moon
it is the 1st step beyond Hua Reva (10).
Next page:
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By mapping both glyphs together
and counting the distances between them a firmer foundation for
speculation can be established:
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side b (664) |
side a (670) |
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261 |
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402 |
481 |
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188 |
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Ab4-18 (262) |
Aa6-66 (482) |
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262 |
884 |
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1334 |
The distances are all multiples
of 2, indicating that 2 glyphs are needed for a day.
884 glyphs = 442 days and 262 + 188
= 450 glyphs equals 225 (= 9 * 25) days:,
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442 |
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224 |
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Aa6-66 (332 + 241 =
573) |
Ab4-18 (131) |
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225 |
442 + 225 = 667 days and 2 * 667 =
1334 glyphs. |
The form of ure at left in
Aa6-66 can be compared with similar ure in G:
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Gb1-7 |
Gb1-8 |
Gb1-10 |
Gb1-12 |
Gb1-15 |
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Gb1-26 |
Gb2-6 |
Gb2-9 |
Gb2-13 |
Gb3-3 |
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Gb3-7 |
Gb3-11 |
Gb3-14 |
Gb3-24 |
Gb3-27 |
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Gb4-8 |
Gb4-25 |
Gb6-5 |
I have here a table with 18
pointed ure glyphs, all of them on side b. But on side a there are no
other ure glyphs at all, excepting Ga8-17:
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Ga8-17 |
Gb6-5 |
Regeneration begins with Ga8-17
and ends with Gb6-5. Although there are more ure glyphs beyond Gb6-5
none of them are pointed. And none is combined with maitaki.
Let us count distances:
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9 |
157 |
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84 |
220 |
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Gb6-5 (388) |
Ga8-17 (221) |
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166 |
306 = 17 * 18 |
An alternative
(perhaps more according to rongorongo conventions) is to count 305 +
167 = 472, in which case Gb6-5 (where 6 * 5 = 30) is the first glyph of 5 *
61 = 305, and Gb8-17 the first glyph of 167.
Yet, we should
notice 8-17 and 17 * 18, and 166. 8 * 17 = 136 (the 1st 36 - suggesting the
first half year).
2 * 21 = 42 and 3 *
88 = 264 = 4 * 66.
Can we coordinate with Ga5-5 and
Gb4-3? Let us try:
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84 |
115 |
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104 |
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9 |
93 |
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63 |
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Ga5-5 (116) |
Ga8-17 (221) |
Gb4-3 (324) |
Gb6-5 (388) |
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200 |
208 = 8 * 26 |
64 = 8 * 8 |
En passent
we notice that Gb4-3 with 324 is equal to the 9th station of the sun.
3 * 88 (at Gb6-5) =
264 could indicate that we should add 64 and 200.
Sun is doing his work during 8 *
26 days and the moon has the rest of the year.
