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A week does not necessarily contain 7 days; I am suggesting that the
number is of secondary importance. Instead I believe that the concept of
week necessarily implies that this time period is half of another more
basic period of time. The word week means folded. A week is what you get when you fold a more basic period of time. That's it. I have defined the week. And I suspect that what is folded when we count to 7 in a week is a fortnight. The moon is the primary time giver and its phases consist of the fortnights of Waxing and Waning Moon. Together its sums up to 28 nights, i.e. the period when the moon is visible. The Mamari moon calendar is divided into 8 parts, but the last part represents the time when the moon is invisible. So there remains 7 parts for the visible time - is that why our ordinary week also has 7 parts? Is the week a mirror image of the month? In Popol Vuh the measuring of time / space is fundamental and therefore is expressed already in the first page of the book. The measuring is done with the help of cords, which can be folded and manipulated in all sorts of ways. Which reminds me of kaikai.
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