Further Evidence for Cosmogonic Texts in the Rongorongo Inscriptions of Easter Island
| dc.contributor.author | Fischer, Steven R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T21:31:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T21:31:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>In the latest Issue of the <em>Journal of the Polynesian Society</em> I announce what is perhaps the first scientifically verifiable identification of the genre of three <em>rongorongo</em> inscriptions. The article detailing this announcement demonstrates that the <em>rongorongo</em> texts on the "Santiago Staff' (RR 10), the reverse of the 'Small Santiago Tablet" (RR 8v), and "Honolulu 3629" (RR J I) appear to consist, either exclusively (RR 10 and 11) or in part (RR 8v), of hundreds of repetitive series of glyphic triads-that is, individual sequences made up of three glyphs each--whose first constituent is always suffixed by a phallus like glyph. An internal analysis of these three inscriptions argues that the triads might best be epitomized by the epigraphic formula X<sup>1</sup>YZ<em>n</em>.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64237 | |
| dc.subject | Rapa Nui | |
| dc.subject | Easter Island | |
| dc.subject | Rongorongo | |
| dc.title | Further Evidence for Cosmogonic Texts in the Rongorongo Inscriptions of Easter Island | |
| dc.type | Research paper | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| prism.number | 4 | |
| prism.volume | 9 |
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