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50 Once again. The starry night sky above was in shape like an overturned boat, and this had also been the perception of the ancient Mesopotamians:
This 'hull' (dark cloth, hairy hide, sky garment) came into view when the Sun had 'gone to sleep' (hidden) at the horizon in the west.
... Note that rain and stars are singled out as the characteristics of the sky: we have seen that the ancients of Mesopotamia and in India shared the concept of a divine 'sky garment' consisting either of rain clouds or of the starry sky ... ... When the man, Ulu, returned to his wife from his visit to the temple at Puueo, he said, 'I have heard the voice of the noble Mo'o, and he has told me that tonight, as soon as darkness draws over the sea and the fires of the volcano goddess, Pele, light the clouds over the crater of Mount Kilauea, the black cloth will cover my head. And when the breath has gone from my body and my spirit has departed to the realms of the dead, you are to bury my head carefully near our spring of running water. Plant my heart and entrails near the door of the house. My feet, legs, and arms, hide in the same manner. Then lie down upon the couch where the two of us have reposed so often, listen carefully throughout the night, and do not go forth before the sun has reddened the morning sky. If, in the silence of the night, you should hear noises as of falling leaves and flowers, and afterward as of heavy fruit dropping to the ground, you will know that my prayer has been granted: the life of our little boy will be saved.' And having said that, Ulu fell on his face and died ... September 2 was pointed out in Manuscript E: ... Matua [A Taana] said to Hotu [A Matua], 'Take along the Hanau Eepe and let them work the land!' Hotu called out to Heke: 'Go and bring the 500 prisoners on board the canoe!' He took all of them along, led them on board the canoe, and left them there. For six days (po ono), mats (moenga) were taken on board the canoe (i.e., the loading of the canoe took six days). Hotu's canoe [te miro. o Hotu] sailed [he oho] from Maori to Te Pito O Te Kainga. It sailed on the second day of September (hora nui) ... [E:73-74] Across the back of the ancient Nut (Night) the Ship of Pharaoh sailed:
The canoe of the Sun should be launched at new year: ... on the first day of the year the natives dress in navy uniforms and performs exercises which imitate the maneuvers of ships' crews ... And since the Sun will be reborn after winter solstice the date September 2 might then seem to be out of place. However, Manuscript E could have referred to a mythic time when the canoe holding the spirit of the Sun was still intact and sailing safely along a horizontal Milky Way River, which ideally should be about ¼ * 26000 = 6500 years ago or around 4500 BC.
September 2 (245, *165), when the canoe of Hotu A Matua sailed away from the old homeland, was a point in the Gregorian calendar. South of the equator winter solstice was 'currently' in June. And to my mind comes the complementary dates of February 14 (45) and August 14 (226 = 45 + 181):
The figures from 22 March to 25 March might have been intended to illustrate the constructing of a boat. ... Väinämöinen set about building a boat, but when it came to the prow and the stern, he found he needed three words in his rune that he did not know, however he sought for them. In vain he looked on the heads of the swallows, on the necks of the swans, on the backs of the geese, under the tongues of the reindeer. He found a number of words, but not those he needed. Then he thought of seeking them in the realm of Death, Tuonela, but in vain. He escaped back to the world of the living only thanks to his potent magic. He was still missing his three runes. He was then told by a shepherd to search in the mouth of Antero Vipunen, the giant ogre. The road, he was told, went over swords and sharpened axes. Ilmarinen made shoes, shirt and gloves of iron for him, but warned him that he would find the great Vipunen dead. Nevertheless, the hero went. The giant lay underground, and trees grew over his head. Väinämöinen found his way to the giant's mouth, and planted his iron staff in it. The giant awoke and suddenly opened his huge mouth. Väinämöinen slipped into it and was swallowed. As soon as he reached the enormous stomach, he thought of getting out. He built himself a raft and floated on it up and down inside the giant. The giant felt tickled and told him in many and no uncertain words where he might go, but he did not yield any runes. Then Väinämöinen built a smithy and began to hammer his iron on an anvil, torturing the entrails of Vipunen, who howled out magic songs to curse him away. But Väinämöinen said, thank you, he was very comfortable and would not go unless he got the secret words. Then Vipunen at last unlocked the treasure of his powerful runes. Many days and nights he sang, and the sun and the moon and the waves of the sea and the waterfalls stood still to hear him. Väinämöinen treasured them all and finally agreed to come out. Vipunen opened his great jaws, and the hero issued forth to go and build his boat at last ... → 360 / 5 = 72 and 72 + 3 = 75 (→ 15 * 25 / 5). → 15 * 15 = 225 (August 13) → 9 * 25. In August 13 - in the year 4 Ahaw 8 Kumk'u, 3114 BC - was Day Zero, the Creation of our present world. June 10 (161) = June 4 (→ 6-4 → 64 → 8 * 8) + 6 days.
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