... In the present context 'mouth' has an additional connotation, given that it refers in part to Heart of Earth, the deity called 'Mundo' today. This is the great Mesoamerican earth deity, the ultimate swallower of all living beings, depicted in Classic Mayan art (in the Palenque relief panels, for example) as an enormous pair of jaws upon whose lips even the feet of great lords must rest in precarious balance, and into whose throat even great lords must fall. Turning to the contemporary scene, daykeepers who visit the main cave beneath the ruins of Rotten Cane, the last Quiché capital, speak of the danger of falling into 'the open mouth of the Mundo' there, which is said to be more than four yards wide ...

If the glyph in question was intended to suggest the lips of a mouth, then the head should be in the west.

vaha kai

Vaha. Hollow; opening; space between the fingers (vaha rima); door cracks (vaha papare). Vahavaha, to fight, to wrangle, to argue with abusive words. Vanaga. 1. Space, before T; vaha takitua, perineum. PS Mgv.: vaha, a space, an open place. Mq.: vaha, separated, not joined. Ta.: vaha, an opening. Sa.: vasa, space, interval. To.: vaha, vahaa, id. Fu.: vasa, vāsaà, id. Niuē: vahā. 2. Muscle, tendon; vahavaha, id. Vahahora (vaha 1 - hora 2), spring. Vahatoga (vaha 1 - toga 1), autumn. 3. Ta.: vahavaha, to disdain, to dislike. Ha.: wahawaha, to hate, to dislike. Churchill.


Ba5-37	Ba5-38	Ba9-29


	Bb2-37	Bb4-17	Bb5-2	Bb5-30	Bb6-13	Bb9-20

Taki. Dieffenbach, in his 'Travels in New Zealand', mentions that a title or appellation of the chiefs there was 'Taki o te Wenua', and explains it to mean 'the root of the land'. As the New Zealanders also came from the Samoan group, it seems as if what once was a national appellation, in course of time became the title of a chief. If Diffenbach's interpretation of the title is correct, it corresponds to the Hawiian Kumu-honua, the name of the first man. The same author also mentions, p. 67, a place where chiefs go after death, and says it is called Taki-wana ... when a chief dies he first goes to Taki-wana, where his left eye remains and becomes a star. Then he goes to Reinga and further. Spirits sometimes leave the nether world and come back on earth and communicate with the living ... Reinga was a place near the North Cape, New Zealand, where the spirits of the dead collected previous to their final departure. Fornander.

MARCH 17

19 (78 = 142 - 64)

20 (444 = 365 + 79)

0h (*365)

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March [*364] in most years) ...

... In view of the almost universal prevalence of the Pleiades year throughout the Polynesian area it is surprising to find that in the South Island and certain parts of the North Island of New Zealand and in the neighboring Chatham Islands, the year began with the new Moon after the yearly morning rising, not of the Pleiades, but of the star Rigel [*78] in Orion ...

*Counting in the tresses of Pacha-mama* from right to left:**
1	26	78	1	29	90
2	26		2	30
3	26		3	31
4	25	104	4	34	124
5	26		5	31
6	27		6	30
7	26		7	29
Total = 396 = 182 + 214 (= 364 + 32)

Gb5-8

Gb5-9

Gb5-10 (363)

Gb5-11 (229 + 135)

Gb5-12 (365)

4h (60.9)

JĪSHUĬ = λ Persei (60.7)

~~COR CAROLI (α Canum Ven.)~~

υ Persei (61.2)

BEID (Egg) = ο¹ Eridani (62.2), μ Persei (62.8)

~~VINDEMIATRIX ( ε Virginis)~~

Al Dabarān-2 (The Follower)

HYADUM I = γ Tauri (63.4)

*22.0 = *63.4 - *41.4

HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2)

May 20 (140)

22 (54 + 22 * 4)

23 (*428)

24 (509)

... Odysseus and his fleet were now in a mythic realm of difficult trials and passages, of which the first was to be the Land of the Cyclopes, 'neither nigh at hand, nor yet afar off', where the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, son of the god Poseidon (who, as we know, was the lord of tides and of the Two Queens, and the lord, furthermore, of Medusa), dwelt with his flocks in a cave. 'Yes, for he was a monstrous thing and fashioned marvelously, nor was he like to any man that lives by bread, but like a wooded peak of the towering hills, which stands out apart and alone from others.' Odysseus, choosing twelve men, the best of the company, left his ships at shore and sallied to the vast cave. It was found stocked abundantly with cheeses, flocks of lambs and kids penned apart, milk pails, bowls of whey; and when the company had entered and was sitting to wait, expecting hospitality, the owner came in, shepherding his flocks. He bore a grievous weight of dry wood, which he cast down with a din inside the cave, so that in fear all fled to hide. Lifting a huge doorstone, such as two and twenty good four-wheeled wains could not have raised from the ground, he set this against the mouth of the cave, sat down, milked his ewes and goats, and beneath each placed her young, after which he kindled a fire and spied his guests ...

°May 16 (136)

19 (*424)

20 (*60)

'April 23

24 (114)

25 (*400)

26 (*36)

"April 9 (99)

10 (465)

12 (*22)

Although experience has taught us not to expect a precise correspondence:

	120 τ Aquilae (303)**	MAY 16 (136 = 200 - 64) Jan 18 (383)
Ga2-26
	*ALTAIR (300)** *117	Jan 15 (380) MAY 13 (133)
Cb4-20
... Moon returns to the same place in the sky after about 24 hours and 50 minutes, which means the tidal period will be half as long (12 hours and 25 minutes) ... 24h 50' corresponds to (24 + 50/60) * 365¼ / 24 = ca 380 right ascension days (= 364 + 16). Presumably the difference between 380 (Moon) and 364 (Sun) - which happened to correspond to the difference between when the star returned to visibility and its true heliacal position - motivated the addition of an extra cycle ...
133 (MAY 13) - 15 (January 15) = 118 = 136 (MAY 16) - 18 (January 18) = 4 * 29½ = 472 / 4.

And then we should rather consider the Full Moon stars than those rising with the Sun, because the Fish-hook on side b of the G tablet pointed us in that direction (→ 118):

NOV 19

20 (324)

22 (141 + 185)

24 (*248)

Gb1-14 (9 * 27)

Gb1-15 (244)

Gb1-16

Gb1-17 (61 + 185)

Gb1-18

Gb1-19 (248)

	205
Ga2-11 (41)		Gb1-18 (247 = 41 + 183 + 23)
ºJune 30 (181) - heliacal Sirius	182	'Dec 30 (364) - nakshatra Sirius
ºDec 30 (364 = 181 + 183)		'June 30 (181 = 364 - 183)
23 = precessional depth from the time of Gregory XIII down to Roman times
... Thus was dry land fished up by Maui, which had lain beneath the sea ever since the great rains that were sent by the Sky father and the god of winds. The Maori people say that the north island of Aotearoa, which certainly is shaped much like a fish, is Te Ika a Maui; and according to some tribes the south island is the canoe from which he caught it. And his hook is the cape at Heretaunga once known as Te matau a Maui, Maui's Fishhook (Cape Kidnappers). In some of the other islands which lie across the sea towards Hawaiki, the people say that theirs is the land that Maui pulled up from below ...

GREDI (Goat) = α Capricorni (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), ALSHAT (The Sheep) = ν Capricorni (307.9)

Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 (Lucky One of the Slaughterers) / Ox / Herd Boy-9 (Buffalo)

DABIH = β Capricorni (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), SADIR (Hen's Breast) = γ Cygni (308.4), PEACOCK = α Pavonis (308.7)

*267.0 = *308.4 - *41.4

OKUL = π Capricorni (309.6), BOS = ρ Capricorni (309.9)

~~ARNEB (α Leporis)~~

~~MINTAKA (δ Orionis)~~

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

~~HEKA (λ Orionis)~~

~~ALNILAM (ε Orionis)~~

ROTTEN MELON = ε Delphini, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

~~PHAKT (α Columbae)~~

~~ALNILAK (ζ Orionis)~~

ROTANEV = β Delphini, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN = α Delphini, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8)

KHUFU

KHAFRE

MENKAURE

Jan 22

23 (*308)

27 (392)

°Jan 18

19 (*304)

23 (388)

'Dec 26

30 (364)

31 (*285)

"Dec 12

14 (348)

16 (350)

17 (*271)

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

MAY 20

23 (*63)

24 (144)

25 (290 / 2)

AL TARF (The End) = β Cancri (124.3)

~~RAS ALGETHI (α Herculis)~~

χ Cancri (125.2), BRIGHT FIRE = λ Cancri (125.4)

*84.0 = *125.4 - *41.4

AVIOR = ε Carinae (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8)

*85.0 = *126.4 - *41.4

ο Ursae Majoris (127.4)

*86.0 = *127.4 - *41.4

Pushya-8 (Nourisher)

υ Cancri (128.1), θ Cancri (128.2)

Āshleshā-9 (Embrace) / Willow-24 (Stag)

π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), AL MINHAR AL SHUJĀ = σ Hydrae, MUSEIDA = π² Ursae Majoris (129.9)

~~RAS ALHAGUE (α Ophiuchi)~~

July 23 (204)

28 (*129)

°July 19 (200)

21 (*122)

'June 26 (177)

28 (*99)

SIRIUS (181)

'July 1

"June 12

14 (*85)

17 (168)

Ga3-1

Ga3-2

Ga3-3

Ga3-4 (63)

Ga3-5

Ga3-6

he ruru - he taiko

he kumara - he kiakia

he tuvi - he tuao

... Sula cyanops ... It should be pointed out that the combined name ruru-taiko refers in MAO. to a black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni). There are no cultural data available for ruru, which seems to be derived from PPN. *lulu 'owl'... There are no cultural data available for ... taiko (compare RAR. taiko 'black petrel', MGV. tiaku 'petrel?, omen of death', but the textual association of taiko and spirits should be dept in mind ...

... Teke took command of the Hanau Eepe and went with them to Poike. After he had settled them there, Teke said to the Hanau Eepe, 'Settle her, work, and keep peace among yourselves (he mee o mahamaha kina); let this be the goal of every one of you!' Then Teke assumed royal powers (pahera ariki) and passed them on to Iko. Teke installed the king; Iko was (now) the king (ariki) of the Hanau Eepe. Teke called out to the men, 'Iko is your king, oh people (mahingo)!'The Hanu Eepe remained there. Teke returned. (He) came to Oromanga (name corrected; alternative translation: Along came the adopted rat, kiore ma(a)nga.). That was Iko. Twenty-five years ... [E:85]

... The transference of the name for sweet potatoes, kumara, to a sea bird (Oestrelata incerta or Oestrelata leucoptera) presents a problem in taxonomy. In a short recitation that accompanies the string game, the next bird on the list, kiakia, the white tern, is associated with the leaves of the sweet potato ... White tern. Leucanus albus royanus ...

... Grey tern, Tuvituvi (Procelsterna caerulea skottsbergi) ... Anous stolidus unicolor ... The dark brown tern with a round tail is called tuao ... I was told that tavi is a small, lead-colored bird that lives on the little islets (motu) off the coast. He is supposed to look like the tuvi, the grey tern, and owes his name to his call ...

Ao. Large dance paddle. 1. Command, power, mandate, reign: tagata ao, person in power, in command, ruler. 2. Dusk, nightfall. 3. Ao nui, midnight. 4. Ao popohaga, the hours between midnight and dawn. Aô, to serve (food); ku-âo-á te kai i ruga i te kokohu, the food is served on a platter. Vanaga. 1. Authority, kingdom, dignity, government, reign (aho); topa kia ia te ao, reign; hakatopa ki te ao, to confer rank; ao ariki, royalty; ka tu tokoe aho, thy kingdom come. PS Mgv.: ao, government, reign. Mq.: ao, government, reign, command. Sa.: ao, a title of chiefly dignity; aoao, excellent, surpassing, supreme. 2. Spoon; ao oone, shovel. 3. Dancing club T. 3. Aonui (ao-nui 2), midnight. 4. Pau.: ao, the world. Mgv.: ao, id. Ta.: ao, id. Mq.: aomaama, id. Ma.: ao, id. 5. Pau.: ao, happy, prosperity. Mgv.: ao, tranquil conscience. Ta.: ao, happiness. 6. Mgv.: ao, cloud, mist. Ta.: ao, id. Mq.: ao, id. Sa.: ao, cloud. Ma.: ao, id. 7. Mgv.: ao, hibiscus. 8. Ta.: ao, day. Mq.: ao, day from dawn to dark. Sa.: ao, id. Ma.: ao, id. 9. Ta.: ao, a bird. Ha.: ao, id. 10. Mq.: ao, respiration, breath. Ha.: aho, breath. 11. Mq.: ao, to collect with hand or net. Sa.: ao, to gather. Ma.: ao, to collect. Ta.: aoaia, to collect food and other things with care. Churchill.

When we look at the stars in the 5 ('high-five') nights centered on MARCH 19,

... Nut, whom the Greeks sometimes identified with Rhea, was goddess of the sky, but it was debatable if in historical times she was the object of a genuine cult. She was Geb's twin sister and, it was said, married him secretly and against the will of Ra. Angered, Ra had the couple brutally separated by Shu and afterwards decreed that Nut could not bear a child in any given month of any year. Thoth, Plutarch tells us, happily had pity on her. Playing draughts with the Moon, he won in the course of several games a seventy-second part of the Moon's light with which he composed five new days. As these five intercalated days did not belong to the official Egyptian calendar of three hundred and sixty days, Nut was thus able to give birth successively to five children: Osiris, Haroeris (Horus), Set, Isis and Nepthys ...

we can perceive also the reverse of an egg, viz. the time of death. The mouth of the cavern from where creatures emerge will later serve as the mouth 'more than 4 yards wide' into which they will tumble:

112

MARCH 17

19 (78 = 142 - 64)

20 (444 = 365 + 79)

0h (*365)

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March [*364] in most years) ...

*Counting in the tresses of Pacha-mama* from right to left:**
1	26	78	1	29	90
2	26		2	30
3	26		3	31
4	25	104	4	34	124
5	26		5	31
6	27		6	30
7	26		7	29
Total = 396 = 182 + 214 (= 364 + 32)

Gb5-8 (19 * 19)

Gb5-9

Gb5-10 (363)

Gb5-11 (229 + 135)

Gb5-12 (248 + 118)

4h (60.9)

JĪSHUĬ = λ Persei (60.7)

~~COR CAROLI (α Canum Ven.)~~

υ Persei (61.2)

BEID (Egg) = ο¹ Eridani (62.2), μ Persei (62.8)

~~VINDEMIATRIX ( ε Virginis)~~

Al Dabarān-2 (The Follower)

HYADUM I = γ Tauri (63.4)

*22.0 = *63.4 - *41.4

HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2)

May 20 (140)

22 (54 + 22 * 4)

23 (*428)

24 (509)

°May 16 (136)

19 (*424)

20 (*60)

'April 23

24 (114)

25 (*400)

26 (*36)

"April 9 (99)

10 (465)

12 (*22)

NAKSHATRA STARS:

SEPT 15

17 (260 = 443 - 183)

18 (9 * 29)

υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), θ Draconis (242.6), ξ Scorpii (242.7)

*201.0 = *242.4 - *41.4

~~SCHEDIR (Breast) α Cassiopeiae)~~

16h (243.5)

ACRAB (Scorpion) = β Scorpii, JABHAT AL ACRAB (Forehead of the Scorpion) = ω Scorpii (243.3), θ Lupi, RUTILICUS = β Herculis (243.5), MARFIK (Elbow) = κ Herculis (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)

ψ Scorpii (244.6), LESATH (Sting) = ν Scorpii (244.8)

χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR (Hand in Front) = δ Ophiuchi, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5)

YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI (Northern Knee of the Giant) = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)

Nov 18 (209 + 113)

19 (*243)

20 (324 = 142 + 182)

... the Inuit who regard sun as female and moon as male, sister and brother: 'The moon, being without food, wanes slowly away from starvation until it is quite lost from sight; then the sun reaches out and feeds it from the dish in which the girl has placed her breast. After the moon is fed and gradually brought to the full, it is then permitted to starve again, so producing the waxing and waning every month ...

Omo. To suck; omoaga, bulky cloud; ragi omoaga cumulus; omoomo; to suck repeatedly, to suckle; omotahi, to win everything at a game (lit: to suck whole): omotahi-mai-á e au, he has cleaned me out; omotohi, full (of the moon); ku-omotohiá te mahina, the moon is full. Vanaga. Rima omo, infidelity, faithless, unfaithful. Omoomo, to smack the lips, to suck the breast, to smoke tobacco, to taste of; hakaomoomo, to suckle, to paint. Churchill. Ta.: Omotu, an ember, a coal. Mq.: komotu, omotu, firebrand. Churchill. Ariki (o)motongi. [E:1].