To continue with the C text in order to look for
the days when the Chorti diviners began their sky raising
ceremonies:
.. Later on in this
series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they
call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the
twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains
arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on
benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic
square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones
were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on
the west. The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward
are done with great precision and care, because they are
directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation.
The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds
that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they
metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven,
the rains will be irregular and harmful ...
APRIL 25 (115) ought to be 115 -
40 (FEBRURY 9) = 75 glyphs later than *Ca14-23, i.e.
at glyph number 386 + 75 = 461 = 392 + 69:
Glyph line Cb1 carries 24 glyphs, but possibly we
have to divide them into 11 + 13, because there was a very
special week beyond glyph number 396 (which we should avoid here
in order to return to it later). Furthermore, counting from
*Ca14-28 there will be 13 + 13 = 26 glyphs to the beginning of
line Cb2. 390 (= 30 * 13) + 26 = 32 * 13 (= 416).
FEBRUARY 16 |
17 (413) |
18 (*33 + 80 - 64) |
19 (50) |
7 |
|
|
|
|
Cb1-1 |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
E tupu - ki roto |
o te
hau tea |
ki te
henua - te maro |
κ VIRGINIS (*214) |
ARCTURUS |
MIRA (*33) |
|
AUGUST 18 |
19 |
20 (*216 +
80 - 64) |
21 (233) |
11 |
FEBRUARY 27 |
28 (424) |
MARCH 1 (60) |
|
|
|
Cb1-12 (404) |
Cb1-13 |
Cb1-14 |
manu
rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi |
eaha te
nuku erua |
koia
kua huki |
TA LING
(Great Mound) = τ Persei
(42.4) |
ρ
Arietis (43.0),
GORGONEA
SECUNDA = π Persei
(43.5),
ACAMAR = θ Eridani
(43.6), ε
Arietis (43.7),
λ Ceti
(43.9)
DENEBOLA (β
Leonis) |
MENKAR
(Nose)
= α Ceti
(44.7) |
AUGUST 29 |
30 (242) |
31 |
KOCHAB = β
Ursae Min.
(225.0), ξ Librae
(225.7) |
KE KWAN
(Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi
(226.3),
KE
KWAN = κ Centauri
(226.4),
ZUBEN ELAKRIBI
= δ Librae (226.8),
π¹ Oct. (226.9) |
ω Bootis (227.2),
NEKKAR = β Bootis
(227.3), σ Librae
(227.5), π² Oct. (227.7),
NADLAT =
ψ Bootis (227.8), π
Lupi (227.9) |
*42 |
DENEBOLA |
MENKAR (*44)
*227 |
MARCH 2 (61) |
3 |
4 (428 = 2 *
214) |
|
|
|
Cb1-15 |
Cb1-16 (408) |
Cb1-17 |
e niu tu |
ki te ariki - e ka hua ra
tona rima |
koia kua iri i ruga o te
rima - e o to vaha mea |
3h (45.7)
GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei
(45.1),
ALGOL (Demon's Head)
= β Persei
(45.9) |
ι Persei (46.1),
MISAM = κ Persei
(46.2),
GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei
(46.7),
BOTEIN
(Belly Pair)
= δ Arietis
(46.9) |
ζ Arietis
(47.7) |
SEPTEMBER 1 |
2 |
3 (246) |
15h (228.3)
ZUBEN HAKRABIM
= ν Librae
(228.3), λ Lupi (228.9) |
ω Oct. (229.3),
ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7),
ζ Lupi
(229.8) |
Al Zubānā-14b
χ Bootis
(230.3),
PRINCEPS = δ Bootis
(230.6),
ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI
= β Librae
(230.8) |
ALGOL (*45) |
BOTEIN |
|
MARCH 5 (64) |
6 (430) |
7 |
|
|
|
Cb1-18 |
Cb1-19 |
Cb1-20 |
manu moe ra |
ki to mata |
e nuku mata |
ZIBAL
= ζ Eridani
(48.0),
κ Ceti
(48.9) |
τ Arietis (49.7) |
ALGENIB PERSEI
= α Persei
(50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)
GIENAH (γ Corvi) |
SEPTEMBER 4 |
5 (248) |
6 |
μ Lupi, γ Tr.
Austr. (231.3), ο Librae (231.8) |
ο Cor. Borealis
(232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi
(232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ²
Lupi (232.5),
PHERKAD = γ Ursae Min.
(232.6), ε Librae (232.7), η Cor. Borealis
(232.8), υ Lupi (232.9) |
ALKALUROPS = μ Bootis
(233.1),
ED ASICH = ι Draconis
(233.2) |
ZIBAL
(*48) |
*232 |
ALGENIB
PERSEI
GIENAH |
MARCH 8 (432) |
9 |
10 |
11 (70) |
|
|
|
|
Cb1-21 (413 = 14 * 29½) |
Cb1-22 |
Cb1-23 |
Cb1-24 |
hoea |
ko te rima |
kua oo ki te
vai |
ma te ua |
σ Persei (51.6) |
no star listed (52) |
ψ Persei (53.1)
ACRUX (α CRUCIS)
|
δ Persei (54.7) |
SEPTEMBER 7 (250) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
NUSAKAN
= β Cor. Bor.
(234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν
Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9) |
θ
Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi
(235.6),
GEMMA
= α Cor. Bor.,
ZUBEN ELAKRAB
= γ Librae,
QIN = δ Serpentis,
ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor.
Borealis (235.8), υ Librae
(235.9)
SIRRAH (α Andromedae)
|
φ
Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae
(236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor.
Borealis (236.9) |
κ
Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis
(237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct.
(237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η
Librae (237.7),
COR
SERPENTIS
= α Serpentis
(237.9) |
|
*52
SIRRAH
|
ACRUX
*236 = 8 * 29½ |
*54
COR SERPENTIS |
I guess there is a little
navel string still hanging loose in
front in Cb1-18 (where 118 = 4 * 29½).
The short beak can be contrasted with
the very long beak at the dwarf (noi):
DECEMBER 31 |
63 |
MARCH 5 (64) |
|
|
Ca13-3 (346) |
Cb1-18 (410) |
e kua noi |
manu moe ra |
"Between it [Achernar]
and Fomalhaut lie many small stars, not
mentioned by Ptolemy, that Hyde said
were Al Zibāl;
but Al Sufi had already called them
Al Ri'āl,
the Little Ostriches." (Allen)
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