Let's speculate. From Maro 15 (where
531 = 365 + 166 = 3 * 177 = 18 * 29½) to
Hora Nui 1 there were 78 days,
which possibly alluded to the synodic
cycle of Mars (Kuukuu) = 78 * 10¹ days, because 78 = 378 - 300:
|
Synodic
cycles of the planets: |
|
Mercury |
115.88 |
=
584
- 468 |
|
Venus |
583.92 |
584 |
|
Sun |
354 |
=
584
- 230 |
|
Mars |
779.96 |
= 10
*
78 |
|
Jupiter |
398.88 |
=
584
- 185 |
|
Saturn |
378.09 |
=
300
+
78 |
|
Uranus |
369.66 |
=
584
- 214 |
|
18 (*58) |
19 |
MAY 20 |
21 (*61) |
22 |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 (59) |
Ga3-1 |
Ga3-2 (61) |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
|
ρ Puppis
(122.0),
HEAP OF FUEL = μ Cancri
(122.1),
ζ Monocerotis
(122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6),
REGOR = γ Velorum
(122.7) |
TEGMINE (Covered up) = ζ Cancri
(123.3) |
AL TARF
(End) = β Cancri (124.3)
RAS
ALGETHI (α Herculis)
|
χ Cancri
(125.2),
BRIGHT FIRE = λ Cancri
(125.4) |
AVIOR = ε Carinae
(126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο Ursa Majoris
(127.4) |
|
July 21 |
22 / 7 |
23 (204) |
24 (*125) |
25 |
26 |
|
17 (*118) |
18 |
°July 19 (200) |
°July 20 (*121) |
21 |
22 / 7 |
|
ST JOHN'S DAY |
25 (*96) |
'June
26 (177) |
'June 27 |
28 |
29 (*100) |
|
Maro 10 (*81) |
11 |
"June 12 (163) |
13 (*84) |
14
(165) |
Maro 15 (531) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
NOVEMBER 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (325) |
23 (*246) |
|
SHANG WEI (Higher Guard) = κ Cephei
(305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4),
TSEEN FOO (Heavenly Raft) = θ
Aquilae (Ant.)
(305.6),
ξ Capricorni (305.8) |
TSO KE (Left Flag) = ρ Aquilae
(306.3) |
GREDI
= α
Capricorni
(307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5),
ALSHAT
= ν
Capricorni
(307.9) |
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 /
Ox / Herd Boy-9
DABIH
= β Capricorni
(308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1),
SADIR = γ Cygni
(308.4),
PEACOCK
= α Pavonis
(308.7) |
MINTAKA (δ Orionis)
OKUL
= π
Capricorni
(309.6),
BOS
= ρ
Capricorni
(309.9)
ARNEB (α
Leporis)
|
ALNILAM (ε Orionis)
ο
Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)
HEKA (λ
Orionis)
|
|
January 20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (*309) |
25 (390) |
|
°January 16 (*301) |
17 |
18 |
19 (384) |
20 |
21 |
|
X-MAS EVE |
'December 25 |
26 (360) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
|
"December 10 |
11
(*265) |
12 |
LUCIA |
14 (348) |
15 |
|
77 |
AUGUST 9 |
10 (222) |
11 |
12 |
13 (*145) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-1 |
Ga6-2 |
Ga6-3 |
Ga6-4
(144) |
Ga6-5 (290 / 2) |
|
HEZE = ζ Virginis
(205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy =
M83 Hydrae (205.7) |
ε Centauri (206.3), κ Oct. (206.4) |
no star listed (207) |
τ Bootis
(208.2),
BENETNASH
= η Ursae Majoris
(208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ
Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
no star listed (209) |
|
October 12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
15 (*208) |
16 |
|
°October 8 |
9 |
10 |
11
(*204) |
12 (285) |
|
'September 15 |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
|
Hora Nui 1 (244) |
Hora Nui 2 |
"September
3 |
4 |
5 (*168) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
FEBRUARY 8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
10 |
11 |
12 (408) |
|
ACHERNAR
= α Eridani
(23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ
Andromedae (23.9) |
ALSEIPH (Scimitar)
= φ Persei
(24.5), τ Ceti (24.7) |
no star
listed (25) |
ANA-NIA-10 (Pillar-to-fish
by)
χ
Ceti (26.1),
POLARIS
= α Ursae Minoris, BATEN KAITOS = ζ
Ceti
(26.6),
METALLAH = α Trianguli
(26.9) |
Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 /
Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1
(Front
of the Head of Ku)
SEGIN = ε Cassiopeia, MESARTHIM = γ
Arietis, ψ Phoenicis
(27.2),
SHERATAN
= β Arietis, φ Phoenicis
(27.4) |
|
April 13 (468) |
4-14 (104) |
15 |
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
|
°April 9 |
10 (100) |
11 |
12 |
13 (*23) |
|
'March 17 |
18 (77) |
19 |
20 (*364) |
0h |
|
"March 3 |
4 (*348) |
5 (64) |
6 |
7 |
|
Sons of Hau Maka |
Sons of Hua Tava |
|
Ira |
Sun |
Kuukuu |
Mars |
|
Raparenga |
Moon |
Ringiringi |
Mercury |
|
|
Nonoma |
Jupiter |
|
Uure |
Venus |
|
Makoi |
Saturn |
But if heliacal Heze was
the place for terminating Maui, then we maybe
should count 78 + 183 = 261 (= 9 * 29) in
order to reach Alseiph in the night? This
was day *348 at the time of Bharani and
there 'happens to be' 348 (= 12 * 29) glyphs
on side b of the C tablet.
According to Manuscript E
(E:28),
however, Kuukuu was fatally stricken
by the Turtle already before Heze:
... They all sat down and rested [on the
plain of Oromanga], when suddenly
they saw that a turtle had reached the shore
and had crawled up on the beach. He [Ira]
looked at it and said, 'Hey, you! The turtle
has come on land!' He said, 'Let's go! Let's
go back to the shore.' They all went to pick
up the turtle. Ira was the first one
to try to lift the turtle - but she didn't
move. Then Raparenga said, 'You do
not have the necessary ability. Get out of
my way so that I can have a try!'
Raparenga stepped up and tried to lift
the turtle - but Raparenga could not
move her. Now you spoke, Kuukuu: 'You
don't have the necessary ability, but I
shall move this turtle. Get out of my way!'
Kuukuu stepped up, picked up the
turtle, using all his strength. After he had
lifted the turtle a little bit, he pushed
her up farther. No sooner had he pushed her
up and lifted her completely off the ground
when she struck Kuukuu with one fin.
She struck downward and broke Kuukuu's
spine.
The turtle got up, went back into the (sea)
water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke
to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did
not prevail against the turtle!' They put
the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and
carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed
for him in the cave and let him rest there.
They stayed there, rested, and lamented the
severely injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu
said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will
not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could
never abandon you!' They stayed there
twenty-seven days in Oromanga.
Everytime Kuukuu asked, 'Where are
you, friends?' they immediately replied in
one voice, 'Here we are!' They all sat down
and thought. They had an idea and Ira
spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring the round stones
(from the shore) and pile them into six
heaps of stones!' One of the youths said to
Ira, 'Why do we want heaps of stone?'
Ira replied, 'So that we can all ask
the stones to do something.' They took (the
material) for the stone heaps (pipi
horeko) and piled up six heaps of stone
at the outer edge of the cave. Then they all
said to the stone heaps, 'Whenever he calls,
whenever he calls for us, let your voices
rush (to him) instead of the six (of us)
(i.e., the six stone heaps are supposed to
be substitutes for the youths). They all
drew back to profit (from the deception) (?
ki honui) and listened. A short while
later, Kuukuu called. As soon as he
had asked, 'Where are you?' the voices of
the stone heaps replied, 'Here we are!' All
(the youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was well
done!'
...
The Explorers arrived at
Rangi Meamea in "July 23 (Anakena 23)
and there they stayed on the beautiful beach of
Oromanga for 27 days:
...
Rangitokona,
prop up the heaven! // Rangitokona,
prop up the morning! // The pillar stands in
the empty space. The thought [memea]
stands in the earth-world - // Thought
stands also in the sky. The kahi
stands in the earth-world - // Kahi
stands also in the sky. The pillar stands,
the pillar - // It ever stands, the pillar
of the sky
...
|
JUNE 28 |
29 (180) |
SIRIUS |
JULY 1 (*102) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 |
Ga4-18
(101) |
Ga4-19 |
|
ν Hydrae (163.1) |
no star listed (164)
ALTAIR
(α Aquilae)
|
Wings-27
η Oct. (165.4),
ALKES
= α Crateris
(165.6) |
ANA-TIPU-4
(Upper-side-pillar - where the
guards stood)
MERAK = β Ursae Majoris
(166.2),
DUBHE
= α Ursae Majoris
(166.7) |
|
August 31 |
September 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 (246) |
|
°August 27 |
28 |
29 (*161) |
30 (242) |
|
'August
4 (216) |
5 (*137) |
6 |
7 |
|
"July 21 |
22 / 7 |
Anakena 23 (204) |
24 (*125) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
DECEMBER 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
|
ι Cephei
(346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis
Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) |
SCHEAT AQUARII = δ Aquarii
(347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis
Austrini (347.4),
FOMALHAUT
= α Piscis Austrini,
τ Gruis (347.8) |
FUM AL SAMAKAH
= β Piscium
(348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5),
ο
Andromedae
(348.9) |
Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 /
Purva Bhādrapadā-26 /
House-13
SCHEAT PEGASI
= β Pegasi,
π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis
(349.4),
MARKAB PEGASI
= α Pegasi
(349.5) |
|
March 2 |
3 |
4 (*348) |
5 (64) |
|
°February 26 |
27 |
28 (*344) |
°March 1 (60) |
|
'February 3 |
4 |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
|
"January 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (*308) |
|
JULY 2 |
3 (184) |
4 (*105) |
21 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-20 |
Ga4-21 (104) |
Ga4-22 |
|
11h (167.4)
χ Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae
(167.1),
χ² Hydrae
(167.3) |
AL SHARAS (The Rib)
= β Crateris (168.6) |
Al Zubrah-9 /
Purva Phalguni-11
ZOSMA (Girdle)
= δ Leonis
(169.2),
COXA (Hips)
= θ Leonis
(169.4) |
|
September 4 |
5 (248 = 104 + 144) |
6 |
|
°August 31 |
°September 1 (*164) |
2 (245) |
|
'August 8 (*140) |
9 |
10 (222) |
|
"July 25
(*126) |
26 |
27 (208) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JANUARY 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
|
23h (350.0)
υ,
θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei (350.6), ι
Gruis (350.9) |
SIMMAH = γ Piscium
(351.7) |
φ Aquarii
(352.0),
ψ Aquarii
(352.4),
χ Aquarii
(352.6), γ Tucanae, φ Gruis (352.8) |
|
March 6 (*350) |
7 (66) |
8 (432) |
|
°March 2 (*346) |
3 |
4 (63) |
|
'February 7 |
8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
|
"January 24 |
25
(*310) |
26 |
|
JULY 26 |
27 (208) |
28 |
29 |
30 (*131) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga5-17 |
Ga5-18
(128) |
Ga5-19 |
Ga5-20 |
Ga5-21 |
|
Al Áwwā'-11 /
Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or
West Shur?)
Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis
(191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4),
PORRIMA
= γ Virginis,
γ Centauri (191.5) |
ι Crucis (192.2),
β Muscae
(192.5),
MIMOSA
= β Crucis
(192.9) |
no star listed (193) |
κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis
(194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6),
ALIOTH = ε Ursae Majoris,
ι Oct. (194.8) |
MINELAUVA = δ Virginis
(195.1),
COR CAROLI
= α Canum Ven.
(195.3) |
|
September 28 |
29 (*192) |
30 (273) |
October 1 |
2 |
|
°September 24 |
25
(*188) |
26 |
27 (270) |
28 |
|
'September 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
|
"August
18 (*150) |
Hora Iti 19 (231) |
20 |
21 |
22 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JANUARY
25 |
26 |
27 (392) |
28 |
29 (*314) |
|
ξ
Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1),
DENEB KAITOS
= β Ceti,
η Phoenicis (9.4),
AL NITHĀM = φ¹ Ceti
(9.6) |
ACHIRD
= η Cassiopeiae
(10.7) |
Legs-15
ν
Andromedae (11.0),
φ² Ceti
(11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2),
η Andromedae
(11.4) |
CIH = γ Cassiopeiae,
λ Tucanae (12.4),
φ³ Ceti
(12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8) |
φ4 Ceti
(13.2) |
|
March 30 |
31 (*375) |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
|
°March 26 |
27 |
28 (*372) |
29 (88) |
30 |
|
'March 3 |
4 |
5 (64) |
6 (*350) |
7 |
|
"February 17 |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 (*336) |
21 |
En passent we can see
that the number of yam species (39) possibly
was meant to correspond to the distance
between right ascension day numbers at the
time of rongorongo and the day numbers
(counted from "January 1) at the time of
Bharani; for instance 231 (Hora Iti 19)
= *192 + 39. And the sum 41 in Manuscript E
could of course allude to 41 Arietis (= Bharani).
The backbone of Kuukuu
was broken by a flipper (a member for moving
in water) and similarly in July 22 the path of spring Sun was broken
off - he was turned into
an invalid and covered up (Ga2-29). Possibly he also lost some ribs
(Ga4-21). Although Manuscript E said
te tua ivi (for his backbone) it could be
of value for us to compare with the cloud of
meanings surrounding hopu:
|
Hope
Spine, backbone. T Pau.: hopega,
the last; hoperemu, the
posteriors of an animal. Mgv.:
ope, the breech, the rump,
buttocks, the end or tip of fruits.
Mq.: hope, the rear, tail;
hopehope, the buttocks. Ta.:
hope, tail. Hopehope,
calm; cooked too much. Mq.: hopeé,
laziness, indolence, feeble, soft.
Mq.: Hope moa, a hair
ornament for the girdle. Sa.:
sope, a lock of hair left longer
than the rest. Churchill. |
|