... The fish came near the surface then, so that Maui's line was slack for a moment, and he shouted to it not to get tangled. But then the fish plunged down again, all the way to the bottom. And Maui had to strain, and haul away again. And at the height of all this excitement his belt worked loose, and his maro [the dry month of June was named Maro] fell off and he had to kick it from his feet. He had to do the rest with nothing on.

The brothers of Maui sat trembling in the middle of the canoe, fearing for their lives. For now the water was frothing and heaving, and great hot bubbles were coming up, and steam, and Maui was chanting the incantation called Hiki, which makes heavy weights light. At length there appeared beside them the gable and thatched roof of the house of Tonganui, and not only the house, but a huge piece of the land attached to it. The brothers wailed, and beat their heads, as they saw that Maui had fished up land, Te Ika a Maui, the fish of Maui. And there were houses on it, and fires burning, and people going about their daily tasks. Then Maui hitched his line round one of the paddles laid under a pair of thwarts, and picked up his maro, and put it on again ...

*APRIL 18 (108)	19	20	21	*22 (32)**	23	24

Ga2-2 (32)	Ga2-3	Ga2-4	Ga2-5	Ga2-6	Ga2-7	Ga2-8
no star listed (96)	β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0)	no star listed (98)	ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) ~~GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.)~~	ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), MEBSUTA (Outstretched) = ε Gemini (100.7)	SIRIUS = α Canis Majoris (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7)	τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4)
June 25	*(6 29½ = 177)**	27	28	29	30	July 1
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*OCTOBER 8	9	10	*11 (214)**	12	13	14
KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3)	ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)	Abhijit-22 (Victorious) θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)	no star listed (282)	ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)	South Dipper-8 (Unicorn) Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)	SHELIAK (Tortoise) = β Lyrae, ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7) ~~ATLAS (27 Tauri)~~
December 25	26 (360)	27	28	29	30	31

*APRIL 25 (115)	*26 (36)**	27	28

Ga2-9	Ga2-10	Ga2-11	Ga2-12 (42)
*Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-9 (Twins of the Shepherd ?)* θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), ALHENA (Winding) = γ Gemini (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9)	ADARA (Virgins) = ε Canis Majoris (104.8)	ω Gemini (105.4), ALZIRR (Button) = ξ Gemini (105.7), MULIPHEIN (Oaths) = γ Canis Majoris (105.8), MEKBUDA (Contracted) = ζ Gemini (105.9)	7h (106.5) no star listed (106)
July 2	*(104 = 8 * 13)**	4 (185)	5
ºJune 28	*29 (100)**	SIRIUS	ºJuly 1 (182)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*OCTOBER 15	16	17 (300)	*18 (221)**
χ Oct. (286.0), AIN AL RAMI (Archer's Eye) = ν Sagittarii (286.2), υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), ALYA = θ Serpentis (286.6)	ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., SULAPHAT (Tortoise) = γ Lyrae (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), ASCELLA = ζ Sagittarii, BERED = i Aquilae (Ant.) (287.9)	*Al Na'ām-18 / Uttara Ashadha-21* NUNKI = σ Sagittarii (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9)	19h (289.2) λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)
January 1	2	3 (368)	4
°December 28	29	30 (364)	31

... This [σ] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...

Nunki announced the beginning of 'Water' and when this star had been at the Full Moon in 'December 30 the implication could have been that dry (maro) Land would be at the opposite side of the sky, in 'June 30. And at the beginning of the 7-day wake after the month of Jupiter was the star said to be in the middle, viz. Wasat (δ Gemini):

There was a rising fish 2 days earlier and a descending fish 2 days later. And the Weight star at the rising fish (δ Canis Majoris, Wezen) was at the back side of the Great Dog with Aludra, the Virgin (η), at the tip of his tail:

*APRIL 29	30 (120)	MAY 1 (41)	2	3

Ga2-13	Ga2-14	Ga2-15 (45)	Ga2-16	Ga2-17
WEZEN (Weight) = δ Canis Majoris (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9)	no star listed (108)	λ Gemini (109.4), WASAT (Middle) = δ Gemini (109.8)	no star listed (110)	ALUDRA (Virgin) = η Canis Majoris (111.1), PROPUS = ι Gemini (111.4), GOMEISA (Water Eyed) = β Canis Minoris (111.6)
July 6	7 (188)	8	9	10
°July 2	3 (184)	4	5	*6 (107)**
'June 9	10 (161)	11	12	*13 (84)**
"May 26	27	28 (148)	29	*30 (70)**
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*OCTOBER 19	20	*21 (224)**	22	23
*Al Baldah-19* AL BALDAH (The City) = π Sagittarii, ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr. (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)	ALADFAR (The Talons of the Eagle) = η Lyrae (291.1), NODUS II = δ Draconis (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis (291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8)	ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7)	π Draconis, ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii (293.0), ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii, ALRAMI (The Archer) = α Sagittarii (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6)	DENEB OKAB (Eagle's Tail) = δ Aquilae (Ant.) (294.0), α Vulpeculae (Little Fox) (294.9)
*January 5 (290)**	6	7 (372)	8	9
°January 1	2	3 (368)	4	*5 (290)**
'December 9	*10 (264)**	11 (345)	12	13
"November 25	*26 (250)**	27	28 (360)	29

... Xiuhtecuhtli, the fire god, as Huehueteotl, 'the old god at the centre'. One of the oldest deities of ancient America, this clay figure from the Veracruz culture shows him seated with a brazier on his head. Xiuhtecuhtli was lord of the present 'Sun', or era, his ceremonies being particularly important at the end of every fifty-two-year cycle when all fires were put out and a fresh one was kindled on a prisoner's breast in order to keep time moving ...

Notably the order was upset by Vega - the ancient star at the pole - upset by the Tortoise where the month of Janus was beginning.

... This island was once a great land. The reason it became so small is because Uoke lifted the earth with a (mighty) pole and then let it sink (into the sea). It was because of the very bad people of Te Pito O Te Henua that Uoke lifted the land (and let it crumble) until it became very small. From the uplifted Te Pito O Te Henua, (they) came to the landing site of Nga Tavake, to Te Ohiro. In Rotomea (near Mataveri) they disembarked and climbed up to stay at Vai Marama (a waterplace near Mataveri). During the next month, they moved on to Te Vare (on the slope of the crater Rano Kau). When they saw that the (land-) lifting Uoke [a name possibly derived from Vega = the Arab's Al Wākι, cfr the name Nga Ta-vake] also approached (their present) island, Nga Tavake spoke to Te Ohiro: 'The land is sinking into the sea and we are lost!' But Te Ohiro warded off the danger with a magic chant. In Puku Puhipuhi, Uoke's pole broke, and, in this way, at least Nga Tavake's landing site remained (of the formerly great land) ...

"The association of Lyra's stars with a bird perhaps originated from a conception of the figure current for milleniums in ancient India, - that of an Eagle or Vulture; and in Akkadia, for the great storm-bird Urakhga before this was there identified with Corvus. But the Arabs' title, Al Nasr al Wākι', - Chilmead's Alvaka, - referring to the swooping Stone Eagle of the Desert, generally has been attributed to the configuration of the group α, ε, ζ, which shows the bird with half-closed wings, in contrast to Al Nasr al Tā'ir, the Flying Eagle, our Aquila, whose smaller stars, β and γ, on either side of α, indicate the outspread wings." (Allen)

Number 22 came between 20 and 21, between the Winnowing Basket and the Cradle (Small Bed for the newborn child):

SAGITTARIUS:
20	*Purva Ashadha*	δ and ε Sagittarii	Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket	278 = 259 + 19
	first of the ashādhā (the invincible one, the name of a constellation)	Kaus		Dec 24 (358)
LYRA:
22	Abhijit	α, ε, and ζ Lyrae	... Al Nasr al Wākι' ... the swooping Stone Eagle of the Desert, generally has been attributed to the configuration of the group α, ε, ζ, which shows the bird with half-closed wings ...	281 = 278 + 3
	victorious	Vega		Dec 27 (361)
SAGITTARIUS:
21	*Uttara Ashadha*	ζ and σ Sagittarii	Elephant tusk, small bed	288 = 281 + 7
	second of the ashādhā	Nunki		Jan 3 (368)
AQUILA:
23	Sravana	α, β, and γ Aquilae	Ear or Three Footprints	300 = 288 + 12
	-	Altair		Jan 15 (380)

... As has already been mentioned, the Delphians worshipped Dionysus once a year as the new-born child, Liknites, 'the Child in the Harvest Basket', which was a shovel-shaped basket of rush and osier used as a harvest basket, a cradle, a manger, and a winnowing-fan for tossing the grain up into the air against the wind, to separate it from the chaff ...

*MAY 4	*5 (125 = 5 5 * 5)**	6	7	8	*9 (49 = 7 * 7)**

Ga2-18 (48)	Ga2-19	Ga2-20	Ga2-21	Ga2-22	Ga2-23
Ghost-23 (Goat) ρ Gemini (112.1), Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini (112.2) ~~ANTARES (α Scorpii)~~	*Al Dhirā'-5 /* Punarvasu-7 / Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the Twins) CASTOR (Beaver) = α Gemini (113.4)	ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7 (Pillar for elocution) υ Gemini (114.0), MARKAB PUPPIS (Seat at Stern) = κ Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON = α Canis Minoris (114.9)	α MONOCEROTIS (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7)	Mash-mashu-arkū-11 (Eastern One of the Twins) κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX = β Gemini (116.2), π Gemini (116.9)	AZMIDISKE (Little Shield) = ξ Puppis (117.4)
July 11	12 (193)	13	14	15	16
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*NOVEMBER 3	4	*5 (229)**	6 (310)	7	8
ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), ALBIREO (Ab Ireo) = β Cygni (295.5)	ALSAFI (Fire Tripod) = σ Draconis (296.0), μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9)	ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), SHAM (Arrow) = α Sagittae (297.8)	β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8)	υ Aquilae (299.1), TARAZED (Starstriking Falcon) = γ Aquilae (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9)	*Sravana-23* TYL = ε Draconis (300.0), ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (Flying Eagle) = α Aquilae (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), BEZEK = η Aquilae (Ant.) (300.8)
January 10	11	12	13 (378)	14	*15 (300)**

*MAY 10	11	12	*13 (53)**	14	15

Ga2-24	Ga2-25	Ga2-26 (56)	Ga2-27	Ga2-28	Ga2-29
φ Gemini (118.4)	DRUS = χ Carinae (119.9)	ω Cancri (120.2)	8h (121.7) χ Gemini (121.0), NAOS = ζ Puppis (121.3)	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)
July 17	18	19 (200)	*20 (121)**	21	22
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*NOVEMBER 9	10 (314)	11	12	13	14
ι Sagittarii (301.2), TEREBELLUM = ω Sagittarii, ξ Aquilae (301.3), ALSHAIN (Falcon) = β Aquilae (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8)	ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7)	τ Aquilae (303.8)	20h (304.4) η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)	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)
January 16	17	18 (383)	19	20	21

There seems to be a kind of informative pattern here, perhaps referring to the months of the year in the way I am suggesting below:


Ga2-1	Ga2-2	Ga2-3	Ga2-4
January	February	March	April


Ga2-5	Ga2-6	Ga2-7	Ga2-8
May	June	July	August

Ga2-9	Ga2-10	Ga2-11	Ga2-12
September	October	November	December

... Rutua te pahu - the drums were sounding - when the sky was moving (rutua te maeva). Question is with how much the sky was moving.

... In China, every year about the beginning of April, certain officials called Sz'hüen used of old to go about the country armed with wooden clappers. Their business was to summon the people and command them to put out every fire. This was the beginning of the season called Han-shih-tsieh, or 'eating of cold food'. For three days all household fires remained extinct as a preparation for the solemn renewal of the fire, which took place on the fifth or sixth day after the winter solstice [Sic!] ...

If 'the beginning of April' was the time for wooden clappers (probably equivalent to rutua te pahu), then the stars which once upon a time had told about the winter solstice must have moved ahead with around 365 + 91 (April 1) - 355 (December solstice) = 101 precessional days, an incredibly long stretch of time. Instead the explanation could rather be a change of the definition of where the year was beginning - for instance a change from winter solstice to the northern spring equinox ...

'About the beginning of April' - when the Chinese used their wooden clappers - could have been referring to the time when Cor Caroli was at the Full Moon (cfr *Ca14-15). 14 * 15 = 210 (7 * 30) and 210 + 180 (6 * 30) = 390 (13 * 30). Wooden clappers should be a sign of the situation down on earth - the earthly fire was missing ...

... For three days all household fires remained extinct as a preparation for the solemn renewal of the fire, which took place on the fifth or sixth day after the winter solstice. The ceremony was performed with great pomp by the same officials who procured the new fire from heaven by reflecting the sun's rays either from a metal mirror or from a crystal on dry moss. Fire thus obtained is called by the Chinese heavenly fire and its use is enjoined in sacrifices: whereas fire elicited by the friction of wood is termed by them earthly fire, and its use is prescribed for cooking and other domestic purposes ...

The Gemini twins (compare Te Ohiro who died and Nga Tavake who did not die) were facing each other, but later - not half a year later but possibly 183 - 63 = 4 * 30 days later - there could (once upon a time) have been faces looking in opposite directions. I guess this could have been expressed by the hand signs in Ga2-6 and Ga2-8 in contrast to those in Ga2-10 respectively Ga2-12.

1 Horn α Virginis (Spica) Crocodile (202.7) October 9 (282)

2 Neck κ Virginis Dragon (214.8) October 21 (294)

3 Root α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) Badger (224.2) October 31 (304)

4 Room π Scorpii (Vrischika) Hare (241.3) November 17 (321)

5 Heart σ Scorpii Fox (247.0) November 23 (327)

6 Tail μ Scorpii (Denebakrab) Tiger (254.7) November 30 (334)

7 Winnowing Basket γ Sagittarii (Nash) Leopard (273.7) December 19 (353)

December solstice

8 South Dipper φ Sagittarii Unicorn (284.0) December 30 (364)

9 Ox / Herd Boy β Capricornii (Dabih) Buffalo (308.0) January 23 (388)

10 Girl ε Aquarii (Albali) Bat (314.8) January 29 (394)

11 Emptiness β Aquarii (Sadalsud) Rat (325.9) February 9 (405)

12 Rooftop α Aquarii (Sadalmelik) Swallow (334.6) February 18 (414)

13 House α Pegasi (Markab) Pig (349.5) March 5 (429)

14 Wall γ Pegasi (Algenib) Porcupine (1.8) March 22 (81)

15 Legs (Kui) η Andromedae Wolf (11.4) April 1 (91)

16 Bond β Arietis (Sheratan) Dog (27.4) April 17 (107)

17 Stomach 4¹ Arietis (Bharani) Pheasant (41.4) May 1 (121)

18 Hairy Head η Tauri (Alcyone) Cockerel (56.1) May 16 (136)

19 Net ε Tauri (Ain) Crow (65.7) May 25 (145)

20 Turtle Head λ Orionis (Heka) Monkey (83.2) June 12 (163)

21 Three Stars ζ Orionis (Alnitak) Gibbon (84.7) June 13 (164)