Once again. In the prow of the Pharaoh's night side ship there was a swallow, a kind of bird which swallows insects (the spirits of the dead):

... From a religious point of view, the high regard for flies, whose increase or reduction causes a similar increase or reduction in the size of the human population, is interesting, even more so because swarms of flies are often a real nuisance on Easter Island, something most visitors have commented on in vivid language. The explanation seems to be that there is a parallel relationship between flies and human souls, in this case, the souls of the unborn. There is a widespread belief throughout Polynesia that insects are the embodiment of numinous beings, such as gods or the spirits of the dead, and this concept extends into Southeast Asia, where insects are seen as the embodiment of the soul ...

On Easter Island the corresponding bird was the sea swallow, manu tara, a bird which with her beak (tara) pointed out the return of spring, and which produced eggs on the 3 rocky islets outside the southeastern (toga) corner of the island.

... Manu-tera, the Easter Island name for the sooty tern, means literally 'sunbird'. From this we take it as very likely, though there is no proof, that the tern would have been seen as a symbol of the sun - just as the falcon and the phoenix were symbols of the sun in ancient Egypt. The latter, the mythical Bennu bird, was associated with Heliopolis ('the City of the Sun') and with the pyramid-shaped Benben sunstone, and was famously linked to an egg: As its end approached the phoenix fashioned a nest of aromatic boughs and spices, set it on fire, and was consumed in the flames. From the pyre miraculously sprang a new phoenix, which, after embalming its father's ashes in an egg of myrrh, flew with the ashes to Heliopolis where it deposited them on the altar in the temple of the sun god Ra.

The possibility cannot be ruled out that the birdman cult of Easter Island may have expressed ideas such as these. 'If one were to propose antecedents to the practice', comments the historian R. A. Jairazbhoy: the thought of the Egg of the Egyptian sun god (the cosmic egg) would have to come to mind. The Book of the Dead says that this egg was laid by Kenkenur, or 'the Great Cackler' (an alias of the phoenix), and the deceased watches and guards it. This is declared in the Chapter headed 'Having Dominion over the Water in the Underworld'. And again the journey on the reed float across the sea is reminiscent of the journey of the Egyptian sun god Ra to the horizon on reed floats ...

The kuhane of Hau Maka made her nighttime journey while Hau Maka himself was sound asleep. The dream soul may have reached the island from somewhere in the southwest:

... The dream soul of Hau Maka continued her journey and, thanks to her mana, reached another land. She descended on one of the small islets (off) the coast. The dream soul of Hau Maka looked around and said: 'These are his three young men.' She named the three islets 'the handsome youths of Te Taanga, who are standing in the water'.

 

The dream soul of Hau Maka continued her journey and went ashore on the (actual Easter) Island. The dream soul saw the fish Mahore, who was in a (water) hole to spawn (?), and she named the place 'Pu Mahore A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul climbed up and reached the rim of the crater. As soon as the dream soul looked into the crater, she felt a gentle breeze coming toward her. She named the place 'Poko Uri A Hau Maka O Hiva'.  The dream soul continued her search for a residence for King Matua. The dream soul of Hau Maka reached (the smaller crater) Manavai and named the place 'Te Manavai A Hau Maka O Hiva'.  The dream soul went on and reached Te Kioe Uri. She named the place 'Te Kioe Uri A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul went on and came to Te Piringa Aniva. She named the place 'Te Piringa Aniva A Hau Maka O Hiva'. Again the dream soul went on her way and reached Te Pei. She named the place 'Te Pei A Hau Maka O Hiva'.  The dream soul went on and came to Te Pou. She named the place 'Te Pou A Hau Maka O Hiva' ...

Her flight went withershins, from the corner in the southwest towards the Poike (place aloft) peninsula in the east. On her way she reached Sirius (Te Pou). In other words, by going towards the east it was as if she had gone from the horizon in the southwest below the earth (Easter Island) towards the horizon in the east. This is the same route as Hotu took when he arrived in his double-canoe, whereas Ava Rei Pua went higher up (more to the north) and withershins from the west towards the east.

... The two hulls were no longer kept lashed together (i.e., they were separated for the rest of the journey). Hotu called out to the canoe of the queen: 'Steer the canoe to the left side when you sail in. Teke will jump over on board (your) canoe to work his mana when you sail through the fishing grounds!' Teke jumped on board the second canoe, (that) of the queen. The king's canoe sailed to the right, the queen's to the left. Honga worked his mana in the fishing grounds. (List of five fishing grounds that belong to Hotu and Honga.) Teke worked his mana in the fishing grounds to the left side. (List of nine fishing grounds that belong to Hotu and Teke.)

The men on board the royal canoe looked out from Varinga Te Toremo (the northeastern cape of the Poike peninsula). Then they saw the canoe of the queen, the canoe of Ava Rei Pua, as it reached Papa Te Kena (on the northern shore, east of Hanga Oteo). Honga came and gazed in the direction below (i.e., toward the west). He called out to the noteworthy ruler (? ariki motongi) Hotu: 'There is the canoe of the queen! It will be the first one to land!' At this news King Hotu replied to Honga, 'Recite (rutu) ('powerful incantations') as though the ten brothers of the chief (ariki maahu) were one whole (?).' The ten recited with all their might. This is what they recited: 'Let all movement (? konekone) cease!' They recited and sailed on swiftly: Honga, Te Kena, Nuku Kehu, Nga Vavai, Oti, Tive (corrected for 'Sive'), Ngehu, Hatu, Tuki, and Pu (corrected for 'Bu'). He worked mana in the fishing grounds. (Naming of two fishing grounds.) When Hotu's canoe had reached Taharoa, the vaginal fluid (of Hotu's pregnant wife) appeared. They sailed towards Hanga Hoonu, where the mucus (kovare seems to refer to the amniotic sac in this case) appeared. They sailed on and came to Rangi Meamea, where the amniotic fluid ran out and the conctractions began. They anchored the canoe in the front part of the bay, in Hanga Rau. The canoe of Ava Rei Pua also arrived and anchoraged. After Hotu's canoe had anchoraged, the child of Vakai and Hotu appeared. It was Tuu Maheke, son of Hotu, a boy. After the canoe of Ava Rei Pua had also arrived and anchoraged, the child of Ava Rei Pua was born. It was a girl named Ava Rei Pua Poki ...

If the 3 islets corresponded to the Belt stars of Orion, which seems plausible, then the nighttime journey of the dream soul would have taken her from this triplet down in the southwest towards the northeast - although Sirius was located later, more towards the evening and the night.

On this Chinese star map Three Stars corresponded (pars pro toto) to Alnitak, and then came Gemini (Well) at the place where the Sun would return up again to the ecliptic path.