... Hau Maka spoke to his first-born son Ira, to Raparenga, and also to the sons of Hua Tava - namely, Kuukuu A Hua Tava, Ringiringi A Hua Tava, Nonoma A Hua Tava, Uure A Hua Tava, and Makoi A Hua Tava. Hau Maka said to Ira: 'Take the crew and launch your canoe; set sail and look for the land in the direction of the rising sun (a roto i te raa). When you sail and look in this direction, you will find it lying there, its contours will stand out 'on high' in the midst of the (rising) sun (i runga i roto i te raa) ...

If these 7 explorers are personifications of the Pleiades, then Kuukuu must be the 'Lost Pleiad'. However, instead of being 'struck by lightning' (as Celaeno) he was 'struck by a fin' (of the 'earth turtle'), cfr at Hanga Hoonu:

They all sat down and rested, when suddenly they saw that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up on the beach.	he noho he hakaora.anake.i ka ui atu ena ko te honu ku tomo ana ki uta ki runga ki te one.	p. 27
He 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.	he tikea he ki he ro korua e.ko te honu ku hoa ana ki uta he ki amua tatou ki oho ki huri mai ki uta he oho anake he tuu ke ketu mai i te honu.
Ira was the first one to try to lift the turtle - but she didn't move.	he oho te kope rae.ko Ira.he ketu mai i te honu.kai ngaei mai.
Then Raparenga said, 'You do not have the necessary ability. Get out of my way so that I can have a try!'	he ki atu a raparenga ina ai o (koe) kei ka maehua koe ki oho atu au.
Raparenga stepped up and tried to lift the turtle - but Raparenga could not move her.	he oho a Raparenga.(h)e ketu mai i te honu kai ngaei te honu i a Raparenga
Now you spoke, Kuukuu: 'You don't have the necessary ability, but I shall move the turtle. Get out of my way!'	he ki mai koe e Kuukuu e ina ai o korua kei i a au tau honu ena ana ngaei ka maeha korua.	p. 28
Kuukuu stepped up, picked up the turtle, using all his strength.	he oho a kuukuu.he ketu i te honu hekekeru i ketu ai i te honu.
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 downwards and broke Kuukuu's spine.	he iri ka iri era ka avaava ro.etahi no o kapeu i pua mai era kia kuukuu.he ava ki raro he hati te tua ivi o kuukuu.
The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away.	he ea te honu he uru ki roto ki te vai he oho.

The G text made me connect Celaeno with the single 'egg-headed' manu rere in Gb1-12:


Gb8-18 (460)	Gb8-19	Gb8-20	Gb8-21 (463)	Gb8-22	Gb8-23	Gb8-24
				The Pleiades

						230
Gb8-25	Gb8-26 (468)	Gb8-27	Gb8-28	Gb8-29	Gb8-30	230

11
	Gb1-12 (1)**	Gb1-13	Gb1-14
	α Pavonis

Peacock	α Pavonis	1225.65m	*1000.85 / 1440 360 = 250 days**
*Celaeno*	16 Tauri	224.80m	*1000.85 / 1440 360 = 250 days**

North of the equator a displacement was caused by 'lightning' and if this event should be described from the latitude of Easter Island it should be the opposite - a displacement caused by darkening.

The 'Earth Turtle' will be the causal agent instead of 'Father Light' high up in the sky. Instead of spring equinox with its change from dark winter to light summer 'the dark cloth' should arrive, expressed by the picture of Kuukuu (the planter) being carried on a litter into a cave:

All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e., Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!'	he ki mai anake ngaio taina kia koe ana koe tae ki te honu.	p. 28
They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in a cave and let him rest there.	he tupu he oho i te ika ko kuukuu ki uta he heriki i te ana he hakamoe.he noho he hakaora.
They stayed there, rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu.	he tangi i te papaku ko kuukuu.
Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will not abandon me!'	he ki mai a kuukuu.e ui korua e aku hoa e o hoa i a au.
They all replied, 'We could never abandon you!'	he ki mai anake ina matou eko hoa. (crossed out: he noho i ora mae)

They held their promise for 27 days and then they abandoned him. Significantly page number 29 (as the dark night in the month) describes this sad but necessary fate. 27 + 29 = 56 = the day number of Calaeno.

Kuukuu was replaced later:

"With the elimination of Kuukuu, Makoi achieves superior status among the sons of Hua Tava: the last-born now holds the rank of the first-born. Through the meeting with Nga Tavake, the representative of the original population in the area north of Rano Kau, the number of the explorers is once again complete.

Not only are Kuukuu and Nga Tavake related as 'loss' and 'gain', but also they share the same economic function: it was Kuukuu's special mission to establish a yam plantation after the landing (in this role he represents the vital function of the good planter); Nga Tavake joined the explorers to work with them in the yam plantation of the dead Kuukuu (i.e., he closes the gap caused by the death of Kuukuu among the planters)." (The Eighth Island)

We have encountered Nga Tavake earlier (cfr at Te Pei):

... 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 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 land sinking down into the sea could refer to Atlantis, the 'land' in the sky which is carried on the shoulders (amo) of Atlas.

Similarly the one-eyed giant of Homeros carried on his shoulders 'a grievous weight of dry wood' for making a fire:

... 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 ...