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The implication is that Maui dropped his loin cloth (maro) because he was drawing up the land ('the fish') which had been 'inundated' (similar to when in ancient Egypt the greatest of all the stars, Sirius, forced the waters of the Nile to recede). Maui had to move from June (Maro) to Anakena (July).

Ga2-18 Ga2-19 Ga2-20 (50) Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23
Ghost-23 Al Dhirā'-5 / Punarvasu-7 ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) POLLUX (116.2) Azmidiske (117.4)
ρ GEMINI (112.1)

Antares

CASTOR (113.4) Markab Puppis (114.7), PROCYON (114.9)
July 11 (*112) 12 (193) 13 (194 - 80 + 366 = *480) 14 15 16
ºJuly 7 (*108) 8 9 10 (*477) 11 12 (193)
'June 14 (165) 15 16 17 (*88) 18 (*455) 19
"May 31 (151) "June 1 2 (*73) 3 4 5 (*442)
ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), Albireo (295.5) μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9) ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), Sham (297.8) β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) υ Aquilae (299.1), Tarazed (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) Sravana-23
ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), Bezek (300.8)
January 10 (*295) 11 12 (377) 13 14 15 (*300)
ºJanuary 6 7 (372) 8 9 10 (*295) 11
'Dec14 (*268) 15 16 (350) 17 18 19
"Nov 30 (*254) "December 1 2 (336) 3 4 5
Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 (56)
no star listed (118) Drus (119.9) no star listed (120)
July 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
ºJuly 13 14 (195) 15 (*116)
'June 20 (171 - 80 + 366 = *457) Solstice 22 (*93)
"June 6 (*77) 7 (*444) 8 (525)
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8)
January 16 (*301) 17 18 (383)
ºJanuary 12 13 (378) 14 (*299)
'December 20 (354) Solstice 22
"December 6 (*260) 7 8 (342)
Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 (59) Ga3-1
8h (121.7) ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), Regor (122.7) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)

Ras Algethi

Naos (121.3)
July 20 (201) 21 22 23 (*124)
ºJuly 16 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
'June 23 (174 - 80 + 366 = *460) St John's Eve 25 (*96) 26 (177)
"June 9 (*80) 10 11 12 (163)
20h (304.4) Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) Tso Ke (306.3) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 19 (*304) 20 (385) 21 22
ºJan 15 (*300) 16 17 18 (383)
'December 23 (*277) Christmas Eve 25 26 (360)
"December 9 10 11 (*265) 12 (346)

Ga2-26 can be compared with Cb4-20:

Cb4-17 (480) Cb4-18 Cb4-19 Cb4-20 (91)
erua marama tagata noho i to mea kua vaha
ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) POLLUX (116.2) Azmidiske (117.4)
Markab Puppis (114.7), PROCYON (114.9)
July 13 (*114 + *366 = *480) 14 15 (196) 16
263 + 88 = 351 263 + 89 = 352 263 + 90 = 353 263 + 91 = 354 (= 12 * 29½)
ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), Sham (297.8) β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) υ Aquilae (299.1), Tarazed (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) Sravana-23
ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), Bezek (300.8)
January 12 (377) 13 14 15 (*300)
351 - 183 = 168 352 - 183 = 169 353 - 183 = 170 354 - 183 = 171 (= 9 * 19)

Cb4-20 is glyph 91 (= 7 * 13) counted from the beginning of side b, i.e. counted from October 17 (290) - or from 'September 20 (263). Ga2-26 is glyph 56 (= 7 * 8) counted from the beginning of side a, i.e. counted from November 23 (327) - or from 'October 27 (300).

There is a 3 day difference between the positions of this type of glyph in the texts:

Cb4-20 RA 300 January 15
Ga2-26 RA 303 January 18

An explanation might be to state that τ Aquilae marked where in the time of Gregorius XIII the Sun had reached day 299 counted from spring equinox, whereas Altair was preceding this day by precisely 3 days ('footprints'):

Egyptian sticks Phoenician taw Greek chi Χ (χ)
Greek tau Τ (τ)

In Plato's Timaeus, it is explained that the two bands that form the soul of the world cross each other like the letter Χ. Chi or X is often used to abbreviate the name Christ, as in the holiday Christmas (Xmas). When fused within a single typespace with the Greek letter Rho, it is called the labarum and used to represent the person of Jesus Christ. (Wikipedia)

... tau is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 300 ... Taw is believed to be derived from the Egyptian hieroglyph meaning 'mark' ...

Taw, Tav or Taf is the twenty-second and last letter in many Semitic abjads ... In gematria Tav represents the number 400, the largest single number that can be represented without using the Sophit forms ...

'From Aleph to Taf' describes something from beginning to end; the Hebrew equivalent of the English 'From A to Z' ...

Tav is the last letter of the Hebrew word emet, which means truth. The midrash explains that emet is made up of the first, middle, and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet (Aleph, Mem, and Tav...). Sheqer (falsehood), on the other hand, is made up of the 19th, 20th, and 21st (and penultimate) letters.

Thus, truth is all-encompassing, while falsehood is narrow and deceiving. In Jewish mythology it was the word emet that was carved into the head of the Golem which ultimately gave it life. But when the letter 'aleph' was erased from the Golem's forehead, what was left was 'met' - dead. And so the Golem died ... (Wikipedia)

 

Counted from the little Rei in Ga1-30 to the next Rei in Ga1-27 there were 27 days, and counted from Kaus Australis at tagata toki (Ga2-1) to Altair there were also 27 days, but to τ Aquilae there were 30 days:

Ga1-29 Ga1-30 Ga2-1
Al Han'ah-4  Furud (94.9) Well-22
 TEJAT PRIOR (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), Canopus (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
June 22 (173) 23 (540) St John's Eve
ºJune 18 (169) 19 (536) 20 (*91)
'May 26 (146) 27 (513) 28 (*68)
"May 12 (132) 13 (*53) 14 (500)
η Sagittarii (276.9) Purva Ashadha-20
KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6)
December 22 (356) 23 (*277) Christmas Eve
ºDec 18 (*272 = 2 * 136) 19 20 (354 = 12 * 29½)
'November 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27
"November 11 12 (*236) 13 (317)

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Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 (59) Ga3-1
8h (121.7) ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), Regor (122.7) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)

Ras Algethi

Naos (121.3)
July 20 (201) 21 22 23 (*124)
ºJuly 16 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
'June 23 (*460) St John's Eve 25 (*96) 26 (177)
"June 9 (*80) 10 11 12 (163)
20h (304.4) Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) Tso Ke (306.3) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 19 (*304) 20 (385) 21 22
ºJan 15 (*300) 16 17 18 (383)
'Decr 23 (*277) 24 25 26 (360)
"December 9 10 11 (*265) 12 (346)
Wikipedia:

The adze is shown in ancient Egypt from the Old Kingdom onward. Originally the adze blades were made of stone, but already in the Predynastic Period copper adzes had all but replaced those made of flint. While stone blades were fastened to the wooden handle by tying, metal blades had sockets into which the handle was fitted ... A depiction of an adze was also used as a hieroglyph, representing the consonants stp, 'chosen', and used as: ...Pharaoh XX, chosen of God/Goddess YY...

The ahnetjer (Manuel de Codage transliteration: aH-nTr) depicted as an adze-like instrument, was used in the Opening of the Mouth ceremony, intended to convey power over their senses to statues and mummies. It was apparently the foreleg of a freshly sacrificed bull or cow with which the mouth was touched ... The ritual involved the symbolic animation of a statue or mummy by magically opening its mouth so that it could breathe and speak. There is evidence of this ritual from the Old Kingdom to the Roman Period. Special tools were used to perform the ceremony, such as a ritual adze, an arm shaped ritual censer, a spooned blade known as a peseshkaf, a serpent-head blade, and a variety of other amulets. A calf's leg was also held up to the lips painted on the coffin.

The ancient Egyptians believed that in order for a person's soul to survive in the afterlife it would need to have food and water. A special ritual called the 'Opening of the Mouth' was performed so that the person who died could eat and drink again in the afterlife.

3 Al Hak'ah White Spot λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² 84.4 June 13 (164) 21 73
4 Al Han'ah Brand γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν, η (Tejat Prior), ξ (Alzirr) 93.4 June 22 (173) 9 82
5 Al Dhirā' Forearm α Gemini (Castor), β (Pollux) 113.4 July 12 (193) 20 102

The tau letter (τ) - as for instance in τ Aquilae - could have meant temporary death:

... The manner of his death can be reconstructed from a variety of legends, folk-customs and other religious survivals. At mid-summer, at the end of a half-year reign, Hercules is made drunk with mead and led into the middle of a circle of twelve stones arranged around an oak, in front of which stands an altar-stone; the oak has been lopped until it is T-shaped. He is bound to it with willow thongs in the 'five-fold bond' which joins wrists, neck, and ankles together, beaten by his comrades till he faints, then flayed, blinded, castrated, impaled with a mistletoe stake, and finally hacked into joints on the altar-stone. His blood is caught in a basin and used for sprinkling the whole tribe to make them vigorous and fruitful. The joints are roasted at twin fires of oak-loppings, kindled with sacred fire preserved from a lightning-blasted oak or made by twirling an alder- or cornel-wood fire-drill in an oak log.

The trunk is then uprooted and split into faggots which are added to the flames. The twelve merry-men rush in a wild figure-of-eight dance around the fires, singing ecstatically and tearing at the flesh with their teeth. The bloody remains are burnt in the fire, all except the genitals and the head. These are put into an alder-wood boat and floated down the river to an islet; though the head is sometimes cured with smoke and preserved for oracular use. His tanist succeeds him and reigns for the remainder of the year, when he is sacrificially killed by a new Hercules.

The rho letter (ρ) may have been chosen for the midnight culmination of Antares (cfr at ρ Gemini), where he was turned into a 'ghost':

20 Turtle λ Orionis (Heka) Monkey (83.2) Jun 12 (163) 163 = 146 + 17
21 Three Stars ζ Orionis (Alnitak) Gibbon (84.7) Jun 14 (165) 165 = 163 + 2
June solstice
22 Well μ Gemini (Tejat Posterior) Tapir (95.4) Jun 24 (175) 175 = 165 + 10
23 Ghost ρ Gemini ? Goat (112.1) Jul 11 (192) 192 = 175 + 7
Tau

Year (ta'u), he-hoa ite ta'u, to confess to a crime committed long ago, by publishing it in the form of a kohau motu mo rogorogo (rongorongo tablet). Vanaga.

1.To hang (tau), to perch  (said of chickens on tree branches at night);  rock on the coast, taller than others so that something can be deposited on it without fear of seeing it washed away by the waves; hakarere i ruga i te tau, to place something on such a rock; tau kupega, rope from which is hung the oval net used in ature fishing. 2. Pretty, lovely; ka-tau! how pretty! Vanaga.

1. Year, season, epoch, age. P Pau.: tau, a season, period. Mgv.: tau, a year, the season of breadfruit. Mq.: tau, year. Ta.: tau, season, time. 2. Fit, worthy, deserving, opportune; tae tau, impolite, ill-bred, unseemly; pei ra tau, system. PS Mgv.: tau, fit, suitable, proper. Sa.: tau, right, proper. To.: tau, becoming, fit, proper, agreeable. Fu.: tau, fit, proper. 3. To perch. P Pau.: tau, a perch for a bird. Mgv.: tau, to mount on a person's back. Mq.: tau, to perch, to rest on. Ta.: tau, to perch, to alight on. 4. To hang; hakatau, necklace; hakatautau, to append. P Pau.: fakatautau, to hang up. Mq.: tautau, id. Ta.: faatautau, id. 5. Anchor; kona tau, anchorage, port. P Mq.: katau, anchor. Ta.: tau, id. 6. To fight; hakatau, challenge, to defy, to incite; hakatautau, to rival. P Ma.: whakatatau, to quarrel. Churchill.

Pau.: fakatau, indolent. Ta.: faatau, id. Fakatautau, to delay, to defer. Ta.: haatautau, id. Churchill.

The Malay word for 'year' is taun or tahun. In all Polynesian dialects the primary sense is 'a season', 'a period of time'. In the Samoan group tau or tausanga, besides the primary sense of season, has the definite meaning of 'a period of six months', and conventionally that of 'a year', as on the island of Tonga. Here the word has the further sense of 'the produce of the year', and derivatively 'a year'. In the Society group it simply means 'season'. In the Hawaiian group, when not applied to the summer season, the word keeps its original sense of 'an indefinite period of time', 'a life-time, an age', and is never applied to the year: its duration may be more or less than a year, according to circumstances. So far our authority (Fornander, I, 124; cp. 119). It seems however to be questionable whether the original sense is not the concrete 'produce of the seasons', rather than the abstract 'period of time'. It is significant that on the Society Islands the bread-fruit season is called te tau, and the names of the other two seasons, te tau miti rahi and te tau poai, are formed by adding to this name. Nilsson.