... The canoes of
Ava Rei Pua and of Hotu
were seen near the (off-shore)
islets. On the fifteenth day of the
month of October (tangaroa
uri) the canoe of Hotu
and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua
landed.
On the fifteenth day
of the month of October (tangaroa
uri), Nonoma left the
house during the night to urinate
outside. At this point Ira
called out to Nonoma, 'Look
at the canoe!' Nonoma ran, he
quickly went to Te Hikinga Heru
(a ravine in the side of the crater
Rano Kau) and looked around.
There he saw the double canoe way
out near the (offshore) islets, and
the two (hulls of the canoe) were
lashed together." (The Eighth
Island)
The date Tagaroa Uri
15 was evidently equal to ºOctober
11, i.e. there was a 4-day
difference. Tagaroa Uri 15 was day
288 and ºOctober 11 was day 284.
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Ga6-3 |
Ga6-4 (144) |
Ga6-5 |
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no star listed (207) |
τ Bootis (208.2),
Benetnash
(208.5), ν Centauri (208.7),
μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
no star listed (209) |
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Tagaroa Uri 14 |
15 (288) |
16 |
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ºOctober 10 |
11 (*204) |
12 (285) |
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'September 17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
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"September 3 (246) |
4 |
5 (*168) |
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no star listed (24) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
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POLARIS, Baten
Kaitos (26.6), Metallah
(26.9) |
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Vaitu Nui 14 |
15 |
16 (472) |
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ºApril 11 (101) |
12 |
13 (468) |
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'March 18 (78) |
19 (*364) |
20 (445) |
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"March 4 (64) |
5 (*350) |
6 (431) |
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Ga6-6 |
Ga6-7 |
Ga6-8 (148) |
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Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri
(210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1),
υ² Centauri (211.8), τ
Virginis (211.9) |
Agena (212.1), θ
Apodis (212.5),
Thuban (212.8) |
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Tagaroa Uri 17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
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ºOctober 13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
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'September 20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
22 |
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"September 6 |
7 (250) |
8 (*171) |
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Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis
(28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2),
Alamak (29.7) |
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Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ
Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis
(27.4) |
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Vaitu Nui 17 (107) |
18 (474 = 108 + 366) |
19 |
|
ºApril 14 |
15 (104 = 59 + 46) |
16 (*25) |
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'March 21 (80 = 59 + 21) |
22 (*367) |
23 (448 = 366 + 82) |
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"March 7 (432 = 66 + 366) |
8 (67 = 59 + 22) |
9 (*354) |
Moe in Ga6-6
is a type of glyph which probably
indicates 'birth' and here this time
seems to have coincided with the day
when the Sun reached the pair of
stars defining Al Sharatain
(the First Point of Aries). When on
Easter Island this 'point' was close
to the Sun in day 107 = Vaitu Nui 17
it could have meant - according to
their calendar - that spring had
arrived north of the equator.
But in rongorongo
times the true day for this northern equinox
would have arrived already 27
days earlier. 146 (Ga6-6) - 27 =
119 (Ga5-9) and here kiore
(at left) has been drawn with a
straight back, probably to indicate
his efforts to push upwards:
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Ga5-4 |
Ga5-5 |
Ga5-6 |
Ga5-7 |
Ga5-8 |
Ga5-9 (119) |
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Al Sarfah-10 /
Uttara Phalguni-12 |
Phekda,
β Hydrae
(179.3), η Crateris
(179.9)
Deneb Cygni
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no star listed |
π Virginis (181.0) |
12h (182.6) |
Alchita,
Ma Wei (183.1),
Minkar
(183.7), ρ Centauri
(183.9) |
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93 Leonis (178.0),
DENEBOLA
(178.3), Alaraph
(178.6) |
ο Virginis
(182.1) |
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Hora Nui 15 |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
20 |
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ºSept 11 |
12 (*175) |
13 (256) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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'August 19 |
20 (*152) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (236) |
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"Aug 5 (*137) |
6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
9 |
10 |
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σ Phoenicis (360.4) |
φ Pegasi (361.7) |
Dzaneb (362.4) |
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ
Pegasi (363.1), 32
Piscium (363.2), π
Phoenicis (363.4), ε
Tucanae (363.6), τ
Phoenicis (363.9) |
no star listed (364) |
Al
Fargh al Thāni-25 |
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0h (365.25) |
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Caph,
SIRRAH (0.5),
ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
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Tarahao 16 (75 = 31
+ 28 + 16) |
17 (365 + 31 + 29 +
17 = 442) |
18 (77 = 443 - 366) |
19 (444) |
20 (445) |
21 (80 = 446 - 366) |
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ºMarch 13 |
3-14 (73) |
15 |
16 |
17 (*360) |
18 (77) |
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'Febr 18 (414) |
19 (50) |
20 (*336) |
21 |
22 |
Terminalia |
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"Febr (400) |
5 (36) |
6 |
7 |
8 (*324) |
9 |
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Ga5-10 |
Ga5-11 (121) |
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Pálida (184.6),
Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13 /
Chariot-28 |
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GIENAH
(185.1), ε
Muscae (185.2),
ζ Crucis
(185.4), Zaniah
(185.9) |
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Hora Nui 21
(*184) |
Equinox (265) |
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ºSeptember 17
(*180) |
18 (261) |
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'August 25 (237) |
26 (*158) |
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"August 11
(*143) |
12 (224) |
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Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1),
θ Andromedae
(2.7) |
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ALGENIB PEGASI
(1.8) |
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Tarahao 22 (81 =
31 + 28 + 22) |
23 (448 = 366 +
82) |
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ºMarch 19 (78 =
443 - 365) |
20 (444 = 365 +
31 + 28 + 20) |
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Bissextum
(55 = *340 + 80
- 365) |
'Feburary 25 (55
= 22 * 5 / 2) |
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"February 10
(*326) |
11 (42 = *327 +
80 - 365) |
And although in
rongorongo times the Easter Island
true spring equinox (south of the
equator) probably was at viri
in Ga5-11
their calendar spring
equinox may have been locked to the
First Point of Aries as seen close
to the Full Moon in day 290 (Tagaroa
Uri 17) = 4 + 286 (ºOctober 13).
Also the view
from north of the equator may
have been recorded in the glyph
text, because the 'empty head
gear' in Hora Nui 26 coincided
with autumn equinox according to
the calendar of the Church - in
ºSeptember 22 although Gienah
had risen with the Sun already 4
days earlier:
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Ga5-12 |
Ga5-13 |
Ga5-14 (124) |
Ga5-15 |
Ga5-16 |
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Chang Sha
(186.3) |
Intrometida (187.4),
Acrux (187.5) |
γ Com. Berenicis
(188.0), σ Centauri
(188.1),
Algorab
(188.5), Gacrux
(188.7)
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γ Muscae (189.0),
Avis
Satyra
(189.3), Asterion
(189.5),
Kraz
(189.7) |
α
Muscae (190.2), τ
Centauri (190.5), χ
Virginis (190.7)
Alderamin
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Hora Nui 23 |
24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
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ºSept 19 |
20 |
21 (*184) |
Equinox |
23 (266) |
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'August 27 |
28 (240) |
29 |
30 |
31 (*163) |
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"August 13 |
14 |
15 (227) |
16 (*148) |
17 |
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σ Andromedae (3.0),
ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ
Andromedae, π
Tucanae (3.7) |
no star listed (4) |
Ankaa, κ Phoenicis
(5.0)
Alphard
|
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β
Tucanae (6.4) |
π Andromedae,
Andromeda Galaxy
(7.7) |
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Tarahao 24 |
25 (84) |
26 (451) |
27 (*372) |
28 |
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Equinox (445) |
ºMarch 22 (81) |
23 |
24 (*368) |
25 |
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'Febr 26 (*342) |
27 |
28 |
29 (60) |
'March 1 |
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"Febr 12 (408) |
13 |
14 |
15 (46) |
16 (*332) |
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