The origin of the idea of a
broken stick releasing a beautiful woman
could possibly be Porrima, rising after the 7th and
final star (β,
Kraz)
of Corvus. Ca7-22 could allude to the
inversion of 22 / 7 =
π:
|
Azzubra 2 |
3 |
|
4 |
5 (136) |
|
September 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (272) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca7-21 |
Ca7-22 |
Ca7-23 |
Ca7-24 (192) |
|
te kava - erua
marama |
e marama noho
i tona nohoga |
te hare pure e
tagata noho ki roto |
|
Gacrux (188.7), 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), ρ Virginis
(191.4), Porrima,
γ Centauri (191.5) |
β Muscae (192.5) |
|
March 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (90) |
|
Saad Al Akhbia 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (319) |
|
no star listed |
Delta (8.4) |
Schedir (8.6),
μ
Phoenicis (8.9), ξ Phoenicis
(9.0), Deneb Kaitos,
η
Phoenicis (9.4) |
no star listed |
|
Azzubra 6 (137) |
|
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
September 30 |
October 1 |
2 (275) |
3 |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca7-25 (193) |
Ca7-26 |
Ca7-27 |
Ca7-28 |
Ca7-29 |
|
tagata i
te marama |
koia ra |
ki te
marama |
kua moe ra |
te ahi i
te rima aueue |
|
Mimosa (192.9) |
ψ Virginis (194.5) |
Alioth (194.8),
Minelauva (195.1),
Cor Caroli (195.3) |
δ Muscae (196.5) |
Vindemiatrix (196.8),
ξ¹ Centauri (197.1) |
|
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (460) |
|
Saad Al Akhbia 9 |
10 |
11 (322) |
12 |
13 |
|
Achird (10.7),
ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η
Andromedae (11.4) |
Cih (12.4) |
no stars listed |
1h (15.2) |
|
β Phoenicis (15.1) |
For a Polynesian the name Porrima
could quckly be
recognized as po-rima
(day of 'fire' = day of '5').
|
Po
1. Night;
to get dark, to fall (of
night): he-po, it
is getting dark.
Formerly used, with or
without raá, in
the meaning of a whole
day: po tahi, one
day; katahi te kauatu
marima po, fifteen
days; po tahi raá,
first day of the
week; po rua raá, po
toru raá, second,
third day, etc. 2. Alone
or as po nui,
used to express the idea
of good luck, happiness.
He-avai-atu au to'ou
po, I wish you good
luck (when taking leave
of someone). Very common
was this parting
formula: aná po noho
ki a koe! good luck
to you! Po-á, morning;
i te po-á, in the
morning; i te
po-era-á, very early
in the morning.
Po-ará, quickly,
rapidly, swiftly:
he-iri po-ará, go up
quick; he-ta'o itau
umu era po-ará, he
cooked it quickly.
Po-e-mahina,
formerly used of
sleep-walkers (haha a
po). Vanaga.
1.
Darkness, night, late;
po haha, dark
night, gloom. P Tu.
po-tagotago,
darkness. Mgv., Mq.,
Ta.: po,
darkness, night. 2.
Calendar day; po e
rua, Tuesday; po
o te tagata, life. P
Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.:
po, calendar day.
Churchill. |
|
Rima
1. Hand,
also, but improperly,
fingers, forearm; te
ko mu'a o te rima,
palm of the hand; te
ko tu'a o te rima,
back of the hand;
rima hakaturu,
generous, liberal,
munificent; tagata
rima pu'a, helper;
rima hakakau,
generous hands,
open-handed person;
rima matu'a neanea,
thumb. 2. Fifth;
e-rima, ka-rima,
five. Vanaga.
1.
Five. P Mgv., Ta.:
rima, id. Mq.:
ima, id. 2. Arm,
hand; rima atakai,
obliging, kind,
generous, a gift,
rima tuku, elbow,
rima omo,
infidelity, faithless,
unfaithful, rima o te
kahu, sleeve,
kakari rima, wrist.
P Pau.: rima,
hand, arm. Mgv.: rima,
hand, arm, paw, finger.
Mq.: ima, hand,
arm. Ta.: rima,
arm, hand, finger.
Rimahakaviriviri,
fist, to clench the
fist, a blow of the
fist. Rimahati,
one-armed. Rima ko
manaroa, little
finger T. Rimamatua
neanea, thumb.
Rimaroaroa tahaga,
middle finger T.
Rimatitiri, to walk
with the hands behind
the back. Rimaruru,
to clasp hands.
Rimatuhi henna (?)
index finger T.
Rimatuhi a hana,
finger ring T (? ring
finger). 3. To lead into
error; rimaetua,
supernatural, Mq.:
imaima, that which
returns after a man's
death, Ta.: rimaatua,
plague, dissension,
mortal illness.
Churchill. |
Metoro did not
say rima here, but he may
well have thought it obvious, because
he had just explained the
exchange of liquid in September
26 as te kava,
and then the venerable Bishop
would surely himself be able to count to
erima marama:
|
Azzubra 11 |
12 |
13 (144) |
Assarfa 1 |
2 |
|
October 5 |
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca7-30 |
Ca7-31 |
Ca8-1 (200) |
Ca8-2 |
Ca8-3 |
|
erua marama |
Etoru marama |
|
ξ² Centauri (197.9),
Apami-Atsa (198.5) |
Diadem (198.9), Al
Dafīrah (199.4) |
σ Virginis (200.4) |
ι Centauri (201.4) |
Mizar (202.4) |
|
April 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (100) |
|
Almuqaddam 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (329) |
|
υ Phoenicis (15.6),
ζ Phoenicis (15.7),
Mirach (16.0),
Anunitum (16.5) |
Revati (16.9),
ν Phoenicis (17.4) |
no stars listed |
Ksora (20.1) |
Apami-atsa (θ),
the 'Child of Waters', is at
Virgo's left elbow - as if
balancing Spica 5 days later
and on the other side of the
ecliptic.
|
Assarfa 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (150) |
|
October 10 |
11 |
12 (285) |
13 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca8-4 |
Ca8-5 |
Ca8-6 |
Ca8-7 |
|
tagata oho
marama |
kua pau koia |
kua noi ia |
ko te ahi kua
ka i te rima
aueue |
|
Spica,
Alcor (202.7) |
no star listed |
Heze (205.0) |
ε Centauri
(206.3) |
|
April 11 (101) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
|
Almuqaddam 6 |
7 |
8 (332) |
9 |
|
γ Phoenicis
(20.8), δ
Phoenicis (21.5) |
no star listed |
Achernar (23.3) |
no star listed |
After these 5
nights Spica and Alcor (80 Ursae
Majoris) rose together.
If, possibly, this
could have influenced the
creator of the text to draw a
small uplifted marama in
October 10. The old year had
finished and then a new one ought to
begin high up. Metoro said
kua pau koia and at the
other end of the year April 11
was Gregorian day 100 + 1.
To complete the
picture of Virgo I have below
redmarked also the rest of her
stars. First, though, we should
notice how in Ca8-10 there is a
5-feathered
maro string hanging down
at left (in the past) and this
is 182 days
after April 17 (107):
|
Assarfa 7 |
8 |
9 (153) |
|
October 14 |
15 |
16 (289) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca8-8 |
Ca8-9 |
Ca8-10 (209) |
|
erua marama |
te
kihikihi - te marama |
|
no star listed |
τ Bootis (208.2),
Benetnash (208.5) |
ν Centauri (208.7),
μ Centauri, υ Bootis
(208.8) |
|
April 15 |
16 |
17 (107) |
|
Almuqaddam 10 |
11 |
12 (336) |
|
no stars listed |
Polaris, Baten
Kaitos (26.6),
Metallah (26.9),
Segin, Mesarthim,
ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
Sheratan,
φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
Counting day
289 (October 16) minus April
17 (107) results in 182
days. I think Benetnash
should be
the nakshatra star of
Polaris and the distance is
181.9, precisely as that
between Regulus and
Sadalmelik. Otherwise my
model has 181 days as the RA
difference:
|
Date |
Heliacal star |
RA distance |
Nakshatra star |
|
March 26 (85) |
Ankaa (5.0) |
181.3 |
Chang Sha
(186.3) |
|
April 1 (91) |
η Andromedae
(11.4) |
181.5 |
Mimosa (192.9) |
|
April 17 (107) |
Polaris (26.6) |
181.9 |
Benetnash
(208.5) |
|
April 24 (114) |
Mira (33.7) |
181.1 |
κ Virginis
(214.8) |
|
May 26 (146) |
Ain (65.7) |
181.3 |
Heart (247.0) |
|
May 28 (148) |
Aldebaran (68.2) |
180.9 |
Antares (249.1) |
|
July 6 (187) |
Wezen (107.1) |
181.3 |
Nunki (288.4) |
|
July 26 (206) |
Avior (126.4) |
180.8 |
Gredi (307.2) |
|
August 21 (233) |
Regulus (152.7) |
181.9 |
Sadalmelik
(334.6) |
|
September 4
(247) |
Dubhe (166.7) |
181.1 |
Fomalhaut
(347.8) |
On the
other hand, from Segin,
Mesarthim, and
ψ Phoenicis, (27.2),
to Benetnash (208.5) the
distance is 181.3, a
more normal RA distance.
κ (214.8) is the
only Virgo star noted in
my table above.
|
Assarfa 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (157) |
Auva 1 |
|
October 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (293) |
21 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca8-11 |
Ca8-12 |
Ca8-13 |
Ca8-14 |
Ca8-15 (214) |
|
tagata oho marama |
koia ra |
te
marama |
ka
moe |
i
te rima kaueue - te
ika |
|
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) |
Thuban (212.8), χ
Centauri (213.0),
Menkent (213.1) |
no star listed |
|
April 18 (473) |
19 |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
|
Almuqaddam 13 |
Al Muakhar 1 |
2 |
3 (340) |
4 |
|
no star listed |
Alrisha,
χ Phoenicis (29.2) |
Alamak (29.7), Hamal
(30.5) |
2h (30.4) |
no star listed |
|
Auva 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (164) |
|
October 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca8-16 |
Ca8-17 |
Ca8-18 |
Ca8-19 |
Ca8-20 |
Ca8-21 (220) |
|
manu rere |
erima marama |
|
Asellus Tertius,
κ Virginis
(214.8),
Arcturus
(215.4), Asellus
Secundus (215.5) |
Syrma,
λ Bootis
(215.6), ι Lupi
(216.3),
Khambalia
(216.4), υ
Virginis (216.5) |
ψ Centauri
(216.6) |
Asellus Primus
(217.8), τ Lupi
(218.1) |
φ Virginis
(218.7),
σ Lupi (219.1),
ρ Bootis (219.5) |
Haris (219.7). σ
Bootis (220.2),
η Centauri
(220.4) |
|
April 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
28 |
|
Al Muakhar 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (345) |
9 |
10 |
|
no star listed |
Mira (33.7) |
no stars listed |
|
Auva 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (168) |
12 |
|
October 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
November 1 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca8-22 |
Ca8-23 |
Ca8-24 |
Ca8-25 |
Ca8-26 (225) |
|
tagata i
te marama |
koia ra |
ki te
marama |
ku
hakarava |
te ahi ki
te rima
aueue - te
ika |
|
ρ Lupi
(221.0),
Toliman
(221.2) |
π Bootis
(221.8), ζ
Bootis
(221.9),
Yang Mun
(222.1),
Rijl al Awwa
(222.5) |
ο Bootis
(222.9),
Izar
(223.0),
109 Virginis
(223.3) |
Zuben
Elgenubi
(224.2), ξ
Bootis, ο
Lupi (224.5) |
Kochab
(225.0) |
|
April 29 |
30 |
May 1 (121) |
2 |
3 |
|
Al Muakhar
11 |
12 |
13 (350) |
Alrescha 1 |
2 |
|
no star
listed |
Head of the
Fly (39.6),
Kaffaljidhma
(39.8),
Angetenar
(40.2) |
Right Wing
(40.9),
Bharani
(41.4) |
τ² Eridani
(41.7) |
no star
listed |
The
heliacal rising of
the last stars, Rijl
al Awwa (μ) and 109
Virginis, were
presumably important
because they were
close to the end
of October, when in
the night the Fly
with Bharani could
be seen together
with the Full Moon.
The
odd 109 Virginis is
precisely 48 days
later than the first
Virgo star
ω, 223.3 - 175.3 =
48.0.
The
manzil Auva ended
where Metoro said
tupu te ure o te
henua, where 4
nights remained to
glyph 230:
|
Auva
13 |
Simak
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
(174) |
|
November
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
(310) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca8-27 |
Ca8-28 |
Ca8-29 |
Ca9-1 |
Ca9-2
(230) |
|
tupu
te
ure
o te
henua |
erua
kiore |
Te
marama
erua |
|
Ke
Kwan
(226.3),
Ke
Kwan
(226.4) |
Zuben
Elakribi
(226.8),
Nekkar
(227.3) |
15h
(228.3) |
λ
Lupi
(228.9) |
κ
Lupi
(229.7),
ζ
Lupi
(229.8) |
|
π
Lupi
(227.9),
Zuben
Hakrabim
(228.3) |
|
May
4 |
5
(125) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
|
Alrescha
3 |
4
(354) |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
Acamar
(43.6) |
Menkar
(44.7) |
3h
(45.7) |
no
star
listed |
Botein
(46.9) |
|
Algol
(45.9),
Misam
(46.2) |
On the other
side of the
sky Algol
was together
with the
Full Moon when
Sun was at 3h + 12h =
15h and when Zuben
Hakrabim (ν
Librae) rose
heliacally.
I guess 'Auva'
can be
understood
as the
'egg'. Cfr
Min-el-auva
(δ)
in October 2
(where 275 =
11 * 25),
a star which rose
19 days
before the
date Auva
1 (214 days
after March
21).
The opposite
of an egg
can be
thought of
as a
decapitated
old head and the
Medusa
head (Algol)
rose
heliacally
the
day after manzil day
354 = May 5
(125) when
Menkar rose
heliacally.
'Min' in
Min-el-auva
possibly
alludes to
'Men' in
Men-kar, the
'nose' of
the egg
respectively
of the Sea
Beast
(Cetus).
The creator
of the C
text
probably
contemplated
how to
describe all
these
phenomena
and it should
have
occurred to
him to present
the form of
an egg in
glyph 192 (=
227 - 35).
Number 227
suggests 22
/ 7 =
π
and south of
the equator
Spica could
have been
regarded as
the 'manu
tara
egg' of
spring,
rising 11
days after
RA day 192.
October 10
(283) = 192
(July 11) +
91.
There was
also the
Southern Fly to
consider,
with
α and β the
day before
respectively
the day
after
Porrima (at
Ca7-23).
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