Next station is at Zuben Elgenubi in
October 31 (304), which - we remember - was close to the Full
Moon in May 2:
|
Arab |
Hindu |
Chinese |
|
α Virginis (Spica) |
Oct 10 (283) |
α Virginis (Spica) |
Oct 10 (283) |
α Virginis (Spica) |
Oct 10 (283) |
|
ι (Syrma), κ, φ Virginis |
Oct 23 (296) |
α Bootis (Arcturus) |
Oct 22 (295) |
κ Virginis |
Oct 22 (295) |
|
α (Zuben Elgenubi), β Librae (Zuben
Elschemali) |
Oct 31 (304) |
α, β, γ and ι
Librae |
Oct 31 (304) |
α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) |
Oct 31 (304) |
|
Nov 7 (311) |
|
May 1 (121) |
2 |
|
3 |
159 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-15 |
Cb1-16 |
Cb1-17 (409) |
|
e niu tu |
ki te ariki - e ka
hua ra tona rima |
koia kua iri i
ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea |
|
Right Wing (40.9),
BHARANI (41.4) |
τ² Eridani (41.7) |
no star listed |
|
October 30 |
31 (304) |
November 1 |
|
ο Bootis
(222.9), Izar (223.0), 109 Virginis
(223.3) |
ZUBEN ELGENUBI
(224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi
(224.5) |
Kochab
(225.0) |
|
Oct
10 |
10 |
Oct
21 |
22 |
23 (296) |
24 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-6
(569) |
Cb8-17
(580) |
Cb8-18 |
Cb8-19 |
Cb8-20 |
|
vero hia |
te
vai noho |
te
nuku |
te henua ma te nuku |
|
SPICA,
Alcor
(202.7) |
no star
listed |
Asellus
Tertius,
Κ
VIRGINIS,
14 Bootis (214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2),
ARCTURUS
(215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5) |
SYRMA,
λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8), ι Lupi, 18
Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis
(216.5) |
ψ
Centauri (216.6), Asellus Primus, ε Apodis (216.8),
τ Lupi (217.1) |
|
April 10
(100) |
April 21 (111) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
|
Ksora (20.1) |
no stars
listed |
Mira
(33.7) |
|
3 |
Oct
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
|
Nov
1 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-24 |
Cb8-25 |
Cb8-26 |
Cb8-27
(590) |
Cb8-28 |
Cb8-29 |
| te
maitaki |
kua hua te kahi |
te ahine poo
puo |
ki
te huaga |
ma te tara huki |
te kahi |
|
ρ Lupi (221.0),
Toliman
(221.2) |
π Bootis
(221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9), 31 Bootis (222.0), Yang
Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5) |
ο Bootis
(222.9), Izar (223.0), α Apodis, 109 Virginis
(223.3) |
ZUBEN
ELGENUBI (224.2),
ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan
(226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) |
|
April
28 |
29 |
30 |
May 1 |
2 (122) |
3 |
|
ν Arietis (38.5) |
μ
Arietis (39.4) |
Head of the Fly (39.6),
Kaffaljidhma (39.8), ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar
(40.2) |
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2),
BHARANI (41.4) |
ς Arietis, τ² Eridani
(41.7) |
ρ Arietis (43.0) |
There are 3 weeks from Spica to Zuben
Elgenubi, but only 9 days from
κ Virginis. From vai in Cb8-17 there are 10 days. The
differences in opinion between the Arabs (Syrma), the Hindu
(Arcturus), and the Chinese (κ Virginis) as to the precise
location of a station have here vanished.
We can therefore
guess Cb8-27 (at heliacal Zuben Elgenubi) - i.e. October 31 - was
the end of the Chinese Root station, with heliacal
Kochab (β Ursae Minoris) in November 1 marking the first day of
the next station - the Chinese Room and the Hindu
Anuradha.
But the Arabs had
duplicated their station before the Crown of the Forehead (Iklīl
al Jabhah) - with their Claws of the Scorpion (Al Zubānā) referring
not only to Zuben Elgenubi (α Librae) but also to β (Zuben
Elschemali, the Northern Claw).
The Arabs lived as nomads
in the desert and their women were always covered completely, in
male communities.
If also the creator
of the C text saw heliacal Zuben Elgenubi as the last day of a
lunar station, then the 'crooked thorn' (te tara huki)
should indicate the beginning of the next such station.
| Huki
1. Pole attached to the poop from which
the fishing-net is suspended: huki kupega.
2. Digging stick. 3. To set vertically, to
stand (vt.). 4. Huki á te mahina, said of the new
moon when both its horns have become visible. Vanaga.
1. To post up, to publish. 2. To cut
the throat (uki). Mq.: Small sticks which close
up the ridge of a house. Ha.: hui, the small
uniting sticks in a thatched house. Churchill.
Standing upright. Barthel.
M. Spit for roasting. Te Huki,
a constellation. Makemson.
Hukihuki. 1. Colic. 2. To
transpierce, a pricking. 3. To sink to the bottom.
Churchill. |
October 31, with
the heliacal Southern Claw, could mark the end of 20 lunar
synodic months, 20 * 29½ = 590. But in the night of October 31
could be seen the opposite, viz. how the Northern Fly with Bharani
returned with life north of the equator.
On Easter Island November
1 may have been the date when the manu tara birds were
expected to return. And in November 2 there could have been
raised a sky pillar (te kahi) for supporting the high sky
of summer.
By understanding huki
as a 'standing upright' we can read together Cb8-28 and Cb8-29.
It should be noticed that the text
evidently has also used Zuben Elgenubi close to the Full Moon as
an indicator of a final. The glyph number of Cb1-16 is 408 and
in Cb1-17 the left hand is missing.
Metoro's
koia kua iri i
ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea
first tells about arms uplifted
kua iri i ruga o te rima.
Then (probably
referring to the right part of the figure) he mentioned
vaha mea (red opening) which
could refer to the situation north of the equator. The top part,
the opening, is not allowing light in from the front.
Possibly
to vaha mea
refers to the situation north of the equator in contrast to
te vaha mea..
|
To
1. Particle sometimes used with the
article in ancient legends; i uto to te hau,
the ribbon was in the float. 2. To rise (of the sun)
during the morning hours up to the zenith: he-to
te raá. Vanaga.
1. Of. T Pau., Ta.: to, of.
Mgv.: to, genitive sign. Mq.: to, of,
for. 2. This, which. Churchill.
Mgv.: To, to make a canoe
of planks. Mq.: to, to build a canoe. Sa.:
to, to build. Churchill. |
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