Finally, when we are reaching
Aldebaran, the fogs are
lifting and we can see
where we are, viz. far
down in the south (toga):
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4. Rohini |
|
|
|
Sheratan 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
|
May 27 |
28 (148) |
29 |
30 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb2-17 |
Cb2-18 |
Cb2-19 |
Cb2-20 |
|
manu rere -
toga |
manu |
toga |
ka tuu
te toga o te
manu |
|
no star listed |
Aldebaran (68.2),
Theemin (68.5) |
no stars listed |
|
November
27 |
28 (332) |
29 |
30 |
|
Syrma 12 |
13 (196) |
Az Zubana 1 |
2 |
|
τ Scorpii
(250.7), Han (251.0) |
ζ Herculis
(252.1), η Herculis (252.5) |
no star listed |
Wei, η Arae
(254.3) |
|
Toga 1.
Winter season. Two seasons used to be
distinguished in ancient times: hora,
summer, and toga, winter. 2.
To
lean against somehing; to hold something
fast; support, post supporting the roof.
3. To throw something with a sudden
movement. 4. To feed oneself, to eat
enough; e-toga koe ana oho ki te aga,
eat well first when you go to work.
Vanaga.
1. Winter. P Pau.,
Mgv.: toga, south. Mq.:
tuatoka, east wind. Ta.: toa,
south. 2. Column, prop; togatoga,
prop, stay. Togariki, northeast
wind. Churchill.
Wooden platform for a
dead chief: ka tuu i te toga
(Bb8-42), when the wooden platform has
been erected. Barthel 2.
The expressions
Tonga, Kona, Toa
(Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the
quarter of an island or of the wind,
between the south and west, and
Tokelau, Toerau, Koolau
(Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the
opposite directions from north to east -
expressions universal throughout
Polynesia, and but little modified by
subsequent local circumstances - point
strongly to a former habitat in lands
where the regular monsoons prevailed.
Etymologically 'Tonga', 'Kona',
contracted from 'To-anga' or 'Ko-ana',
signifies 'the setting', seil. of the
sun. 'Toke-lau', of which the
other forms are merely dialectical
variations, signifies 'the cold, chilly
sea'. Fornander. |
Aldebaran in the northern night sky means late dark
November when the quick 'eye' of manu rere no longer is
present.
In May
27 (where 5-27 can be counted as 52 * 7 = 364) manu rere
(the living spirit of mother nature) is in the past (at left).
The Aldebaran bird in May 28 is simply a manu.
But doubt still remains. Could the glyphs
instead refer
to a northern winter which is in the past? Aldebaran means the 'follower' and
this idea implies looking back to see who is following - which
indeed is what the final bird is doing:
|
4. Rohini |
|
|
|
12 |
13 |
14 |
|
28 (148) |
29 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cb2-18 |
Cb2-19 |
Cb2-20 |
|
manu |
toga |
ka tuu
te toga o te
manu |
|
Aldebaran (68.2),
Theemin (68.5) |
no stars listed |
|
28 (332) |
29 |
30 |
|
13 (196) |
Az Zubana 1 |
2 |
|
ζ Herculis
(252.1), η Herculis (252.5) |
no star listed |
Wei, η Arae
(254.3) |
"Aldebaran is from Al
Dabharān, the
Follower, i.e. of the Pleiades, or, as Professor
Whitney suggested, because it marked the 2nd
manzil that followed the first.
The name, now
monopolized by this star, originally was given to the entire
group of the Hyades and the lunar mansion which, as
Nā'ir al Dabarān,
the Bright One of the Follower, our star marked; yet there
was diversity of opinion as to this, for the first edition
of the Alfonsine Tables
applied it solely to α, while that of 1483, and Al Sufi, did
not recognize α as included in the title." (Allen)
The creator of
the C text has placed a little toga at top front in
Cb2-20. The bird looking to the left (his past) appears to
be the same
as the Aldebaran bird, this we can see from the design of
the wings and feet. Aldebaran appears to have his wooden
platform (toga) in front, where he will be uplifted
to the sky by his 'sky proppers':
There is a
reversal indicated at May 29 and 52 * 9 = 468 could point back to
May 19:
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb8-22 (464) |
Gb8-23 |
Gb8-24 |
Gb8-25 |
|
Atiks, Rana (55.1),
Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta (55.3) |
Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6),
Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3) |
no
star listed |
Menkhib (57.6) |
|
May
15 |
16
(136) |
17 |
18 |
|
14 |
Alrescha 15 (365) |
Sheratan 1 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb8-26 (468) |
Gb8-27 |
Gb8-28 |
Gb8-29 |
|
Zaurak (58.9), λ Tauri (59.3) |
ν
Tauri (59.9) |
no
star listed |
Beid
(62.2) |
|
May
19 (139) |
20 |
4h
(60.9) |
22 |
|
21 |
|
Sheratan 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
Sheratan
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
May 18 |
19 |
20 (140) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb2-8 |
Cb2-9 |
Cb2-10 |
|
Niu |
moe te goe |
|
Menkhib
(57.6) |
Zaurak
(58.9), λ Tauri
(59.3) |
ν Tauri
(59.9) |
|
November 18 |
19 |
20
(324) |
|
Syrma 3 |
4 |
5 (188) |
|
Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi
(241.9), υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis
(242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5) |
ξ Scorpii (242.7),
Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus
(243.5) |
16h
(243.5) |
|
Marfik Herculis (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8) |
The idea of
Ana-muri as a star at not at the beginning but at the rear
(as a follower) is evidently not an invention by
the Polynesians. Looking back to see who is following is to look to the rear.
The question is: Who will rise ahead? Who will follow?
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