Maybe the distance from March 21 (80) to April 1
(91) does not reflect the effects of precession
during a period of around 11 * 71 = ca 780
years. Possibly a better reason would be to apply the
same 11 days distance as that from the December
solstice (355) to January 1 (366). However, I
prefer to think in the opposite direction with the
11 days difference at spring equinox also
applied at the December solstice.
The
meaning of number 11 is 'one more', i.e.
the beginning of a new cycle (generation).
Instead of a single 'standing person' there is
now a pair of them (identical in all respects,
like twins).
... And
then she looked in her hand, she inspected
it right away, but the bone's saliva wasn't
in her hand. It is just a sign I have given
you, my saliva, my spittle. This, my head,
has nothing on it - just bone, nothing of
meat. It's just the same with the head of a
great lord: it's just the flesh that makes
his face look good. And when he dies, people
get frightened by his bones. After that, his
son is like his saliva, his spittle, in his
being, whether it be the son of a lord or
the son of a craftsman, an orator.
The father
does not disappear, but goes on being
fulfilled. Neither dimmed nor destroyed is
the face of a lord, a warrior, craftsman, an
orator. Rather, he will leave his daughters
and sons. So it is that I have done likewise
through you. Now go up there on the face of
the earth; you will not die. Keep the word.
So be it, said the head of One and Seven
Hunaphu - they were of one mind when they
did it.
Probably this
concept was
well known all over in the ancient world and used
as a common means of expression.
In this discussion we should
remember from earlier:
... On Easter Island the calendar could have begun with March 21 instead of with January 1. To count to 'the Son of Waters' could mean counting to Kerb's nakshatra date September 8 (251). South of the equator it could mean counting to Antares' RA date 249 (November 29).
But then number 260 comes into play, because the nameless star, η Scorpii (259.9), rose 11 days later than Antares, reminding us of how January 1 is 11 days after the December solstice:
| Kerb (τ Pegasi) |
354 (RA day) |
= March 21 - 11 |
March 10 |
80 - 11 = 69 |
| Antares (α Scorpii) |
249 (RA day) |
= η Scorpii - 11 |
November 29 |
69 + 260 = 329 |
|
The nameless stars η Scorpii and η Andromedae
(ca 8 * 31 days apart) could have been
given the eta letter because they had
some common meaning. Maybe they should not
have any proper name because they marked days of
'zero'.
|
Wei |
ε Scorpii |
2.29 |
34° 18′ S |
16h 47m |
255.3 |
|
Denebakrab |
μ Scorpii |
3.00 |
38° 03′ S |
16h 48m |
255.7 |
|
Grafias |
ζ Scorpii |
3.62 |
42° 17′ S |
16h 51m |
256.4 |
|
|
η Scorpii |
3.32 |
43° 14′ S |
17h 09m |
260.9 |
|
Shaula |
λ Scorpii |
1.62 |
37° 04′ S |
17h 30m |
266.3 |
|
Sargas |
θ Scorpii |
1.86 |
43° 00′ S |
17h 34m |
267.3 |
|
Girtab |
κ Scorpii |
2.39 |
39° 02′ S |
17h 39m |
268.6 |
|
Apollyon |
ι Scorpii |
2.99 |
40° 08′ S |
17h 44m |
269.9 |
|
Egyptian courtyard |
 |
Phoenician heth |
 |
Greek eta |
Η(η) |
|
...
The letter shape
ultimately goes back
to a hieroglyph for
'courtyard' ...
possibly named
hasir in the
Middle Bronze Age
alphabets, while the
name goes rather
back to
hayt, the
name reconstructed
for a letter derived
from a hieroglyph
for 'thread'
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In the
Hindu nakshatra system
the dark zero origin at
Andromeda is not
explicitly mentioned,
but from the idea of a
Horse's head it is not
far to the back of the
head of Andromeda:
|
ARIES: |
|
1 |
Ashvini |
β and γ
Arietis |
Horse's head |
27 = 8
+ 9 |
|
wife of the
Ashvins |
Sheratan and
Mesarthim |
April 17
(107) |
|
2 |
Bharani |
35, 39, and
41 Arietis |
Yoni, the
female organ
of
reproduction |
41 = 27
+ 14 |
|
the bearer |
Musca
Borealis |
May 1 (121) |
Maybe the
'wife of the Ashvins'
alludes to Andromeda.
There
was a dark dangerous time zero for Pharaoh in ancient
Egypt (reasonably at a
solstice)
... The king, wearing
now a short, stiff
archaic mantle, walks in
a grave and stately
manner to the sanctuary
of the wolf-god
Upwaut, the 'Opener
of the Way', where he
anoints the sacred
standard and, preceded
by this, marches to the
palace chapel, into
which he disappears. A
period of time elapses
during which the pharaoh
is no longer manifest.
When he reappears he is
clothed as in the Narmer
palette, wearing the
kilt with Hathor
belt and bull's tail
attatched. In his right
hand he holds the flail
scepter and in his left,
instead of the usual
crook of the Good
Shepherd, an object
resembling a small
scroll, called the Will,
the House Document, or
Secret of the Two
Partners, which he
exhibits in triumph,
proclaiming to all in
attendance that it was
given him by his dead
father Osiris, in
the presence of the
earth-god Geb. 'I
have run', he cries,
'holding the Secret of
the Two Partners, the
Will that my father has
given me before Geb.
I have passed through
the land and touched the
four sides of it. I
traverse it as I
desire.' ...
but there was also another
and more positive dark
time for Nut to enable
her to give birth
(reasonably at an
equinox).
Once,
far back in time, light was
brought by a pair of
Twins:
... On
votive
reliefs
they are
depicted
with a
variety
of
symbols
representing
the
concept
of
twinhood,
such as
the
dokana
(δόκανα
- two
upright
piece of
wood
connected
by two
cross-beams),
a pair
of
amphorae,
a pair
of
shields,
or a
pair of
snakes
...
... The
dokana
was
presumably
a
somewhat
more
elaborate
sign
than a
capital
π with a
pair of
'crossbeams'
at the
top.
Moreover,
far down
in my
memory
banks
lies an
idea of
dokana
as a
modified
capital
eta
(the 7th
letter)
with a
pair of
crossbeams,
i.e.
similar
to
Η. After
a seach
in my
old
papers I
indeed
found
the
picture
I had
faintly
remembered:
'At
Verona
is
preserved
the
famous
votive
relief
of
Argenidas
and
the
Disocuri;
where
we
have
the
cult
represented
in
so
many
different
forms,
the
heroes
standing,
the
urns
of
the
dead
heroes
entwined
with
serpents,
and
the
sacred
beams
of
dokana
which
were
their
Spartan
symbol. But
this
relief
was
found
at
Este.
... Now in Sparta it is well known that the sign of the Dioscuri is the dokana, but it is not yet as clear as one could wish it to be, in what way the sacred cross-beams were arranged and what was the resulting conventional figure of them.
In the votive tablet of Argenidas, now at Verona in the Museo Civico, we have an Anakeion or Temple of the Dioscuri (Anakes), whose front is marked by the sign of the Dokana; the beams, if we may assume the relief to contain the whole of the representation, are simply arranged in the form of the letter H, and the figure is repeated, so that we have side by side the delineation H H ...
At
top
right
is a
pair
of
structures,
formed
somewhat
like
H H
and
in
the
central
position,
standing
on a
podium,
is a
pair
of
'urns'.
To
the
left
is
the
pair
of
twins,
Castor
and
Pollux
...
...we
find
in
the
Rig-Veda
that
the
Açvins
are
constantly
being
celebrated,
not
only
on
account
of
their
connexion
with
the
rising
and
setting
sun,
but
also
for
notable
acts
of
healing
performed
upon
blind
people.
Myriantheus,
in
his
treatise
'Die
Açvins',
points
out
this
miracle
as
the
leading
one
in
the
record
of
the
Dioscuri.
For
him
the
Dioscuri
stand
for
the
twilight,
which
is
intermediate
between
the
light
and
the
darkness,
and
which,
if
personified,
can
be
said
to
set
free
the
Sun
from
the
devouring
Wolf
of
the
night.
The
argument
is
not
affected
if
we
replace
the
twilight
of
Myriantheus
by
the
twin-light
of
the
morning
and
evening
star.
'By
their
nature
the
Açvins
are
closely
related
both
to
the
Light
and
the
Darkness;
they
are
able
to
mediate
between
them
and
so
to
liberate
the
gods
of
light
from
the
demons
of
the
dark'.
And
Myriantheus
thinks
he
has
found
the
simple
explanation
of
the
peculiar
characteristics
of
the
Dioscuri
in
their
intermediate
position
between
Light
and
Dark,
which
enables
them
to
restore
to
the
Sun
the
light
which
he
lost
at
his
previous
setting
...
...
It
must,
however,
be
remembered
that
it
follows
from
the
duality
of
the
character
of
the
Twins,
in
which
benevolence
is
the
'recto'
and
maleficence
the
'verso',
that
they
can
as
readily
produce
blindness
as
remove
it;
it
only
depends
on
the
point
from
which
we
start,
the
Evening
Star
or
the
Morning
Star.
Of
these
two,
it
may
be
regarded
as
natural
that
the
Morning
Star
should
be
considered
to
be
the
greater
benefactor²,
and
that
the
power
of
removing
blindness
will
take
precedence
of
the
power
of
causing
it;
and
at
the
same
time
we
must
be
prepared
to
recognize
both
causes
at
work,
and
to
see
the
reflection
of
either
form
of
activity
in
the
legends
that
have
grown
out
of
the
primitive
myth.
²)
Accordingly,
in
the
Apocalypse,
Jesus
is
described
as
the
'bright
and
morning
star'
...
...
Men
swore
by
God
and
S.
Polioctus
because
they
had
sworn
by
Jupiter
and
the
Twins,
and
they
swore
by
Jupiter
because,
being
a
sky-god,
he
was
able
to
see
everything
that
went
on;
and
the
Twins,
being
assessors
of
the
sky-god,
shared
his
knowledge
...
...
But
here
we
are
not
quite
sure
that
the
artist
has
treated
the
subject
fairly:
for,
in
the
first
place,
Plutarch
tells
us (De
amore
frat.
§ 1)
that
the
cross-beams
were
double,
in
which
case
we
ought
to
have
a
representation
of
the
form
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:
and
in
the
next
place,
it
looks
as
if
the
repetition
of
the
symbol
were
a
mistake
of
the
artist,
who
did
not
realize
that
one
such
sign
stood
for
the
pair
of
Dioscuri.
If
the
sign
with
double
cross-beams
be
the
correct
one,
we
could
then
compare
it
with
the
unfinished
brick
wall
which
is
the
sign
of
the
twins
in
Babylonia;
but
we
need
more
information
on
this
point
from
Spartan
and
other
monuments.
It
has
something
to
do
with
building,
but
what
the
particular
thing
is
that
is
being
builded
is
not
so
clear. And
it
is
quite
possible
that
the
Verona
monument
is
right,
as
far
as
Italy
is
concerned,
and
that
it
varied
its
Dokana
from
the
traditional
Spartan
form
...
... Another symbol was a Pile of Bricks, referring to the building of the first city and the fraticidal brothers - the Romulus and Remus of Roman legend; although this with a very different character from that generally assigned to our Heavenly Twins.
Similarly Sayce says that the Sumerian name for the month May-June, when the sun was in Gemini, signified 'Bricks' (?).
In classical days the constellation was often symbolized by two stars over a ship; and having been appointed by Jove as guardians of Rome, they naturally appeared on all early silver coinage of the republic from about 269 B.C., generally figured as two young men on horseback, with oval caps, surmounted by stars, showing the halves of the egg-shell from which they issued at birth ...
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Maybe one H was
η Andromedae and
the other
η Scorpii.
The 'unfinished brick
wall' (... it has something to do
with building, but what the
particular thing is that is being
builded is not so clear ...) is in
harmony with a courtyard (a
construction protecting from the
outside). Sunlight did not reach to
the interior of a building.
Possibly the raaraa
type of glyph is expressing a similar idea.
Although a central ceremonial ground is
outside and not inside this could be the
necessary adaptation because Polynesia was
south of the equator
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