The nakshatra dates at Cb1-6 in my presentation can illustrate how difficult it is to discern what the glyphs were referring to. Easily we could identify the reason for the complicated glyph as a statement regarding day 295 (October 22) because 295 = 10 * 29½.
| 'March 25 |
26 (85) |
27 (452) |
rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua |
| 'September 24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
| April 21 (111) |
22 (478) |
23 |
| October 21 |
22 (295) |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 |
Cb1-7 (399) |
| η Arietis (31.9) |
no star listed (32) |
θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) |
| Neck-2 |
Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15 TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE |
ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) |
| 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) |
| 'March 28 |
29 |
30 (455) |
31 (90) |
| 'September 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (273) |
| April 24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
| October 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
| no star listed (34) |
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no star listed (36) |
no star listed (37) |
| Asellus Primus (217.8) |
τ Lupi (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)
Fomalhaut
|
σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) |
σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
Then we could count and find 8 * 22 = 176 as a 'proof', because when measuring the flow of time notch number 176 should not be incised in the wood until at midnight at the beginning of day 177 (= 6 * 29½).
On the other hand, I suggest, should according to the rongorongo idiom the counting rather be done as 82 * 2 = 164, a nice number which then can be further compacted into first 16 * 4 = 64, then into 6 * 4 = 24, finally to reach the perfect 2 * 4 = 8.
But 'September 25 can be counted as 72 * 5 = 360 and 268 = 260 + 8 as if this was the place were the last 8 dark nights beyond a tzolkin cycle (13 * 20 = 260) were ending.
In the next night the wonderful Mira (ο Ceti) would give a promise of returning light, after it had been covered by 'the black cloth' (Ghafr in Arabic).
Mira is the star at the neck of the Sea Beast - although the Chinese pointed not at Mira but at κ Virginis for their 2nd station Neck:
... In 1638 Johannes Holwarda determined a period of the star's reappearances, eleven months; he is often credited with the discovery of Mira's variability. Johannes Hevelius was observing it at the same time and named it 'Mira' (meaning 'wonderful' or 'astonishing,' in Latin) in 1662's Historiola Mirae Stellae, for it acted like no other known star ...
And then we have the bright Arcturus (α Bootis) to consider. On Tahiti this star was number 6 on their list and named Ana-tahua-taata-metua-te-tupu-mavae, a pillar to stand by - which hardly is a literal translation of the Polynesian name but rather an added piece of information:
| Antares |
α Scorpii |
1.06 |
26° 19′ S |
October 29 |
222.1 |
250.1 |
|
Arcturus |
α Bootis |
-0.05 |
19° 27′ N |
September 25 |
188.4 |
216.4 |
| Spica |
α Virginis |
0.98 |
10° 54′ S |
September 12 |
175.7 |
203.7 |
|
Dubhe |
α Ursa Majoris |
1.81 |
62° 01′ N |
August 7 |
139.7 |
167.7 |
|
Alphard |
α Hydrae |
1.99 |
08° 26′ S |
July 14 |
115.3 |
143.3 |
|
Procyon |
α Canis Minoris |
0.34 |
05° 21′ N |
June 16 |
87.9 |
115.9 |
|
Betelgeuze |
α Orionis |
0.58 |
07° 24′ N |
May 21 |
61.3 |
89.3 |
|
Phakt |
α Columbae |
2.65 |
34º 06' S |
May 17 |
57.7 |
85.7 |
|
Aldebaran |
α Tauri |
0.87 |
16° 25′ N |
May 1 |
41.2 |
69.2 |
|
Al Sharatain at 0h |
| Polaris |
α Ursae Minoris |
1.97 |
89º 02' N |
March 20 |
364.9 |
27.6 |
216 = 8 * 27, and 21 * 6 = 126 (18 weeks), 12 * 6 = 72 (= 360 / 5), and 7 * 2 = 14 (= 364 / 26)..
Tahua-taata-metua could perhaps refer to some property of the 'first father':
| Tahu To assist. T Ma.: tahutahu, to attend upon. Tahuga, pair, to share out, to put in order, to distribute. Hakatahuga, to put in pairs, to arrange. P (Metathetic from stem tufa). Mgv.: tahua, a collection of things properly classified and kept in order. Mq.: tauna, a couple. Churchill.
Pau.: tahua. 1. Field of battle. Ta.: tahua, id. 2. Floor. Ta.: tahua, id. Tahuga, wise, capable, doctor, artisan. Mgv.: tuhuga, wise, instructed, adroit. Mq.: tuhuna, wise, instructed, artisan. Sa.: tufuga, carpenter. Ma.: tohunga, adroit, wise, priest. Tahutahu, sorcerer. Ta.: tahu, sorcerer. Mgv.: tahu. 1. A tenant farmer. Ma.: tahu, opulent, possessing property. 2. To stir up a fire. Ta.: to build a fire, to light. Mq.: tahu, to light a fire. Sa.: tafu, id. Ma.: to set on fire, to kindle, to cook. Tahuna, a shallow, shoal, bank. Mq.: tahuna, beach gravel, shingle. Sa.: tafuna, a rocky place in the sea. Ma.: a shoal, a beach. Tohua, a place of public assembly. Mq.: tohua, public place, soil, land. Mq.: tahuahi, the servant in charge of the fire. Ha.: kahuahi, id. Churchill.
Ta.: tahuhu, ridgepole. Ma.: tahuhu, id. Mgv.: tohuhu, a ridgepole. Mq.: tohuhu, ridge, roofing. Churchill. Tahua, sloping stone surface of ahu. Vanaga.
T. Tahua, board, plank. Tahu'a, T. Priest, artist. OR. Tahua mimi, bladder. Fischer. |
| Matua 1. Father (also matu'a tamâroa); matu'a hâgai, adoptive father or mother; matu'a ké, uncle, aunt, close relative. 2. Part of a net from which the weaving started: te matu'a o te kupega. Vanaga.
1. Chronic. Ta.: matua, id. 2. A parent (metua); matua tamaroa, father; matua tamaahine, mother; matua too, adoptive father; matua kore, orphan. P Pau.: makuahine, mother. Mgv.: motua, father; matua, superintendent, overseer. Mq.: matua, any man; motua, father. Ta.: metua, metia, father, mother, parent. Churchill. |
Metoro said E tupu at the first glyph on side b:
| 'Equinox (76 B.C.) |
'March 22 (81) |
23 (448) |
| 'September 20 |
21 (264) |
'Equinox (76 B.C.) |
| April 17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
| October 17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
| E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
| Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
| Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
| 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) |
| Tupu 1. Shoot, sprout, bud; to sprout, to bud. 2. Pregnant: vî'e tupu (o te poki); to be conceived (of fetus in its mother's womb): he-tupu te poki i roto i te kopú o toona matu'a. Vanaga.
To grow, to sprout, to germinate, to come forth, to conceive, pregnant, germ; mea tupu, plant; tupu ke avai, of rapid growth; tupu horahorau, precocious; hakatupu, to produce, to stimulate growth, to excite. P Pau.: fakatupu, to raise up, to create. Mgv.: tupu, to grow, to conceive, to be pregnant. Mq.: tupu, to grow, to sprout, to conceive. Ta.: tupu, to grow, to sprout. Churchill.
Mgv.: Tupu, the best or worst, used of men or of bad qualities. Sa.: tupu, king. Ma.: tupu, social position, dignity. Churchill. |
And mavae could be ma-vae - with legs divided, because this was the position of Arcturus:
| Vae Va'e: Foot, leg; te va'e mata'u, te va'e maúi, right foot, left foot. Va'e ruga, va'e raro, quick and light, without detour (lit.: foot up, foot down). Ka-oho koe ki a nua era va'e ruga va'e raro, ina ekó hipa-hipa, hurry straight to your mother, do not make any detours. Va'e pau, misshapen foot, clubfoot. Vae, to choose. Vaega, middle, centre; i vaega o, in the middle of. Vanaga.
1. Foot, paw, leg, limb; vae no roto, drawers; karikari vae, ankle. P Pau.: vaevae, foot, leg. Mgv.: vaevae, id. Mq.: vae, id. Ta.: vaevae, avae, id. 2. Pupil. 3. To choose, elect, prefer, promote, vote; vavae, to destine, to choose; vaea (vae 2), pupil. Vaeahatu (vae 1 - ahatu): moe vaeahatu, to sleep sprawling with legs extended. Vaega, center, middle, within, half; o vaega, younger; ki vaega, among, between, intermediate. P Pau.: vaega, the middle. Mgv.: vaega, center, middle. Mq.: vaena, vavena, vaveha, id. Ta.: vaehaa, half. Vaehakaroa (vae 1 - roa): moe vaehakaroa, to sleep with legs stretched out. Vaehau (vae 1 - hau 3), pantaloons, trousers. Vaeherehere (vae 1 - here 1), to attach by the paw. Vaerere (vae 1 - rere 1), to run. Churchill.
Ta.: 1. Timbers of a boat. Ha.: wae, knees, side timbers of a boat. 2. To share out. Sa.: vae, to divide, to share. Ma.: wawae, to divide. Churchill. |
... Mons Maenalus, at the feet of Boötes, was formed by Hevelius, and published in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum; this title coinciding with those of neighboring stellar groups bearing Arcadian names.
It is sometimes, although incorrectly, given as Mons Menelaus, - perhaps, as Smyth suggested, after the Alexandrian astronomer referred to by Ptolemy and Plutarch. The Germans know it as the Berg Menalus; and the Italians as Menalo.
Landseer has a striking representation of the Husbandsman, as he styles Boötes, with sickle and staff, standing on this constellation figure. A possible explanation of its origin may be found in what Hewitt writes in his Essays on the Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times:
The Sun-god thence climbed up the mother-mountain of the Kushika race as the constellation Hercules, who is depicted in the old traditional pictorial astronomy as climbing painfully up the hill to reach the constellation of the Tortoise, now called Lyra, and thus attain the polar star Vega, which was the polar star from 10000 to 8000 B.C.
May not this modern companion constellation, Mons Maenalus, be from a recollection of this early Hindu conception of our Hercules transferred to the adjacent Bootes?
Arcturus was evidently of major importance in far ancient times:
... As concerns the removing of the Pole star, the most drastic version is told by the Lapps: When Arcturus (alpha Bootis, supposed to be an archer, Ursa Major being his bow) shoots down the North Nail with his arrow on the last day, the heaven will fall, crushing the earth and setting fire to everything. - U. Holmberg, Finno-Ugric and Siberian Mythology (1964), p. 221. See the drawing made by J. Turi in Das Buch des Lappen Turi (1912), plate XIV: Arcturus = Faytna, Polaris/North Nail = Boaje-naste, or Bohinavlle ...
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