Maybe we will understand more if we look at the glyphs early on side a together with the corresponding glyphs on side b.
Certainly Cb1-6 makes us remember the fate of poor Kuukuu (defeated like the Wolf at the opposite side of the year). But Kuukuu should have been struck by the 'Turtle flipper' earlier, some time between He Anakena 23 ('Terminalia) and Hora iti 20 ('March 20).
Possibly the Turtle representing 'Earth' aamong the Mayas (north of the equator) had to represent 'Sea' (to vai) south of the equator. And maybe this 'Sea Turtle' was represented by te kea, who lost one of her 'flippers' when she got rid of Kuukuu, who was trying to lift her high.
'March 30 |
31 (90) |
'April 1 |
2 |
3 (459) |
'September 29 |
30 (273) |
'October 1 |
2 |
3 |
April 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
October 26 |
27 (300) |
28 |
29 |
30 |
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Ca2-10 |
Ca2-11 |
Ca2-12 |
Ca2-13 |
Ca2-14 (40) |
ki te kea |
tagata oho ki roto o to vai |
kua noho te kea |
kua hua te rima |
tagata oho |
no star listed (36) |
no star listed (37) |
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) |
σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) |
σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
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), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3) |
'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 |
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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) |
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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
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σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) |
σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) |
Toliman was together with the Sun in 'October 1. But at the beginning of the month Hora nui ('April) the 'Fly' spirit may have descended from above. Could te kea refer to Musca Borealis? This asterism has 3 prominent stars against a background of clouds - the same clouds which later brought the front part of Taurus into view:
I guess we should read the glyphs from Ca2-10 together as a 'statement' regarding Musca (Bharani). If so, then we maybe ought to continue with this statement a bit longer. At Ca2-15 the vai glyph is back to normal again:
'April 4 (460) |
'October 4 (277) |
May 1 (121) |
October 31 (304) |
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Ca2-15 |
ki te vai |
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 |
π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ˛ Eridan, σ Arietis (41.7) |
Al Zubānā-14a / Visakha-16 / Root-3 |
ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) |
And this vai is a pair, with the next at Ca2-20 (where 46 could refer back to day 460):
May 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (125) |
6 |
7 |
November 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
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Ca2-16 |
Ca2-17 |
Ca2-18 |
Ca2-19 |
Ca2-20 (46) |
Ca2-21 |
erua tamaiti |
ki te huaga o te hoi hatu |
e tagata poo pouo |
te vai |
e tino noho toona |
no star listed (42) |
ρ Arietis (43.0), Acamar (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7)
Denebola
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Menkar (44.7) |
3h (45.7) |
Misam (46.2), Botein (46.9) |
ζ Arietis (47.7) |
Algol (45.9) |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4), Zuben Elakribi (226.8) |
Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9) |
Zuben Hakrabim (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9) |
ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8) |
Al Zubānā-14b |
χ Bootis (230.2), χ Bootis (230.3), Princeps (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (230.8) |
460 - 46 = 414 = 14 * 29˝ + 1.
'April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 (459) |
'October 1 (274) |
2 |
3 |
April 28 |
29 |
30 (120) |
October 28 (301) |
29 |
30 |
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Cb1-12 |
Cb1-13 (405) |
Cb1-14 |
manu rere - kua
rere ga manu - ki te ragi |
eaha te nuku erua |
koia kua huki |
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) |
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), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223 |
I guess the pair of 'claws' in the night sky (Al Zubānā) were thought of as similar to empty bivalve shells (paua) - such which could be used in a balance (Libra): Or such which were used as beacons by Ira at Pu Pakaki:
Pau 1. To run out (food, water): ekó pau te kai, te vai, is said when there is an abundance of food or water, and there is no fear of running out. Puna pau, a small natural well near the quarry where the 'hats' (pukao) were made; it was so called because only a little water could be drawn from it every day and it ran dry very soon. 2. Va'e pau, clubfoot. Paupau: Curved. Vanaga.
1. Hakapau, to pierce (cf. takapau, to thrust into). Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, black and blue. 2. Resin. Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: tepau, gum, pitch, resin. (Paupau) Hakapaupau, grimace, ironry, to grin. 3. Paura (powder), gunpowder. 4. Pau.: paupau, breathless. Ta.: paupau, id. 5. Ta.: pau, consumed, expended. Sa.: pau, to come to an end. Ma.: pau, finished. 6. Ta.: pau, to wet one another. Mq.: pau, to moisten. Churchill.
Paua or pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (genus Haliotis), known in the USA as abalone, and in the UK as ormer shells ... Wikipedia |
Paka 1. Dry; to become dry (of things); pakapaka, to dry out. Te paka is also the name of the moss-covered areas, between the small lakes of volcano Rano Kau, through which one can pass without getting one's feet wet. 2. To go, to depart; he-paka-mai, to come; he-oho, he-paka, they go away. 3. To become calm (of the sea): ku-paka-á te tai. Pakahera, skull, shell, cranium; pakahera puoko tagata, human skull; pakahera pikea, shell of crab or crayfish. Gutu pakapaka, scabbed lips. Hau paka, fibres of the hauhau tree, which were first soaked in water, then dried to produce a strong thread. Moa gao verapaka, chicken with bald neck. Ariki Paka, certain collateral descendents of Hotu Matu'a, who exercised religious functions. Vanaga.
1. Crust, scab, scurf; paka rerere, cancer; pakapaka, crust, scabby. 2. Calm, still. 3. Intensive; vera paka, scorching hot; marego paka, bald; nunu paka, thin. 4. To arrive, to come. 5. To be eager. 6. To absorb. 7. Shin T. Pakahera, calabash, shell, jug. Pakahia, to clot, curdle, coagulate. Pakapaka, dry, arid, scorching hot, cooked too much, a desert, to fade away, to roast, a cake, active; toto pakapaka, coagulated blood; hakapakapaka, to dry, to broil, to toast. Pakahera pikea, shell of crab or crayfish. Churchill. |
At Bharani was the seat of life, and at Libra the opposite side of life was represented:
LIBRA: |
16 |
Visakha |
α, β, γ and ι Librae |
Triumphal arch, potter's wheel |
224 = 215 + 9 |
forked, having branches (or the gift, rādhā) |
Zuben Elgenubi |
Oct 31 (304) |
The 'coconut tree' (te niu) at Cb1-15 could refer to a 'tree of life' stretching 'a-cross' from one equinox to the other side 'of the potter's wheel'.
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