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The pyramid of Kukulkan (the Feathered Serpent) alias Quetzal-coatl

had 91 steps leading up to its flat apex:

... Behind me, towering almost 100 feet into the air, was a perfect ziggurat, the Temple of Kukulkan. Its four stairways had 91 steps each. Taken together with the top platform, which counted as a further step, the total was 365. This gave the number of complete days in a solar year. In addition, the geometric design and orientation of the ancient structure had been calibrated with Swiss-watch precision to achieve an objective as dramatic as it was esoteric: on the spring and autumn equinoxes, regular as clockwork, triangular patterns of light and shadow combined to create the illusion of a giant serpent undulating on the northern staircase ...

This represented the top (sky, head) part of the year, from where entropy would increase when water (time) ran down along the sides. Later, when Nunki was close to the Full Moon, Maui by working hard and using his hiki incantation would manage to draw up Land  from under the accumulated water down there in the southwest (toga). Life is a force of decreasing entropy.

The beautiful little Rei at Furud (ζ Canis Majoris) could possibly have marked the aperture to a 'foot path of flagstones' on this comparatively horizontal Land:

●APRIL 8 9 (99) 10 (*20) 11 12 13
APRIL 19 20 (*30) 21 (111) 22 23 24
Ga1-29 Ga1-30 Ga2-1 (31) Ga2-2 Ga2-3 Ga2-4
Al Han'ah-4 / Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-7  Furud (94.9) Well-22 / Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8 no star listed (96) β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0) no star listed (98)
 TEJAT PRIOR (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
June 22 23 St John's Eve 25 26 (177) 27
'May 26 27 28 (*68) 29 30 (*70) 31
"May 12 13 14 (*54) 15 16 (136) 17
183 days later:
●OCTOBER 8 (¤100) 9 10 (ф264) 11 12 (285) 13
Ga8-9 Ga8-10 Ga8-11 (214) Ga8-12 Ga8-13 Ga8-14
OCTOBER 19 20 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23 24
η Sagittarii (276.9) Purva Ashadha-20 Kaus Borealis (279.3) ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9) Abhijit-22
KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6) θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA (281.8)
December 22 23 (357) X-mas Eve 25 26 (360) 27
'November 25 26 (*250) 27 28 29 30 (*254)
"November 11 12 (*236) 13 14 15 16 (320)
●APRIL 14 (104) 15 16 17 (*27)
APRIL 25 26 (*36) 27 28 (118)
Ga2-5 Ga2-6 Ga2-7 Ga2-8
ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

Gemma

ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), Mebsuta (100.7) Sirius (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7) τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4)
June 28 29 SIRIUS (181) July 1
'June 1 (*72) 2 3 (154) 4
"May 18 (*58) 19 20 (140) 21
183 days later:
●OCTOBER 14 15 16 17 (290)
Ga8-15 Ga8-16 Ga8-17 (220) Ga8-18
OCTOBER 25 26 27 (300) 28
no star listed (282) ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) South Dipper-8 Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1), λ Pavonis (285.7)

Atlas

Φ SAGITTARII (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)
December 28 29 30 (364) 31
'December 1 2 3 (*257) 4
"November 17 18 19 20 (324)

Egyptian bread, (-t, female determinant) Phoenician qoph Greek phi Φ(φ)

... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ...

Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...

... 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.' ...

 

●APRIL 18 (108) 19 20 21 (*31)
APRIL 29 30 (*40) MAY 1 (121) 2
Ga2-9 (39) Ga2-10 Ga2-11 Ga2-12
Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-9 Adara (104.8) ω GEMINI (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8), Mekbuda (105.9) 7h (106.5)
θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), ALHENA (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) no star listed (106)
July 2 3 4 (185) 5
'June 5 6 7 (*78) 8
"May 22 23 24 (144) 25 (*65)
183 days later:
●OCTOBER 18 (291) 19 20 21 (*214)
Ga8-19 (222) Ga8-20 Ga8-21 Ga8-22
OCTOBER 29 (302) 30 31 (*224) NOVEMBER 1
χ Oct. (286.0), Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6) ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella, Bered (Ant.) (287.9)  Al Na'ām-18 / Uttara Ashadha-21 19h (289.2)
NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)
January 1 (366) 2 3 4
'December 5 6 7 (*261) 8 (342)
"November 21 (325) 22 23 24 (*248)

●APRIL 22 23 24 (114) 25 26 (*36)
MAY 3 4 5 (125) 6 (*46) 7
Ga2-13 Ga2-14 Ga2-15 Ga2-16 (46) Ga2-17
WEZEN (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) no star listed (108) λ Gemini (109.4), Wasat (109.8) no star listed (110) Aludra (111.1), Propus (111.4),  Gomeisa (111.6)
July 6 7 (188) 8 9 10
'June 9 10 11 12 13 (*84)
"May 26 27 28 (*68) 29 30 (150)
183 days later:
●OCTOBER 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 25 26
Ga8-23 Ga8-24 (227) Ga8-25 Ga8-26 Gb1-1
NOVEMBER 2 3 (*227) 4 5 (ф290) 6 (310)
Al Baldah-19 Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6) Deneb Okab (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9)
AL BALDAH, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)
January 5 6 7 (372) 8 9
'December 9 10 (344) 11 (*265) 12 13
"November 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27 28 29

I think we with confidence can translate Mash-mashu-sha-Risū as the Twins of the Great Rishi Canopus (Agastya), he who by drawing up the whole ocean laid bare its bottom, viz. Land (Te Henua, much like Al Hena or Al Han'ah).

Should we add those 91 steps (days) down from the top level to 123 level flagstones (glyphs, days) - possibly measuring out the length ahead for the newborn little Land - it would amount to 214 (twice 108).

Or we could add 91 + 125 = 216 in order to reach ika hiku at the Yed door of exit:

●AUGUST 30 31 (243)
Ga7-4 (173) Ga7-5
SEPTEMBER 10 11 (254)
 ι Serpentis (237.4), ρ Oct., ψ˛ Lupi (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis (237.7), Unuk Elhaia (237.9) π Cor. Borealis, Cor Serpentis (238.1), Chow (238.6)
November 13 (317) 14 (ф299)
'October 17 (290) 18 (ф272)
"October 3 (*196) 4 (277)
183 days later:
●MARCH 1 (425) 2 (61)
Gb5-3 (356) Gb5-4 (128)
MARCH 12 (436) 13 (72)
Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6)  ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO Hairy Head-18 / Temennu-3
May 15 (500) 16 (136)
'April 18 (108) 19 (*29)
"April 4 (94) 5 (460)
●SEPTEMBER 1 2 (245) 3 4 5 (ф229)
Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8 (177) Ga7-9 Ga7-10
SEPTEMBER 12 13 (256) 14 (*177) 15 16 (ф240)
κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, Tiānrǔ (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), Ba, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9) β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) Iklīl al Jabhah-15 / Anuradha-17 / Room-4 υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7)

Schedir

16h (243.5)
(241.1), Zheng (241.2), VRISCHIKA (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5),  Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9) Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)
November 15  (ф300) 16 (320) 17 18 19 (¤142)
'October 19 20 21 (ф275) 22 (295) 23 (¤115)
"October 5 6 7 (280) 8 (ф262) 9 (¤101)
183 days later:
●MARCH 3 4 (*348) 5 (64) 6 (ф46) 7
Gb5-5 Gb5-6 (130) Gb5-7 (360) Gb5-8 Gb5-9
3-14 MARCH 15 16 (*360) 17 (ф57) 18 (77)
MENKHIB (57.6)

Porrima

Zaurak (58.9) λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) 4h (60.9) no star listed (61)
no star listed (60)

Cor Caroli

May 17 18 19 (ф120) 20 (140) 21
'April 20 21 (111) 22 (ф93) 23 (478) 24
"April 6 7 (ф78) 8 9 (464) 10 (100)
●SEPTEMBER 6 (¤68) 7 (250) 8 (ф232)
Ga7-11 (180) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
SEPTEMBER 17 (*180) 18 (261 = 9 * 29) 19 (ф243)
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
November 20 (324) 21 22
'October 24 (*217) 25 (298) 26 (ф280)
"October 10  (¤102) 11 (*204) 12 (285)
183 days later:
●MARCH 8 9 (68) 10
Gb5-10 (134) Gb5-11 Gb5-12 (365)
MARCH 19 (78) 20 (*364) 0h
Beid (62.2)

Vindemiatrix

Al Dabarān-2 HYADUM II (64.2)
HYADUM I (63.4)
May 22 (507) 23 24 (144)
'April 25 (115) 26 (*36) 27
"April 11 (101) 12 (*22) 13

The tresses on the back side of Pacha-mama (Mother Earth), measured out approximately 400 nights, but not divided evenly into 200 + 200:

... 215 + 185 = 400 is the approximate number carefully hidden among the tresses of Pachamama (the Earth Mother):

Counting the tresses from right to left:

1

27

8

29

2

26

9

30.5

3

26.5

10

31

4

26.5

11

34

5

26.5

12

31

6

27

13

30

7

26

14

29

sum

185.5

sum

214.5

total = 400

... Religion then, as among other peoples of the continent, was an animism based on cosmic philosophy, in which all the phenomena of nature and all visible things which had a relation with material life, were animated. The ground, the food-giving earth, was Pachamama; the moon, Paximama; the lake, Kochomama. Even the wind was a divine being, Huayra-huirakjocha. The hills and especially the volcanos were also considered to be divinities and were called Achachilas. [A footnote explains achachi as grandfather] ...

From Anunitum to Spica there were 202 - 16 = 186 days.

Counting again in the undulating tresses of Pachamama - after having realized it was probably the number of apexes which mattered - the intended order indeed comes clearly into view:

Counting the tresses from right to left:

1

26

78

1

29

90

2

26

2

30

3

26

3

31

4

25

104

4

34

124

5

26

5

31

6

27

6

30

7

26

7

29

total = 396

Day 364 (twice 182) was probably the last day of the Sun year - as counted from Hyadum II - and day 364 - 183 = 181 (alluding to Sirius) was at Yed Prior in the last day of the first half of this year:

●SEPTEMBER 6 (¤68) 7 (250)   8 (ф232)
Ga7-11 (180) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
SEPTEMBER 17 (*180) 261 = 9 * 29 (¤80) 19 (ф243)
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) YED POSTERIOR, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
November 20 (324) 21 22
'October 24 (*217) 25 (298) 26 (ф280)
"October 10  (¤102) 11 (*204) 12 (285)
183 days later:
●MARCH 8 9 (68)   10
Gb5-10 Gb5-11 (135) Gb5-12
MARCH 19 (78) 20 (*364) 0h
Beid (62.2)

Vindemiatrix

Al Dabarān-2 HYADUM II (64.2)
HYADUM I (63.4)
May 22 (507) 23 24 (144)
'April 25 (115) 26 (*36) 27
"April 11 (101) 12 (*22) 13

The dates from the time of the Hyades Gate can here be applied to the glyphs.