Possibly
the
Herdsman
(the
Bear
Watcher) was
responsible
for
cutting
off (koti) the
tail of
Ursa
Major:
Benetnash (the leader of the 3 sorrowing maidens) culminated at midnight a couple of hours after τ Bootis:
| JAN 31 (396) |
FEBRUARY 1 |
2 (33) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| *Ca14-18 |
*Ca14-19 |
*Ca14-20 |
*Ca14-21 (384) |
*Ca14-22 |
*Ca14-23 |
| te honu paka |
te henua |
honu kau |
te mata |
te honu |
kua heheu |
| 1h (15.2) |
Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 / 1-iku |
ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed (18) |
Adhil (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) |
Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) |
| β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis, η Ceti (15.7) |
MIRACH, Keun Nan Mun (16.0), ANUNITUM (16.5), REVATI (16.9)
Regulus
|
| April 5 |
6 (96) |
7 |
464 = 366 + 98 |
9 |
10 (100) |
| TERMINALIA |
'Febr 24 (420) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 183 days later: |
| APAMI-ATSA, ψ Hydrae (198.5) |
Al Dafīrah (199.4) |
σ Virginis (200.4) |
γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) |
Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1 / Sa-Sha-Shirū-19
ANA-ROTO |
71 Virginis (203.6) |
| Mizar (202.4), SPICA & ALCOR (202.7)
Sadalmelik
|
| FEBRUARY 6 |
7 (403) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (42) |
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| *Ca14-24 |
*Ca14-25 |
*Ca14-26 |
*Ca14-27 |
*Ca14-28 |
*Ca14-29 (392) |
| te henua |
te honu kau |
manu kake rua |
te henua |
te honu |
te rima |
| δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
υ Andromedae (22.9) |
ACHERNAR (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) |
τ Ceti (24.7) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
| χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
| 183 days later: |
| no star listed (204) |
HEZE (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (205.7) |
ε Centauri (206.3), κ Oct. (206.4) |
no star listed (207) |
τ BOOTIS (208.2), BENETNASH (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
no star listed (209) |
"Some of the Arabic poets wrote that these Daughters - the stars ε [Alioth], ζ [Mizar], and η [Benetnash] - were 'Good for nothing people whose rising and setting do no bring rain' ..." (Allen)
These glyph numbers are not arbitrary, they are here all telling in their own way of the end (the Truth), for instance:
| 14 * 24 = 336 |
December 2 |
56 = 2 * 28 |
| 14 * 25 = 350 |
December 16 |
| 14 * 26 = 364 |
December 30 |
| 14 * 27 = 378 |
January 13 |
| 14 * 28 = 392 |
January 27 |
.. They tightly swathed the broken body in linen bandages, and when they performed over it the rites that thereafter were to be continued in Egypt in the ceremonial burial of kings, Isis fanned the corpse with her wings and Osiris revived, to become the ruler of the dead. He now sits majestically in the underworld, in the Hall of the Two Truths, assisted by forty-two assessors, one from each of the principal districts of Egypt; and there he judges the souls of the dead. These confess before him, and when their hearts have been weighed in a balance against a feather, receive, according to their lives, the reward of virtue and the punishment of sin.
When the Sun in Roman times had reached Hamal, it meant there were 280 (= 14 * 7) days remaining to 'December 30 (364 = 14 * 26):
The Sun was here crossing the equator from the southern hemisphere (northern winter) on his way to the northern hemisphere (northern summer), a fact which might have been illustrated in Gb7-30:
| ●FEBRUARY 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
| FEBR 12 (408) |
13 |
2-14 |
15 (46) |
16 |
17 (*333) |
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| Gb7-25 |
Gb7-26 (436) |
Gb7-27 |
Gb7-28 |
Gb7-29 |
Gb7-30 (211) |
| Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) |
ALRISHA, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 |
η Arietis (31.9) |
ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) |
| 2h (30.4) |
| Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)
Alkes
|
| April 17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
20 (475) |
21 (*396) |
22 |
| 0h |
'March 22 |
23 |
24 (*368) |
25 (84) |
26 |
| "March 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (*354) |
11 |
12 |
| 182 days earlier: |
| ●AUGUST 3 (*135) |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
| AUG 14 (*146) |
15 |
16 |
17 (229) |
18 |
19 |
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| Ga6-6 |
Ga6-7 |
Ga6-8 (148) |
Ga6-9 |
Ga6-10 |
Ga6-11 |
| 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) |
14h (213.1) |
Neck-2 |
Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE |
| π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
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) |
| October17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
| 'Sept 20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
22 |
EQUINOX |
24 |
25 |
| "September 6 (ф230) |
7 (250) |
8 |
9 (*172) |
10 |
11 |
The words of Metoro could have included a comment on this position at the border between the pair of complementary halves of the year:
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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 |
| Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 |
Cb1-7 |
| 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) |
| October 21 |
22 (295) |
23 |
| 'September 24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
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| Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
| Asellus Primus (217.8) |
τ Lupi, δ Oct. (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) |
| October 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
| 'September 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (273) |
He mentioned a god (atua) coloured red (ura) and then the complementary god coloured white (tea). In Roman times the silent bird in Cb1-11 would have been at the last day of 'September. In front was autumn, when the Sun would be south of the equator - in the domain of the White Goddess, the Moon.
Atua hiko ura could have alluded to atua hiko-kura and hiko tea to atua hiko-rega (the one who went between):
| Atua 1. Lord, God: te Atua ko Makemake, lord Makemake. Ki a au te Atua o agapó, I had a dream of good omen last night (lit. to me the Lord last night). 2. Gentleman, respectable person; atua Hiva, foreigner. 3. Atua hiko-rega, (old) go-between, person who asks for a girl on another's behalf. 4. Atua hiko-kura, (old) person who chooses the best when entrusted with finding or fetching something. 5. Atua tapa, orientation point for fishermen, which is not in front of the boat, but on the side. Atu'a, behind. Vanaga.
God, devil. T (etua). P Pau., Ta.: atua, god. Mgv.: etua, god, deity, divinity; to be wicked, to be full of wickedness. Mq.: etua, god, divinity. The comprehensiveness of the definition, and the same is found in the Maori, is a question of orthodoxy, merely a matter of the point of view. Of far more moment in our studies is the vowel variety of the initial syllable. Atua: Maori, Mangaia, Tahiti, Hawaii, Tongareva, Rapanui, Paumotu, Samoa, Futuna, Uvea, Niuē, Aniwa. Etua: Marquesas, Mangareva, Rapanui. Otua: Tonga. The Rotumā oiitu is probably referable to aitu. Churchill.
Mq.: atua, the fourteenth day of the moon. Ma.: atua, id. Churchill. |
| Kura 1. Also: poukura, the short, thin, multicoloured feathers of chickens and other birds. 2. The best of something, choice. Vanaga.
Tutui kura, shawl. Kurakura, fair, light. Hakakurakura, to make to blush. P Pau.: kurakura, red, violet. Mgv.: kurakura, red, yellow, scarlet. Mq.: uáuá, red, ruddy. Ta.: uraura, red. Churchill. |
| Ura Ura, lobster. Ûra, flame, blaze (ûra ahi), to become furious (with manava as subject: ku-ûra-á te manava). Úraúra, bright red. Vanaga.
1. Crayfish, lobster, prawn. P Mgv.: ura, crayfish. Mq.: uá, lobster. Ta.: oura, crayfish, lobster. 2. Fire, burning, to be in flames; uraga, combustion, flame, torch; hakaura, to cause to glow, to kindle, to light. P Mgv., Ta.: ura, a flame, to burn. Mq: uá, id. Uraga, burden, load, weight. Uraura, vermilion, scarlet. P Pau.: kurakura, red. Mgv.: uraura, an inflamed countenance. Mq.: uáuá, red, ruddy. Ta.: uraura, red. Churchill. |
| Rega Ancient word, apparently meaning 'pretty, beautiful'. It seems to have been used also to mean 'girl' judging from the nicknames given young women: rega hopu-hopu. girl fond of bathing; rega maruaki, hungry girl; rega úraúra, crimson-faced girl. Vanaga.
Pau.: rega, ginger. Mgv.: rega, turmeric. Ta.: rea, id. Mq.: ena, id. Sa.: lega, id. Ma.: renga, pollen of bulrushes. Churchill. |
And Atua as such was the name of the 14th day of the Moon, cfr Ca6-17--Ca9-2 (157 - 230).
'... se selia nombrar Ko te Nuahine káumu à rangi kote kote que significa: La vieja que enciende el curanto en el cielo kotekote. Puedo haber sido una personificación de la luna porque las viejos decían, comentando este nombre, que no es una montaña que seve en la luna, sino una mujer anciana que está suntada [sentada?] al lado un gran curanto umu pae (de piedras en circulo).'
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| Maharu |
Ohua |
Otua |
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| Maúre |
Ina-ira |
Rakau |
Omotohi |
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| Ca7-25 (168 + 1) |
Ca7-26 |
Ca7-27 |
The so-called Moon Calendar on the Mamari tablet has - according to my interpretation - Ca7-25 (with a closed beak) following directly after Omo-tohi (finished sucking) and 72 * 5 = 360 might suggest there should be a Full nakshatra Moon where the Sun reached equinox.
| Koti Kotikoti. To cut with scissors (since this is an old word and scissors do not seem to have existed, it must mean something of the kind). Vanaga.
Kotikoti. To tear; kokoti, to cut, to chop, to hew, to cleave, to assassinate, to amputate, to scar, to notch, to carve, to use a knife, to cut off, to lop, to gash, to mow, to saw; kokotiga kore, indivisible; kokotihaga, cutting, gash furrow. P Pau.: koti, to chop. Mgv.: kotikoti, to cut, to cut into bands or slices; kokoti, to cut, to saw; akakotikoti, a ray, a streak, a stripe, to make bars. Mq.: koti, oti, to cut, to divide. Ta.: oóti, to cut, to carve; otióti, to cut fine. Churchill.
Pau.: Koti, to gush, to spout. Ta.: oti, to rebound, to fall back. Kotika, cape, headland. Ta.: otiá, boundary, limit. Churchill. |
| Tohi Omotohi, full (of the moon); ku-omotohiá te mahina, the moon is full. Vanaga.
Mgv.: tohi, to cut breadfruit paste. Ta.: tohi, a chisel, to cut, to split. Mq.: tohi, to cut up. Sa.: tofi, a chisel, to split. Ma.: tohi, to cut, to slice. Churchill.
Ha.: kōhi. 1. To gather, as fruit; to break off neatly, as taro corm from the stalk with a stick or knife; to split, as breadfruit; to dig; splitter, as stick, stone, knife. Nā wāhine kōhi noni, the noni-gathering women (an insult to Pele, perhaps likening her disposition to sour noni fruit). (PPN tofi.) 2. Fat, rich, as food; fatness. Nā kōhi kelekele o Kapu'u-kolu, the rich foods of Ka-pu'u-kolu (Kaua'i, famous for abundance). 3. To fill or heal, of a wound. Ke kōhi maila ka 'i'o, the flesh is beginning to heal. 4. To hold back, check, restrain: to strain, especially as in childbirth, to travail; to hold or hold back by pressing a person's arm, as in withholding consent, or as in urging someone not to be generous; labor pains, travail. Fig., agony, fear. Cf. haukōhi, kāohi, ho'o kōhi. Also ha'akōhi. 5. Prolonged, as a sound; long. He kōhi ka leo, the sound is long. Wehewehe. |
... 'My child', said Makea now in a tone of deep sorrow, 'there has been a bad omen for us. When I performed the tohi ceremony over you I missed out a part of the prayers. I remembered it too late. I am afraid this means that you are going to die.' 'What's she like, Hine nui te Po?' asked Maui. 'Look over there', said Makea, pointing to the ice-cold mountains beneath the flaming clouds of sunset. 'What you see there is Hine nui, flashing where the sky meets the earth. Her body is like a woman's, but the pupils of her eyes are greenstone and her hair is kelp. Her mouth is that of a barracuda, and in the place where men enter her she has sharp teeth of obsidian and greenstone.' ...
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