According to Manuscript E (p. 26) the Turtle broke the spine of Kuukuu when the explorers had reached Rangi Meamea, which occurred in the 23rd day in the month of Te (not He) Anakena. I suggest this date could have been ٭JULY 23, by which notation I will refer to the Rigel year, i.e. to the ancient mythical time when Rigel rose heliacally at 0h:
|
oMARCH
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (78) |
20 |
EQUINOX |
|
٭MARCH
18 |
19 (78) |
20 |
EQUINOX |
22 |
23 |
|
EQUINOX
(80) |
●MARCH
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
|
APRIL 1
(91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga1-11 |
Ga1-12 |
Ga1-13 |
Ga1-14 |
Ga1-15 |
Ga1-16 |
|
HAEDUS
II
(75.9) |
5h
(76.1) |
μ
AURIGAE, μ LEPORIS
(77.6) |
ĸ
Leporis (78.0),
RIGEL
(78.1), Flaming Star (78.2),
CAPELLA
(78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)
Thuban
|
λ
AURIGAE
(79.0),
λ LEPORIS
(79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)
Arcturus
|
σ
Aurigae (80.4), Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7),
ELNATH
(80.9) |
|
ε
Leporis (76.0),
CURSA
(76.4), λ Eridani (76.7) |
|
June 4 |
5 |
6 (157 =
314 / 2) |
7 |
8 |
9 (2 *
80) |
|
'May 8
(128) |
9 |
10 (*50) |
11 |
12 (2 *
66) |
13 |
|
"April
24 (*34) |
25 |
26 (116
= 4 * 29) |
27 |
28 (2 *
59) |
29 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
oSEPTEMBER 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 (261 = 9 * 29) |
19 |
20 |
|
٭SEPTEMBER
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
|
●SEPTEMBER 20 |
21 |
EQUINOX |
23 (266) |
24 |
25 (*188) |
|
OCTOBER
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
5 |
6 (*199) |
|
17h
(258.7) |
Mula-19 |
NODUS I
(260.0), π Herculis (260.7), Ras Algethi (260.8) |
Sarin (261.0), ο
Ophiuchi (261.4)
Alrisha
|
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ
Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae
(262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) |
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ
Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6) |
|
no star listed (258) |
Sabik (259.7),
η
SCORPII
(259.9) |
|
December 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (*261) |
8 |
9 |
|
'November 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 |
|
"October
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
28 |
29
(*222) |
This would put Spica at
٭JULY 23 and day zero in the C text would be at ٭JULY
4 (185) = September 20 (263) - 78 (= 780 / 10). Kuukuu
was probably another name for Mars (with a synodic
cycle of 780 days).
|
٭JULY
4 |
TE
ANAKENA 5 |
6
(187) |
16 |
٭JULY
23 (204) |
|
DAY
ZERO |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-19 |
|
koia |
ki te hoea |
te maitaki - te kihikihi |
|
September 20 |
21 |
EQUINOX (265) |
October 9 (282) |
|
ALCHITA |
PÁLIDA |
GIENAH |
SPICA |
|
TE
ANAKENA
24 (205) |
56 |
٭SEPTEMBER 19 |
20 (263) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca1-20 |
Ca4-1 |
Ca4-2 (78) |
|
hakaraoa - te henua |
kua tupu te rakau |
kua tupu - te kihikihi |
|
October 10 (283) |
December 6 (*260) |
7 |
|
71
VIRGINIS |
NODUS I
|
78 =
263 - 185 |
|
٭SEPTEMBER 21 |
EQUINOX |
23 |
24 |
25 (268) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca4-3 |
Ca4-4 |
Ca4-5 |
Ca4-6 |
Ca4-7 (83) |
|
te hau tea |
tagata - te rau hei |
te hokohuki i te moko |
te rau hei |
e gagata hakaariki |
|
December
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (345) |
12
(*266) |
|
٭SEPTEMBER 26 |
27 |
28 |
29
(*192) |
30
(273) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca4-8 |
Ca4-9 |
Ca4-10 |
Ca4-11 |
Ca4-12 (88) |
|
manu |
te rau hei |
te hokohuki |
te moko |
te hokohuki |
|
December
13 |
14
(*268) |
15 |
16
(350) |
17 |
|
٭OCTOBER 1 |
 |
|
Ca4-13 |
| kua tuu
tona mea |
|
December 18 (*272) |
|
ζ
SERPENTIS, τ OPHIUCHI |
The Rigel day numbers (as described by
using our
own calendar adjusted with 4 corresponding to the
precession since the time of Gregory XIII) = the glyph
numbers + 185. E.g. 274 = 89 + 185.
Rakau in Ca4-13 would then have
corresponded to the 1st day in the last quarter of the
year. 274 = 3 * 91 + 1. Or to the 1st day in the 2nd
quarter of the year as perceived from Easter Island. 274
(٭OCTOBER 1) - 183 = 91
(٭APRIL 1).
The pair of te hokohuki flanking
te moko could be due to an idea of '2nd' - i.e.
indicating this was the 2nd spring equinox. Cfr for
instance manu kake rua - the 2nd climbing bird:
|
22-7 |
oJULY 23 |
24 |
25 (*126) |
26 |
27 |
28 (209) |
|
٭JULY
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (*128) |
28 |
29 (210) |
30 |
|
●JULY 27 |
28 (*129) |
29 |
30 |
31 |
●AUGUST 1 |
2 (214) |
|
AUGUST 7 |
8 (*140) |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (225) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
*Ca14-23 |
*Ca14-24 |
*Ca14-25 |
*Ca14-26 |
*Ca14-27 |
*Ca14-28 |
*Ca14-29 (392) |
|
kua heheu |
te henua |
te honu kau |
manu kake
rua |
te henua |
te honu |
te rima |
|
71 VIRGINIS
(203.6) |
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) |
|
October 10 |
11 |
12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
|
'September 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 (*179) |
17 |
18 (261) |
19 |
|
"August 30 |
31 |
"September 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
oJANUARY 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (392) |
|
٭JANUARY
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
|
●JANUARY 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (*314) |
29 |
30 |
31 (31) |
|
FEBRUARY 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (*325) |
9 (40) |
10 |
11 (408) |
|
Ksora (20.1),
ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) |
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) |
|
April 10 (100) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 (*26) |
|
3-14 (73) |
'March 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (78) |
20 (*364) |
|
"Febr 28 (59) |
"March 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (64) |
6 (*350) |
Similarly the planter (farmer) on
Easter Island was not Ku but Kuu-kuu
(p. 18):
|
Ira
sat down with all the other (companions) |
he noho a ira anake. |
|
and spoke
to Makoi: |
he ki a Ira.ka ki era kia Makoi. |
|
'You shall mark the land for me and make
it known (by its name)!' |
maau e
tuki e haite te kainga. |
|
After that, Ira spoke these
words: |
he ki hokoou a Ira.ka ki era. |
|
'This is the digging stick (? ko
koko), Kuukuu. |
kokoko e
Nguukuu e. |
|
You shall work the land for me and plant
the yam roots!' |
maau e keukeu e oka te uhi. |
The explorers sailed away (p. 17)
on the 25th day of their first month (Te Vaitu Nui)
and reached Easter Island on the 1st day of Te
(not He) Maro. My earlier ideas regarding these
dates have been summarized as follows:
|
1 Vaitu Nui (29) |
2 Vaitu Potu (31) |
|
3 He Maro (29) |
4 He Anakena (31) |
|
5 Hora Iti (29) |
6 Hora Nui (29) |
|
'April' (30) |
'May' (31) |
'June' (30) |
'July' (31) |
'August' (31) |
'September' (30) |
|
60 |
60 |
58 |
|
178 = 177 + 1 |
|
177 = 6 * 29½ |
|
7 Tagaroa Uri (31) |
8 Ko Ruti (29) |
9 Ko Koró (29) |
|
10 Tua Haro (29) |
11 Tehetu'upú (28) |
12 Tarahao (31) |
|
'October' (31) |
'November' (30) |
'December' (31) |
'January' (31) |
'February' (28) |
'March' (31) |
Often the months in this table have
fewer days than in our own calendar. Therefore I
have preferred to use such dates as
٭JULY
27 (*128) rather than making a guess as to the
day number at manu kake rua in the month
Te Anakena.
Possibly te (instead of he)
referred to mythic time, to the time of Rigel, and
he to the present - when the dates were
following the Sun and the positions of the fixed
stars were moving.
| He
He,
article, also verbal prefix. Hé,
where? I hé, where; ki hé,
whereto; mai hé, wherefrom. Vanaga.
Article. P Mgv., Mq.: e,
the. Sa.: se, id. Churchill.
Pau.: He, false,
crooked. Mgv.: hehe, crazy, to
wander. Ta.: he, error. Mq.: he,
confusion. Sa.: sesē, wrong. Ma.:
he, a mistake. Churchill.
Mgv.: He, a locust
pest of coconuts. Ta.: he,
caterpillar. Mq.: he, grasshopper.
Sa.: se, id. Ma.: whe,
caterpillar. Churchill. |
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