In rongorongo times the distance from Alnilam, the String of Pearls, in the middle (ki roto) of the 3 stars of the Belt of Orion (immediately below the equator) to the Virgin's Girdle (Ana-roto, the single star in the middle) was 202.7 - 83.7 = 119 days.
It has been pointed out that the layout of the 3 great Egyptian pyramids was probably intended to map the Belt stars of Orion as they were in the distant past:
A new fire was here needed (a needfire) - because this was the burial place for the great Pharaohs of ancient Egypt - and such a fire had to be drilled forth on the shell of the Earth Turtle, as once upon a time both the Indians and the Mayas had remembered. ... needfire ceremonies usually take place near the summer solstice (the Feast of St. John) ... but they occur in several other seasons as well. The summer date of the rite and its accompanying festival have to do, among other things, with fertility, as can clearly be seen in a variant from the valley of the Moselle preserved for us by Jakob Grimm. Each household in the village was constrained to contribute a shock of straw to the nearby high place, Stromberg, where the males went at evening while the females went to a spring lower down on the slope. A huge wheel was wrapped with this straw. An axle run through the wheel served as the handles for those who were to guide it on its downward plunge. The mayor of a nearby town kindled the straw, for which office he was rewarded with a basketful of cherries. All the men kindled torches and some followed the burning orb as it was released downhill to shouts of joy. The women at the spring echoed these shouts as the wheel rushed by them. Often the fire went out of its own accord before it reached the river, but should the waters of the river extinguish it, an abundant vintage was forecast for that year ...
One of these 4 drillers was at a special place, as we can see, because she had no man to do it. I think it referred to the place of Spica. Possibly the Mayas had a swimming Turtle here:
Counted from Alnitak (ζ), the last of the Belt Stars, the distance to Spica was 202.7 - 84.7 = 118 days (= 472 / 4 = 4 * 29½). This position corresponded to that of the pyramid of Menkaure. ... Menkaure was allegedly a much more benevolent Pharaoh than his predecessors. According to legends related by Herodotus, he wrote the following: This Prince (Mycerinus) disapproved of the conduct of his father, reopened the temples and allowed the people, who were ground down to the lowest point of misery, to return to their occupations and to resume the practice of sacrifice. His justice in the decision of causes was beyond that of all the former kings. The Egyptians praise him in this respect more highly than any other monarchs, declaring that he not only gave his judgements with fairness, but also, when anyone was dissatisfied with his sentence, made compensation to him out of his own purse and thus pacified his anger. The Gods however ordained that Egypt should suffer tyrannical rulers for a hundred and fifty years according to this legend. Herodotus goes on: An oracle reached him from the town of Buto, which said 'six years only shalt thou live upon this earth, and in the seventh thou shalt end thy days'. Mycerinus, indignant, sent an angry message to the oracle, reproaching the god with his injustice - 'My father and uncle,' he said 'though they shut up the temples, took no thought of the gods and destroyed multitudes of men, nevertheless enjoyed a long life; I, who am pious, am to die soon!' There came in reply a second message from the oracle - 'for this very reason is thy life brought so quickly to a close - thou hast not done as it behoved thee. Egypt was fated to suffer affliction one hundred and fifty years - the two kings who preceded thee upon the throne understood this - thou hast not understood it'. Mycerinus, when this answer reached him, perceiving that his doom was fixed, had lamps prepared, which he lighted every day at eventime, and feasted and enjoyed himself unceasingly both day and night, moving about in the marsh-country and the woods, and visiting all the places he heard were agreeable sojourns. His wish was to prove the oracle false, by turning night into days and so living twelve years in the space of six ... There were 3 fire drillers before the 4th who was a female. The last in this triplet of male drillers could have corresponded to Menkaure. He had a shorter life stick than the preceding pair (Khufu and Khafre). 2 * 150 + (6 ® 12) = 312 = 4 * 78 = 13 * 24. Below his manik grasping hand there was the head of an animal which I think should be read out as manik = deer (the probable original meaning of the 7th Mayan day sign). But the Rigel year began at the left foot (β) of Orion and 282 (October 9) - 158 (June 7) = 124 (= 4 * 31) days. 124 - 4 * 29½ = 6 = the distance from Ga1-14 to Ga1-20. Possibly it meant the Sun and the Moon were destined to arrive simultaneously to Spica.
The Chinese star name Yang Mun (South Gate) refers to α Lupi at the left leg of the Wolf:
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