Once again. Number 68 could have been referring to the distance -
at the time of rongorongo - from heliacal Sirius located in June
30 (181) to the fixed positions of the stars. Together these had
moved ahead with 68 days since the time when at 0h Aldebaran had
been born together with the Sun - like twins - at the
horizon in the east.
The beginning of side a of
the G text was evidently arranged to describe the fact that
since the time of Gregory XIII the fixed stars had progressed
another 4 days ahead as counted from Sirius (the brightest one of
the stars in the night and clearly corresponding to the single daytime Sun because
both cycles measured 365¼ days):
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 |
61 |
|
Gb6-26 (408) |
Gb6-27 |
Gb6-28 (181) |
|
JANUARY 16
(*301) |
17 |
18 (383) |
|
Al
Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara
Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi
(2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
|
0h (365.25) |
|
Caph,
SIRRAH
(0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) |
ALGENIB
PEGASI
(1.8) |
|
EQUINOX (80) |
March
22 |
23 |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
JULY 18 |
19 (200) |
20 (*121) |
|
ALCHITA,
Ma Wei (183.1),
MINKAR
(183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
PÁLIDA
(184.6), Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13 /
Chariot-28 |
|
GIENAH
(185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4),
ZANIAH
(185.9) |
|
September 20 |
21 |
EQUINOX
(265) |
|
no glyph |
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 |
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
|
0h (80) |
MARCH 22 |
23 |
|
HYADUM II (δ¹ Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star listed (66) |
|
AIN,
θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
|
May 24 |
25 |
26 (146) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER 20 |
21 (*184) |
EQUINOX |
|
Heart-5 |
ρ
Ophiuchi (248.1),
ALDIBAIN
(248.2), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi
(248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr. (248.7),
ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
Al Kalb-16
/
Jyeshtha-18 /
ANA-MUA |
|
σ SCORPII
(247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ
Ophiuchi (247.7) |
ANTARES
(249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω
Ophiuchi (249.8) |
|
November 23 |
24 |
25 (329) |
And in rongorongo times
'Land' could therefore not have been 'fished up' at heliacal Sirius in June 30 but
the event had to come 4 days later,
when Nunki was at the Full Moon. The Gregorian calendar had
Sirius 'chained' to June 30, but since the time of Gregory XIII
the other stars would have moved away from Sirius with 4 days due to
the precession.
... This [σ
Sagittarii] has been identified with Nunki of the
Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the
Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter
occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces
Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos
designated as Water ...
|
JANUARY
16 (*301) |
67 |
MARCH 25 (84) |
22 |
|
|
 |
|
Gb6-26
(408) |
Ga1-4 |
|
March 21
(80) |
May 28
(148) |
|
SIRRAH |
ALDEBARAN |
|
91 = 7 *
13 |
|
APRIL 17
(107) |
18 |
19 |
20 (*30) |
21 |
 |
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|
Ga1-27 |
Ga1-28 |
Ga1-29 |
Ga1-30 |
Ga2-1 |
|
6h
(91.3) |
ξ Orionis (92.5) |
Al
Han'ah-4 /
Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-7 |
Furud
(94.9) |
Well-22
/
Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8 |
|
ν
Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6) |
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) |
|
SOLSTICE |
June 23
(174) |
ST
JOHN'S EVE |
|
May 24
(*64) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (*68) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER
17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21
(*214) |
|
Zhōngshān (274.0), π
Pavonis (274.6) |
ι Pavonis (275.1),
Polis (275.9)
MENKAR
|
η
Sagittarii (276.9) |
Purva
Ashadha-20 |
|
KAUS
MEDIUS, κ Lyrae
(277.5), Tung Hae (277.7), Shaou Pih (277.8), Kwei
She (277.9) |
φ Oct. (278.1),
KAUS
AUSTRALIS
(278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6) |
|
SOLSTICE |
December
23 (357) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
|
December
23 (327) |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27
(*251) |
|
APRIL 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (*35) |
26 |
27 |
(118 = 4
* 29½) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-2 |
Ga2-3 |
Ga2-4 |
Ga2-5
(35) |
Ga2-6 |
Ga2-7 |
Ga2-8 |
|
no star
listed (96) |
β
Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0) |
no star
listed (98) |
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 25 |
26 (6 *
29½) |
27 |
28 |
29 (180) |
30 |
July 1 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (*218) |
26 |
27 (300) |
28 |
|
Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
ν Pavonis (280.4), κ
Cor. Austr. (280.9) |
Abhijit-22 |
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), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7)
ATLAS
|
|
θ Cor. Austr. (281.0),
VEGA (281.8) |
Φ
SAGITTARII
(284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ
Pavonis (284.8 |
|
December
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 |
|
APRIL 29 |
30 |
MAY 1
(*41) |
2 (122) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-9 |
Ga2-10 |
Ga2-11 |
Ga2-12
(42) |
|
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 |
(*104 =
8 * 13) |
4 (185) |
5 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
OCTOBER
29 |
30 (303) |
31
(*224) |
NOVEMBER
1 |
|
χ Oct. (286.0),
AIN AL
RAMI (286.2), υ
Draconis (286.4), 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 |
2 |
3 (368) |
4 |
... The
brothers had no idea what Maui was up to now, as he paid
out his line. Down, down it sank, and when it was at the
bottom Maui lifted it slightly, and it caught on
something which at once pulled very hard.
Maui
pulled also, and hauled in a little of his line. The
canoe heeled over, and was shipping water fast. 'Let it
go!' cried the frightened brothers, but Maui answered
with the words that are now a proverb: 'What Maui has
got in his hand he cannot throw away.'
'Let
go?' he cried. 'What did I come for but to catch fish?'
And he went on hauling in his line, the canoe kept
taking water, and his brothers kept bailing frantically,
but Maui would not let go.
Now
Maui's hook had caught in the barge-boards of the house
of Tonganui, who lived at the bottom of that part of the
sea and whose name means Great South; for it was as far
to the south that the brothers had paddled from their
home ...
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