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... On the twenty-ninth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went to Pu Pakakina. They arrived, remained there, and gave the name 'Pu Pakaina A Ira'. They remained one month in Pu Papakina ...

Ahu Akapu A Hau Maka Te Pito O Te Kainga A Hau Maka   Pu Pakakina A Ira  ®
Ga4-11 Ga4-12 Ga4-13 Ga4-14 Ga4-15 Ga4-16 (99)
Shir (158.9) p Carinae (159.3) φ Hydrae (160.3) no star listed (161) Vathorz Posterior (162.1), Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6) ν Hydrae (163.1)
Hora Iti 26 (238) 27 28 (*160) Hora Iti 29 30 (242) 31 (*163)
ºAugust 22 23 24 (236) ºAugust 25 (237) 26 27 (*159)
'July 30 (*131) 31 'August 1 (213) 'August 2 3 (*135)  4 (216)
"July 16 17 (*118) 18 (199) "July 19 (200) 20 21 (*122)
α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii (341.9) η Aquarii (342.1), σ Gruis (342.4), Situla (342.7) ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi, β Gruis (343.8) ρ Gruis (344.0), Matar (344.2), η Gruis (344.6) Leap night λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9)
Tehetu'upú 25 26 (422) 27 (58 = 2 * 29) Tehetu'upú 28 29 (60) Tarahao 1 (*345)
426 - 366 = 60
ºFebruary 21 22 (418) 23 (54 = 2 * 27) ºFebruary 24 25 (56) ºFebruary 27 (*341)
422 - 365 = 57
'January 29 (*314) 30 31 (396) 'February 1 2 (33)  3 (399)
"January 15 (*300) 16 17 "January 18 (383) 19 (384) 20
¬ Pu Pakakina A Ira  ®
Ga4-17 (100) Ga4-18 Ga4-19
no star listed (164)

Altair

Wings-27 ANA-TIPU
ALKES (165.6) Merak (166.2), DUBHE (166.7)
Hora Nui 1 (244) 2 (*165) 3
ºAugust 28 (240) 29 (*161) 30
'August 5 (*137) 6 (218) 7
"July 22 (22 / 7) 23 (204) 24 (*125)
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini, τ Gruis (347.4), Fomalhaut (347.8) Fum al Samakah (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9)
 Tarahao 2 3 (428 = 62 + 366) 4 (429 = *348 + 81)
ºFebruary 28 29 (424 = 59 + 365) ºMarch 1 (425 = *344 + 81)
'February 4 (400) 5 (401 = *320 + 81) 6 (*321 = *348 - 27)
"January 21 (386) 22 (387 = *306 + 81) 23 (*307 = *348 - 41)

The 27th Chinese lunar station was Wings, ruled by Alkes (α Crateris):

23 Ghost ρ Gemini ? Goat (112.1) Jul 11 (192) 192 = 175 + 7
24 Willow δ Hydrae Stag (129.6) Jul 29 (210) 210 = 192 + 18
25 Star α Hydrae (Alphard) Horse (142.3) Aug 10 (222) 222 = 210 + 12
26 Extended Net ε Hydrae / μ Hydrae Ox (131.9 / 157.1) Jul 31 (212) / Aug 25 (237) 237 = 212 + 25
27 Wings α Crateris (Alkes) Snake (165.6) Sep 3 (246) 246 = 237 + 9
28 Chariot γ Corvi (Gienah) Worm (185.1) Sep 22 (265) 265 = 246 + 19
September equinox

And close to the Full Moon was House, their 13th station:

¬ Pu Pakakina A Ira  ®
Ga4-20 Ga4-21 (104)
11h (167.4)  Al Sharas (168.6)
χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)
Hora Nui 4 (*167) 5 (248)
ºAugust 31 (*163) ºSeptember 1 (244)
'August 8 (220) 9 (*141)
"July 25 (206) 26 (*127)
Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 / Purva Bhādrapadā-26 / House-13 23h (350.0)
Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis (349.4), MARKAB PEGASI (349.5) υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei (350.6), ι Gruis (350.9)
 Tarahao 5 (64) 6 (*350)
ºMarch 2 (61 = 64 - 3) 3 (*346)
'February 7 (403) 8 (*323 = *350 - 27)
"January 24 (389) 25 (*309 = *350 - 41)
8 South Dipper φ Sagittarii (?) Unicorn (284.0) Dec 30 (364) 364 = 354 + 10
9 Ox / Herd Boy β Capricornii (Dabih) Buffalo (308.0) Jan 23 (388) 388 = 364 + 24
10 Girl ε Aquarii (Albali) Bat (314.8) Jan 30 (395) 395 = 388 + 7
11 Emptiness β Aquarii (Sadalsud) Rat (325.9) Feb 10 (406) 406 = 395 + 11
12 Rooftop α Aquarii (Sadalmelik) Swallow (334.6) Feb 19 (415) 415 = 406 + 9
13 House α Pegasi (Markab) Pig (349.5) Mar 5 (429) 429 = 415 + 14
March equinox

Water would be far down and out of reach for Black Raven, but at the other side of the sky there was plenty. Manu kake in Ga4-21 was a fish and not a bird and south of the equator it was not the beginning of winter but of the summer 'year'.

24 Al Fargh al Mukdim Fore Spout α Pegasi (Markab), β (Scheat) 349 March 5 (429) 10 338
      θ Piscium 354.4 March 10 (434)   343
25 Al Fargh al Thāni Rear Spout γ Pegasi (Algenib), α Andromedae (Sirrah) 0 March 21 (445) 16 354
26 Al Batn Al Hūt Belly of the Fish β Andromedae (Mirach) 16.0 April 6 (461) 16 370
27 Al Thurayya Many Little Ones Messier 45 (Pleiades) 56.3 May 16 (501) 40 410

... the bird, being sent with a cup for water, loitered at a fig-tree till the fruit became ripe, and then returned to the god with a water-snake in his claws and a lie in his mouth, alleging the snake to have been the cause of the delay. In punishment he was forever fixed in the sky with the Cup and the Snake; and, we may infer, doomed to everlasting thirst by the guardianship of the Hydra over the Cup and its contents. From all this came other poetical names for our Corvus - Avis Ficarius, the Fig Bird; and Emansor, one who stays beyond his time; and a belief, in early folk-lore, that this alone among birds did not carry water to its young ...