... The canoes of Ava Rei Pua and of Hotu were seen near the (off-shore) islets. On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa
uri) the canoe of Hotu and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua landed.
On the fifteenth day of the month of
October (tangaroa uri), Nonoma
left the house during the night to urinate outside.
At this point Ira called out to Nonoma,
'Look at the canoe!' Nonoma ran, he quickly
went to Te Hikinga Heru (a ravine in the side
of the crater Rano Kau) and looked around.
There he saw the double canoe way out near the
(offshore) islets, and the two (hulls of the canoe)
were lashed together." (The Eighth Island)
The date Tagaroa Uri 15 was evidently
equal to
ºOctober 11, i.e. there
was a 4-day difference. Tagaroa Uri 15 was day 288 and
ºOctober 11 was day 284.
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Ga6-3 |
Ga6-4 (144) |
Ga6-5 |
|
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) |
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Tagaroa Uri 14 |
15 (288) |
16 |
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ºOctober 10 |
11 (*204) |
12 (285) |
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'September
17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
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"September 3 (246) |
4 |
5 (*168) |
|
no star listed (24) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
|
POLARIS,
Baten Kaitos (26.6),
Metallah (26.9) |
|
Vaitu Nui 14 |
15 |
16 (472) |
|
ºApril 11 (101) |
12 |
13 (468) |
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'March 18 (78) |
19 (*364) |
20 (445) |
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"March 4 (64) |
5 (*350) |
6 (431) |
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| Ga6-6 |
Ga6-7 |
Ga6-8 (148) |
| 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) |
|
Tagaroa Uri
17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
|
ºOctober 13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
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'September 20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
22 |
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"September 6 |
7 (250) |
8 (*171) |
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Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
|
Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ
Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN, φ
Phoenicis (27.4) |
|
Vaitu Nui 17 (107) |
18 (474 = 108 + 366) |
19 |
|
ºApril 14 |
15 (104 = 59 + 46) |
16 (*25) |
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'March
21 (80 = 59 + 21) |
22 (*367) |
23 (448 = 366 + 82) |
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"March
7 (432 = 66 + 366) |
8 (67 = 59 + 22) |
9 (*354) |
Moe in
Ga6-6 is a type of glyph which
probably indicates 'birth' and
here this time
seems to have coincided with the day when the
Sun
reached the pair of stars
defining Al Sharatain
(the First Point of Aries). When on
Easter Island this 'point' was close to the
Sun in
day 107 = Vaitu Nui 17
it could have meant - according
to their calendar - that spring
had arrived north of the
equator.
But in rongorongo
times the true day for this northern equinox
would have arrived already 27
days earlier. 146 (Ga6-6) - 27 =
119 (Ga5-9) and here kiore
(at left) has been drawn with a
straight back, probably to
indicate his efforts to push
upwards:
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|
Ga5-4 |
Ga5-5 |
Ga5-6 |
Ga5-7 |
Ga5-8 |
Ga5-9 (119) |
|
Al
Sarfah-10 /
Uttara
Phalguni-12 |
Phekda,
β Hydrae
(179.3), η
Crateris (179.9)
Deneb Cygni
|
no star listed |
π Virginis
(181.0) |
12h (182.6) |
Alchita,
Ma Wei (183.1),
Minkar
(183.7), ρ
Centauri (183.9) |
|
93 Leonis
(178.0),
DENEBOLA
(178.3), Alaraph
(178.6) |
ο Virginis
(182.1) |
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Hora Nui 15 |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
20 |
|
ºSeptember 11 |
12 (*175) |
13 (256) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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'August 19 |
20 (*152) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (236) |
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"August 5 (*137) |
6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
9 |
10 |
|
σ Phoenicis
(360.4) |
φ Pegasi (361.7) |
Dzaneb (362.4) |
η Tucanae
(363.0), ψ
Pegasi (363.1),
32 Piscium
(363.2), π
Phoenicis
(363.4), ε
Tucanae (363.6),
τ Phoenicis
(363.9) |
no star listed
(364) |
Al
Fargh al
Thāni-25 |
|
0h (365.25) |
|
Caph,
SIRRAH
(0.5), ε
Phoenicis (0.8) |
|
Tarahao 16 (75 =
31 + 28 + 16) |
17 (365 + 31 +
29 + 17 = 442) |
18 (77 = 443 -
366) |
19 (444) |
20 (445) |
21 (80 = 446 -
366) |
|
ºMarch 13 |
3-14 (73) |
15 |
16 |
17 (*360) |
18 (77) |
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'February 18
(414) |
19 (50) |
20 (*336) |
21 |
22 |
Terminalia |
|
"February 4
(400) |
5 (36) |
6 |
7 |
8 (*324) |
9 |
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|
Ga5-10 |
Ga5-11 (121) |
|
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13 /
Chariot-28 |
|
GIENAH
(185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis
(185.4), Zaniah (185.9) |
|
Hora Nui 21 (*184) |
Equinox
(265) |
|
ºSeptember 17 (*180) |
18 (261) |
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'August 25
(237) |
26 (*158) |
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"August 11
(*143) |
12 (224) |
|
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi
(2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
|
ALGENIB PEGASI
(1.8) |
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Tarahao
22 (81 = 31 + 28 + 22) |
23 (448 = 366 + 82) |
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ºMarch 19 (78 = 443 - 365) |
20 (444 = 365 + 31 + 28 + 20) |
|
Bissextum
(55 = *340 + 80 - 365) |
'Feburary 25
(55 = 22 * 5 / 2) |
|
"February 10
(*326) |
11 (42 = *327 + 80 - 365) |
And although in
rongorongo times the Easter
Island true spring
equinox (south of the equator)
probably was
at viri in Ga5-11
their calendar
spring equinox may have been
locked to the First Point of
Aries as seen close to the Full
Moon in day 290 (Tagaroa Uri 17) =
4 + 286 (ºOctober 13).
Also the view from north of the
equator may have been recorded in the glyph text,
because the 'empty head gear' in Hora Nui 26
coincided with autumn equinox according to the
calendar of the Church - in ºSeptember 22 although
Gienah had risen with the Sun already 4 days
earlier:
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Ga5-12 |
Ga5-13 |
Ga5-14 (124) |
Ga5-15 |
Ga5-16 |
|
Chang Sha
(186.3) |
Intrometida (187.4),
Acrux (187.5) |
γ Com. Berenicis
(188.0), σ Centauri
(188.1),
Algorab
(188.5), Gacrux (188.7)
|
γ Muscae (189.0),
Avis
Satyra
(189.3), Asterion
(189.5),
Kraz
(189.7) |
α
Muscae (190.2), τ
Centauri (190.5), χ
Virginis (190.7)
Alderamin
|
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Hora Nui 23 |
24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
|
ºSeptember 19 |
20 |
21 (*184) |
Equinox |
23 (266) |
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'August 27 |
28 (240) |
29 |
30 |
31 (*163) |
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"August 13 |
14 |
15 (227) |
16 (*148) |
17 |
|
σ Andromedae (3.0), ζ
Tucanae (3.5), ρ
Andromedae, π Tucanae
(3.7) |
no star listed (4) |
Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0)
Alphard
|
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β
Tucanae (6.4) |
π Andromedae, Andromeda
Galaxy (7.7) |
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Tarahao 24 |
25 (84) |
26 (451) |
27 (*372) |
28 |
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Equinox (445) |
ºMarch 22 (81) |
23 |
24 (*368) |
25 |
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'February 26 (*342) |
27 |
28 |
29 (60) |
'March 1 |
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"February 12 (408) |
13 |
14 |
15 (46) |
16 (*332) |
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