From an observer
onboard the Sun canoe the stars
in the night appeared to
glide away forward in the year
due to the precession as time went by. From an
observer onboard the Moon canoe
it was the canoe of the Sun
which lagged behind more and
more. In other
words, the pair of hulls of the
double-canoe were evidently separating from
each other with
the 'Moon canoe' advancing and the
'Sun canoe' lagging behind.
The Moon canoe
would thus reach a specific point
earlier in time than the Sun canoe:
... The two hulls
were no longer kept lashed
together (i.e., they were
separated for the rest of the
journey). Hotu called out
to the canoe of the queen:
'Steer the canoe to the left
side when you sail in. Teke
will jump over on board (your)
canoe to work his mana
when you sail through the
fishing grounds!' Teke
jumped on board the second
canoe, (that) of the queen. The
king's canoe sailed to the
right, the queen's to the left.
Honga worked his mana
in the fishing grounds. (List of
five fishing grounds that belong
to Hotu and Honga.)
Teke worked his mana
in the fishing grounds to the
left side. (List of nine fishing
grounds that belong to Hotu
and Teke.) The men on
board the royal canoe looked out
from Varinga Te Toremo
(the northeastern cape of the
Poike peninsula). There they
saw the canoe of the queen, the
canoe of Ava Rei Pua, as
it reached Papa Te Kena
(on the northern shore, east of
Hanga Oteo).
Honga came
and gazed in the direction below
(i.e., toward the west). He
called out to the noteworthy
ruler (? ariki motongi)
Hotu: 'There is the canoe
of the queen! It will be the
first one to land!' At this news
King Hotu replied to
Honga, 'Recite (rutu)
('powerful incantations') as
though the ten brothers of the
chief (ariki maahu) were
one whole (?).' The ten recited
with all their might. This is
what they recited: 'Let all
movement (? konekone)
cease!' They recited and sailed
on swiftly: Honga, Te
Kena, Nuku Kehu,
Nga Vavai, Oti,
Tive (corrected for 'Sive'),
Ngehu, Hatu,
Tuki, and Pu
(corrected for 'Bu'). He
worked mana in the
fishing grounds. (Naming of two
fishing grounds.)
Considering this
perception
it becomes clear that
viri in Ga7-1 could
represent the position at the
end (muri) of the canoe of the Moon
Queen (Ava Rei Pua),
whereas
viri in Ga5-11
could represent the position at
the end (muri) of the canoe of the
Sun King (Hotu Matua):
|
Muri
The rear, that which comes last;
a muri, future; a muri noa atu,
never; i muri, afterward, henceforth,
hereafter; i muri oo na, to accompany;
ki muri, after, future, henceforth, then,
final; o muri, last. Churchill. |
|
March 20 |
Equinox |
22 (81) |
23 |
61 |
1 |
119 |
September 21 |
Equinox (265) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 (0h) |
Gb6-27 (*1) |
Gb6-28 (410) |
181 |
Ga5-10 (592) |
Ga5-11 (121) |
|
no star listed (364) |
Al
Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ
Andromedae (2.7) |
|
Pálida (184.6),
Megrez (184.9) |
Hasta-13 /
Chariot-28 |
|
Caph,
SIRRAH
(0.5), ε Phoenicis
(0.8) |
ALGENIB PEGASI
(1.8)
|
GIENAH
(185.1), ε Muscae
(185.2), ζ Crucis
(185.4), Zaniah
(185.9) |
|
ºMarch 16 |
17 (*360) |
18 (77) |
19 |
181 |
ºSeptember 17 |
18 (261) |
|
'February 21 (52) |
22 |
Terminalia |
Bissextum
(*340) |
'August 25 (237) |
26 (*158) |
|
"February 7 |
8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
10 |
"August 11 (*143) |
12 (224) |
|
Tehetu'upú 20 |
21 (80) |
185 |
|
45 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-27 |
Ga6-28 |
Ga6-29 |
Ga7-1 (170) |
|
μ Lupi, γ Tr.
Austr. (231.3) |
ο Cor. Borealis
(232.0), δ Lupi
(232.1), φ¹, ν²
Lupi (232.2), ν¹
Lupi (232.3), ε
Lupi (232.4), φ²
Lupi (232.5),
Pherkad (232.6),
η Cor. Borealis
(232.8), υ Lupi
(232.9) |
Alkalurops
(233.1) |
Nusakan (234.0),
κ¹ Apodis
(234.3), ν
Bootis (234.7)
|
|
Ko Ruti 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
|
ºNovember 3
(*227) |
4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
|
'October 11
(*204) |
12 (285) |
13 |
14 |
|
"September 27 |
28 (*191) |
29 |
30 (273) |
|
Zibal (48.0) |
τ Arietis (49.7) |
Algenib Persei
(50.0), ο Tauri
(50.2), ξ Tauri
(50.8)
Gienah
|
no star listed
(51) |
|
Vaitu potu 8 |
9 |
10 (130) |
11 |
|
ºMay 5 (124) |
6 |
7 (*46) |
8 |
|
'April 11 |
12 (*22) |
13 |
14 (104) |
|
"March 28 (*7) |
29 |
30 |
31 (90) |
The pair
of viri are drawn
exactly alike which
should mean they ought
to be the same. The
point of the September
equinox according to Sun
time appeared to come
170 - 121 = 49 days
later than according to
Moon time. However, 49 -
27 (the precessional
depth of Al Sharatain)
= 22 = 'October 14 (287)
- 265 (September equinox
in rongorongo times) is
a better measure.
|
He Anakena |
Hora iti |
Hora nui |
Tagaroa uri |
Ko Ruti
|
Ko Koró |
|
'July' |
'August' |
'September' |
'October' |
'November' |
'December' |
|
Tua haro |
Tehetu'upú |
Tarahao |
Vaitu nui |
Vaitu potu |
He Maro |
|
'January' |
'February' |
'March' |
'April' |
'May' |
'June' |
Ko Ruti
10 was presumably
designed to be day 314
in order to point out
where half the Sun cycle
(imagined as a perfect
circle)
- counted from Ga1-1 and
the Hyades Gate -
arrived. According to the star
calendar as defined from
the time of the First Point of Aries
(Al Sharatain) it
was night number 24 =
104 ('April 14) - 80.
314 (Sun) - 104 (Moon) =
210 = 7 * 30 = 290
(Tagaroa Uri 17) - 80.
From the gate between
the stars Mesarthim and
Sheratan at Al
Sharatain to the
Hyades Gate (between the
stars Hydes I and II) the distance
was 64.2 - 27.4 = 36.8
(= 2 * 18.4, zeroes
meaning nothing):
|
'Equinox around
76 B.C. |
'March 22 (81) |
23 (448) |
34 |
|
'September 20 |
21 (264) |
'Equinox (around
76 B.C.) |
|
April 17 (107) |
18 |
19 (475) |
|
October 17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
|
E tupu - ki
roto |
o te hau tea |
|
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) |
|
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) |
 |
no glyph |
 |
 |
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
|
Hyadum II (δ¹
Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star listed
(66) |
|
AIN,
θ¹ Tauri, θ²
Tauri
(65.7) |
|
May 24 (5-24) |
25 (*65 + 80 =
145) |
26 (146 + 366 =
512) |
|
ºMay 20 (5-20) |
21 (*65 - 4 + 80
= 141) |
22 (142 + 366 =
508) |
|
'April 27 (4-27) |
28 (*65 - 27 +
80 = 118) |
29 (119 + 366 =
485) |
|
"April 13 (4-13) |
14 (*65 - 41 +
80 = 104) |
15 (105 + 366 =
471) |
|
Heart-5 |
ρ Ophiuchi
(248.1), 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
(*247) |
24 (145 + 183 =
328) |
25 (*249 + 80 =
329) |
|
ºNovember 19
(*243) |
20 (141 + 183 =
324)
|
21 (*245 + 80 =
325) |
|
'October 27
(300) |
28 (118 + 183 =
301) |
29 (*222 + 80 =
302) |
|
"October 13
(*206) |
14 (104 + 183 =
287) |
15 (*208 + 80 =
288) |
At the
beginning of side b of
the C tablet I changed
colours for the stars,
which means the
blackmarked
Mesarthim and Sheratan
were heliacal and the
distance to the Hydes
Gate indeed was ca 37
days.
The
creator of the G text
may have foreseen complications at the
September equinox and
given the Sun canoe a
head start with around
37 (36.8) days.
 |
 |
 |
|
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) |
|
'September 20
(*183) |
21 (264) |
'Equinox (*185 +
80) |
|
"September 6 |
7 (250) |
8 (*171) |
|
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) |
|
'Equinox (80 =
59 + 21) |
22 (*367) |
23 (448 = 366 +
82) |
|
"March 7 (432 =
66 + 366) |
8 (67 = 59 + 22) |
9 (*354) |
|