7. Although there was a great meal at Hanga Hoonu (Bay of Turtles), with lots of fishes thrown up onto land, cooked, and eaten - which clearly signifies a change from 'water' to 'land' (an event which seems to be parallel with the first henua period) - the name Hoonu appears to allude to another event when Kuukuu was injured by 'one fin' (of 4) of the turtle. In both cases it happens close to the sea. But Kuukuu was not tossed into the sea (in contrast to the fishes which were thrown onto land), he was carried (like Ceasar on a stretcher) down into a cave, into the world below. Maybe the fishes were cooked by the fire in order to release their living spirits, letting them move up with the flames, going north, whereas Kuukuu (the worker of land) had to move in the opposite direction, go down southwards. Sea was in the north and the Underworld in the south. Page 27 in Manuscript E is intact, the lower third is not cut off. These are its 18 lines:
She didn't move, I have redmarked it because it seem to be a Sign. If so, then it could mean the solstice is still ruling. Perhaps precession has moved the stars which traditionally marked the June solstice forward in the calendar. The explorers had reached the plain where the King should live, with white and clean sand. There are 2 kuhane stations here: Hanga Moria One and Oromanga, although the kuhane named them in the opposite order: ... The dream soul came to Rangi Meamea and looked around searchingly. The dream soul spoke: 'Here at last is level land where the king can live.' She named the place 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The mountain she named 'Peke Tau O Hiti A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul moved along a curve from Peke Tau O Hiti to the mountain Hau Epa, which she named 'Maunga Hau Epa A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The dream soul went to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa. As soon as the dream soul looked around, she saw the sand (beach), which was very white and light. She remained there and explored everything. After she had looked around carefully, the dream soul of Hau Maka said, 'Ah! This is the place that will serve as a residence for the king. She named the place 'Oromanga A Hau Maka O Hiva' and also named the neighboring bay 'Hanga Moria One A Hau Maka O Hiva'. In Hua Reva the following table was presented after having inserted an asterisk (*) as a last touch to several attempts at envisioning the basic structure of the kuhane stations:
The first kuhane station is outside the island proper (Nga Kope Ririva) and it could possibly together with Te Pu Mahore and Te Poko Uri constitute a separate triad, for instance representing June 30 + July 1-2. Significantly there are 18 lines on page 27 of the manuscript and I have numbered Hanga Hoonu as the 18th kuhane station in my table above. 18 is a Saturn number, a sign of the last part of Sun's journey. 18 * 30 = 360. Glyph 27 in line a2 is at Naos and July 18 was the date when they reached Hanga Hoonu. I feel inclined to try to change some colours (they were invented by me) and then put the 5 pages for Hanga Hoonu in parallel with stars, glyphs, dates, and explorers in the following way:
30 days beyond the June solstice seems to be the beginning of not only the henua calendar but also the beginning of the end of Kuukuu. 22 and 7 together implies π. Ira tried first and then Raparenga tried to lift the 'turtle', but neither could raise the sky roof. First Sun and then Moon tried but they did not have the necessary ability. But it was managed by the strong Mars boy (Kuukuu) before his back was broken (lua). The glyph Ga2-28 (where 22 * 8 = 176 is one less than 6 * 29½) seems to have a kind of descending fish at left and at right there is a haga with 4 maro feathers. Counting 472 + 59 = 531 = 18 * 29½. Neither Mercury (Ringiringi) nor Jupiter (Nonoma) appear. Te Varu Kainga (Easter Island) could begin with Ga2-26 because this is where we can find right ascension 8h. |
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