8. Once again. Virgo is a long constellation close to the ecliptic path of Sun, lying there like a woman or a beach with beautiful clean white sand (one tea). ... When he (i.e., Ira) saw that the beach was white and clean, he said, 'Hey, you! Here is the place where the king can live!' The stayed there and surveyed the plain with great care. Ira knew with certainty that it was very good. He named the bay 'Hanga Moria One' and the plain 'Oromanga'. But I have guessed the kuhane station One Tea is where the Moon Queen is dying (†) - see in the chapter One Tea:
... After the three children of Hotu A Matua had been born, they went with his wife, Vakai, to Te Ngao O Te Honu and lived there. The last child of Hotu A Matua, Tuu Hotu Iti, was born. Vakai laid down and died. The king wept for his wife. Then the lamentation ceased, and all the youths (RAP. tanga; or, 'all those assembled', MAO. tanga) had the task of preparing the litter to carry the corpse. They lifted the corpse unto the litter. The men walked up and picked up the litter with the corpse. They carried it and went to Akahanga, to Ahu Ature Ho(a). They arrived and buried her. When that was over, Hotu A Matua sat down again to rest ... We can see there is a similarity between Gb8-2 and Ga2-28, both carry 4 feathers in front:
13 * 29½ = 383½ and 15 * 29½ = 442½. And 77 (= 7 * 11) is a special number because it combines with 100 to generate 6 * 29½ = 177 days. |