... Nut, whom the Greeks sometimes identified with Rhea, was goddess of the sky, but it was debatable if in historical times she was the object of a genuine cult. She was Geb's twin sister and, it was said, married him secretly and against the will of Ra. Angered, Ra had the couple brutally separated by Shu and afterwards decreed that Nut could not bear a child in any given month of any year. Thoth, Plutarch tells us, happily had pity on her. Playing draughts with the Moon, he won in the course of several games a seventy-second part of the Moon's light with which he composed five new days. As these five intercalated days did not belong to the official Egyptian calendar of three hundred and sixty days, Nut was thus able to give birth successively to five children: Osiris, Haroeris (Horus), Set, Isis and Nepthys ...

On the other hand, possibly the Moon perspective from south of the equator (the 'girdle') required an extention of the Sun calendar with 100 days, because down in the southern hemisphere it was the Moon who ruled instead of the Sun (Ra).

... Then occurred a curious event. Whether Atea had wearied of bringing forth offspring we are not told, but certain it is that Atea and her husband Fa'a-hotu exchanged sexes. Then the [male] eyes of Atea glanced down at those of his wife Hotu and they begat Ru. It was this Ru who explored the whole earth and divided it into north, south, east, and west ...

Alcyone rose with the Sun in day 80 + *56 → 136 and 136 + 100 = 236 = 8 * 29½ → 80 + *156.

N	ALCYONE	*56	136
S	TANIA AUSTRALIS	*156	236

355 (December solstice) + 100 = 455:

March 30 (454 → 2 * 227)

April 1 (91)

Ea5-1 (137)

Ea5-2

Ea5-3

Tagata oho

te henua

te hau tea

Egyptian courtyard

Phoenician heth

Greek eta

Η (η)

Oho. 1. To go: ka-oho! go! go away! (i.e. 'goodbye' said by the person staying behind); ka-oho-mai (very often contracted to: koho-mai), welcome! (lit.: come here); ku-oho-á te tagata, the man has gone. Ohoga, travel, direction of a journey; ohoga-mai, return. 2. Also rauoho, hair. Vanaga. 1. To delegate; rava oho, to root. 2. To go, to keep on going, to walk, to depart, to retire; ka oho, begone, good-bye; oho amua, to preced; oho mai, to come, to bring; oho arurua, to sail as consorts; hakaoho, to send, a messenger. 3. Tehe oho te ikapotu, to abut, adjoin; mei nei tehe i oho mai ai inei te ikapotu, as far as, to; kai oho, to abstain, to forego; hakaoho, to put on the brakes. 4. The head (only in the composite rauoho, hair). Churchill.

ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)

*9.4 - *41.4 = *150.0 - 182.0 =

- *32.0

ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)

Legs-15 (Wolf)

ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)

*335.0 = *11.4 - *41.4

Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)

SOMBRERO GALAXY = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)

*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4

ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)

No star listed (193)

Sept 28

30 (273 → 3 * 19)

η Andromedae	*180.0	ρ Virginis
*11.4		*191.4
335.0 - 150.0 = *185.0

366 (January 1) + 100 = 466:

April 11 (101, 466)	12	*13 → 14 29½**
... According to the reform, the 5-day 'Opening of the Year' ceremonies would include an additional 6th day every fourth year. The reason given was that the rise of Sothis advances to another day in every 4 years, so that attaching the beginning of the year to the heliacal rising of the star Sirius would keep the calendar synchronized with the seasons ...

*Ea5-13 → 19 27**	Ea5-14 (150)	Ea5-15
te mauga	te hau tea	te manu
Maúga. 1. Last; aga maúga o te Ariki o Hotu Matu'a, King Hotu Matua's last work. 2. Hill, mountain. Mouga, moúga. Last; vânaga moúga o te Ariki O Hotu Matu'a, the last words of King Hotu Matu'a. Vanaga. Mauga kore, impalpable. Mouga. 1. Enough, that's all, at last. 2. Mountain, ridge of hills; mouga iti, hillock; tua mouga, mountain top; hiriga mouga; hillside, declivity, slope. P Pau.: mahuga, mountain. Mgv.: mou, maga, mountain. Mq.: mouna, mouka, peak or crest of a mountain. Ta.: maua, moua, mountain. 3. Extinction, end, interruption, solution; te mouga o te hiriga, end of a voyage; pagaha mouga kore, without consolation. 4. To get. Churchill
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
δ Phoenicis (21.5)	υ Andromedae (22.9)	ACHERNAR (End of the River) = α Eridani (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9)

REVERSED NAKSHATRA → CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Oct 10	11 (284 = 467 - 183)	12 (103 + 182 = 285)
71 VIRGINIS (203.6)	No star listed (204)	HEZE = ζ Virginis (205.0), SOUTHERN PINWHEEL GALAXY = M83 Hydrae (205.7)

If this is a correct interpretation of what was in the mind of the creator of the E text, then we should be able to go on with no major problems until the beginning of line Ea8.

... On the first day of the month of September ('Hora Nui') they went up to the yam plantation of Kuukuu. After they had departed from Pu Pakakina they reached Vai Marama and met [he piri] a man. Ira asked [he ui a Ira], 'How many are you?' [hokohia koe]. He answered, 'There were two of us' [hokorua Maua]. Ira continued asking, 'Where is [hē] he (the other)?' To that he answered, 'The one died.' [ku mate ana]. Again Ira asked, 'Who has died?' [koai i mate] He replied, 'That was Te Ohiro A Te Runu.' Ira asked anew [he ui hokoou], 'And who are you?' [koai koe] He answered [he ki mai], 'Nga Tavake A Te Rona' ... [E:46]

... This island was once a great land. The reason it became so small is because Uoke lifted the earth with a (mighty) pole and then let it sink (into the sea). It was because of the very bad people of Te Pito O Te Henua that Uoke lifted the land (and let it crumble) until it became very small. From the uplifted Te Pito O Te Henua, (they) came to the landing site of Nga Tavake, to Te Ohiro. In Rotomea (near Mataveri) they disembarked and climbed up to stay at Vai Marama (a waterplace near Mataveri). During the next month, they moved on to Te Vare (on the slope of the crater Rano Kau). When they saw that the (land-) lifting Uoke also approached (their present) island, Nga Tavake spoke to Te Ohiro: 'The land is sinking into the sea and we are lost!' But Te Ohiro warded off the danger with a magic chant. In Puku Puhipuhi, Uoke's pole broke, and, in this way, at least Nga Tavake's landing site remained (of the formerly great land) ...

Ga. Preposed plural marker of rare usage. 1. Sometimes used with a few nouns denoting human beings, more often omitted. Te ga vî'e, te ga poki, the women and the children. Ga rauhiva twins. 2. Used with some proper names. Ga Vaka, Alpha and Beta Centauri (lit. Canoes). Vanaga.

Tava. Tavatava, pale. Tavake, sea bird, white, with rosy tail; its feathers were used to decorate hats and belts. Vanaga. Mgv.: A shellfish. To.: tava-amanu, id. Tavake, a seabird with a long red tail. Mq.: toavake, toae, the tropic bird. Sa.: tava'e, id. Ta.: Tavare, to trick, to dupe. Mq.: tavae, to cajole, to flatter. Ma.: taware, to dupe, to fool.. Mq.: Tavatava, a fish. Sa.: tavatava, id. Ha.: kawakawa, id. Churchill. Tavari, the plant Polygonum acuminatum grows on the crater lakes in close association with rushes and seems to have been used for medicinal purposes. Barthel 2.

And the curious missing legs beyond day 456 (April 1, 91 + 365), when the Full Moon should ideally be observed 100 nights before Nash (*273), could be explained as an allusion to the 15th Chinese station Legs:

March 30

April 1 (91)

Ea5-1 (137)

Ea5-2

Ea5-3

Tagata oho

te henua

te hau tea

Egyptian courtyard

Phoenician heth

Greek eta

Η (η)

ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)

*9.4 - *41.4 = *150.0 - 182.0 =

- *32.0

ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)

Legs-15 (Wolf)

ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)

*335.0 = *11.4 - *41.4

Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)

SOMBRERO GALAXY = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)

*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4

ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)

No star listed (193)

Sept 28

30 (273 → 3 * 19)

April 2 (92 → 184 / 2)

3 (458 → 229 * 2 → *378)

4 (454 + 5)

Ea5-4 (140)

Ea5-5

Ea5-6

kua hanaga hia

te ragi

te hau tea

Hana. Warmth, heat, suffocation (mahana). Churchill. Ta.: Hanahana, splendid, illustrious, glory. Ma.: hana, so shine, to glow. Churchill. Mq.: Hanamana, miracle, a wonder. Ha.: hanamana, id. Churchill.

CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8)

*336.0 = *12.4 - *41.4 = 4 * 84

φ4 Ceti (13.2)

No star listed (14)

... The sense of top lies in the fact that the bud end of a coconut shell is used for spinning, both in the sport of children and as a means of applying to island life the practical side of the doctrine of chances. Thus it may be that in New Zealand, in latitudes higher than are grateful to the coconut, the divination sense has persisted even to different implements whereby the arbitrament of fate may be declared ...

... At the beginning of 44 B.C. - when Ceasar was still alive - the Senate decided to raise statues of him in all the temples and to sacrifice to him on his birthday in the month Quintilis, which in honour of him was renamed July. He was raised to the status of a god (among the other gods of the state) under the name Jupiter Julius. Marcus Antonius, who this year was consul together with Caesar, became high priest and responsible for the ceremonies. In the middle of February, at the time of the old feast of Lupercalia [Lupus = Wolf], he ran around naked and whipped the Roman ladies with thongs made from goat-skin [februa], in order to promote their fertility ...

κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH (Fat Tail) = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8)

*153.0 = *194.4 - *41.4 → 17 * 9

MIN-EL-AUVA (Door of the Barker) = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3)

δ Muscae (196.5) , VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8)

Oct 1

2 (275)

3 (271 + 5)

VINDEMIATRIX (ε Virginis)
April 4	*48	May 22	*182	Nov 20
*94 (14)**		*142 (62)**		*324 (244)**
Full Moon		Culmination		Sun
*459 (14)**	*229 → 236 - a week			Full Moon

January 25 (→ 1-25) + 100 = 125:

May 2	3 (123)	4	*5 (5 5 * 5)**

Ea5-34 (170)	Ea5-35	Ea5-36	Ea5-37 (125 + 48)
manu haati - kava	manu - kava	rere - te garu	tagi mai te karaga - o te garu
TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4) 1.0 = 42.4 - *41.4	ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR (End of the River) = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9) ~~DENEBOLA (β Leonis)~~	MENKAR (The Nose) = α Ceti (44.7)	3h (45.7) GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei (45.1), ALGOL (The Demon) = β Persei (45.9)

Oct 31	*Nov 1 (Samhain)*	2 (306)	3
ZUBEN ELGENUBI = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)	KOCHAB (Kakkab, Babylonian for Star) = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7)	KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI (Claw of the Scorpion) = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9) 185.0 = 226.4 - *41.4 = "Sept 22 (265) = equinox	ω Bootis (227.2), NEKKAR (Herdsman) = β Bootis (227.3), σ Librae (227.5), π² Oct. (227.7), NADLAT (Mean Little Ones) = ψ Bootis (227.8), π Lupi (227.9) 227 - 35 = *192 (MIMOSA)

When the Sun reached to the ancient end of the Eridanus river, at Acamar (*43) - 20 days after the modern end at Achernar (*23) - he was finished (haati)


haati	manu haati - kava	~~DENEBOLA~~

May 6

8 (*48)

10 (130)

11 → Jan 31

Ea5-38

Ea5-39

Ea5-40

Ea5-41 (177)

Ea5-42

Ea6-1

tana haati mai - te garu

te kotia

o te garu

kotia

hokohuki - koia ra

Kua oho mai kua hokokuki mai - kua moe

Garu. Surfing. Garuru, to feel dizzy, seasick; to have a sudden headache: he garuru te puoko. Vanaga. 1. To swim over the waves (see aruaru 2). P Mgv.: garu, foam, froth. Mq.: kaú, naútai, wave, billow. Pau.: puhi-garu, a bubble of water. In aruaru 2 is found another galu derivative. The sense of this garu is nowhere else encountered; the stem means simply the waves and involves no idea of swimming. We note, however, the Viti galo to swim; un uncertain identification. 2. Garu hoa, a friend of either sex. PS Sa.: galu, an number of young persons (galu teine, galu taulele'a). To.: ? gauta, many in number. Data fail for the comparison. The plural sense of the Samoan does not appear in Rapanui. The Tongan form involves the rather infrequent loss of an inner l and leaves the latter element ta unexplained. Garuru, headache, vertigo; puoko garuru, migraine. P Mgv.: garuru, nausea that persists. Mq.: naúú, kaúú, headache, migraine. Churchill. [E:32]

Papa. 1. Underground rock; motionless; rocky sea bottom; large flat stone; figuratively: tagata papa important man, author of great works. 2. Wooden plank currently used much like a surf-board in the sport called garu; it was formerly called papa gaatu mo te garu, because it was made from dry totora leaves woven into the shape of a plank. 3. To line up things side by side on a flat surface, for instance, to line up fish on top of a flat stone. Vanaga. Shoulderblade. Papapapa, a chill, to shiver, to tremble, to shudder. Churchill.


tagata	15h	ua

Koti. Kotikoti. To cut with scissors (since this is an old word and scissors do not seem to have existed, it must mean something of the kind). Vanaga. Kotikoti. To tear; kokoti, to cut, to chop, to hew, to cleave, to assassinate, to amputate, to scar, to notch, to carve, to use a knife, to cut off, to lop, to gash, to mow, to saw; kokotiga kore, indivisible; kokotihaga, cutting, gash furrow. P Pau.: koti, to chop. Mgv.: kotikoti, to cut, to cut into bands or slices; kokoti, to cut, to saw; akakotikoti, a ray, a streak, a stripe, to make bars. Mq.: koti, oti, to cut, to divide. Ta.: oóti, to cut, to carve; otióti, to cut fine. Churchill. Pau.: Koti, to gush, to spout. Ta.: oti, to rebound, to fall back. Kotika, cape, headland. Ta.: otiá, boundary, limit. Churchill.

Tia. (Tiha G) .To sew. T Mgv.: tia, to prick, to pierce, to stick in. Churchill. Ta.: tia, the lower belly. Mq.: tia-kopu, pubes. Ma.: tia, the lower abdomen. Tiahonu, to piece together. Mq.: tuhonu, to mend, to patch. Ma.: tuhonu, to join. Churchill. Mq.: tiaha, drinking cup. Ha.: kiaha, a cup, a mug. Tikao, to dig out, to disembowel. Ma.: tikaro, to dig out of a hole. Churchill.

ι Persei (46.1), MISAM (Next to the Pleiades) = κ Persei (46.2), GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei (46.7), BOTEIN (Pair of Bellies) = δ Arietis (46.9)

ζ Arietis (47.7)

ZIBAL (Young Ostriches) = ζ Eridani (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9)

τ Arietis (49.7)

ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

~~GIENAH (γ Corvi)~~

σ Persei (51.6)

Nov 4

9 (313)

15h (228.3)

ZUBEN HAKRABIM (Claw of the Scorpion) = ν Librae (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9)

ω Oct. (229.3), ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8)

Al Zubānā-14b (Claws)

χ Bootis (230.3), PRINCEPS = δ Bootis (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI (Northern Claw) = β Librae (230.8)

μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3), ο Librae (231.8)

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 (The Dim One of the Two Calves) = γ Ursae Min. (232.6), ε Librae (232.7), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9)

*191.0 = *232.4 - 41.4

ALKALUROPS (The Herdsman's Lance) = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH (Male Hyena) = ι Draconis (233.2)

To mind comes the Entrail Snatcher, when time no longer was running linearly as it should but in a chaotic fashion:

... At the front wall of the house she caught sight of some poor human beings, their faces were one broad grin - they had no entrails. Thus she now sat there. At last, after some time, the Moon entered, and he now said: 'Look at those poor fellows there without entrails, they are those my cousin has deprived of their entrails!' He had given one of them something to chew, but as usual it fell down through him, where the entrails had been removed. Whenever they swallowed something, they had chewed a little, it fell right through them. The Moon now said to her: 'Look here! My poor cousin, the entrail-snatcher, he will surely come in to take away thy entrails, but now listen how to act. Thou must begin to blow and at the same time to thrust thy hands in under the front flap of thy fur coat, holding them so that they resemble a bear, then he must take himself off. Do thus, whenever thou art on the point of smiling!' Thus he told her to act ...