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On Easter Island there were very few species of mammals and the Chinese pair of zodiacal structures with beasts living on the surface of Mother Earth could not be applied without radical changes.

They seem to have decided to let the life cycles taken onboard the Ship of the King (Hotu A Matua) had better be primarily described by species of plants and birds.

Te Takapau

TE UHI  (water yam roots) stolen by Teke from his brother Ma'eha:

SIRRAH (*0)

18

ADHIL (*19)

13

MIRA (*33)

7

BHARANI (*41)

ALCHITA (*183)

SPICA (*202)

KHAMBALIA (*216)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (*224)

0h

39

Sweet Potatoes (he kumara) given by Bau to Oti:
1

*42

he hiva matua a Bau. a Oti.
2 *43 he hiva poki
3 *44 he renga moe tahi teatea
4 *45 he renga moe tahi uriuri
5 *46 he uru omo.
6 *47 he ree aniho.
7 *48 he ha.u pu.uriuri
8 *49 he ha.u.pu.teatea
9 *50 he okeoke
10 *51 he apuka.
11 *52 he ure vai.
12 *53 he paiki.
13 *54 he uriuri.
14 *55 he piu tahi.
15 *56 he tuitui koviro.
16 *57 he aro piro.
17 *58 he pekepeke mea.
18 *59 he pekepeke uri.
19 *60 he aringa rikiriki.
20 *61 he tua tea.
20 BEID he mamari kiakia.

Mamari. Egg, fish roe. mâmari ata rauhau, last small egg laid by a hen before she turns broody. Vanaga. Egg (of fowl or fish), (gamamari), (Cf. komari.); mamari punua, chicken in the shell. Churchill. Mgv.: kiakia, the cry of the kotake (a white marine bird.) Take. The Marquesans are the only people who own to a distinctive national name, and retain a tradition of the road they travelled from their original habitat, until they arrived at the Marquesan Islands. They call themselves te Take, 'the Take nation'. Fornander. Take, Tuvaluan for the Black Noddy (Anous Minutes). The specific epithet taketake is Māori for long established, ancient, or original. In the Rapa Nui mythology, the deity Make-make was the chief god of the birdman cult, the other three gods associated with it being Hawa-tuu-take-take (the Chief of the eggs) his wife Vie Hoa and Vie Kanatea. Wikipedia

he maika (bananas)

-

origo

he ri'o

1

*1

he koro tea.

a Teke. a Oti.

2

*2

he hihi.

3

*3

he pukapuka.

4

*4

he pia.

5

*5

he nahoo.

Maika. Banana (Musa sapientum). Ancient varieties were called ri'o, hihi, korotea, pia, pukapuka, naho'o. Vanaga. Meika, banana. Pau., Mgv.: meika, id. Mq.: meika, meia, id. Ta.: meia, id. Churchill.
- origo 1 he koro tea. 2 he hihi. 3 he pukapuka.

Koro. 1. Father (seems to be an older word than matu'a tamâroa). 2. Feast, festival; this is the generic term for feasts featuring songs and banquetting; koro hakaopo, feast where men and women danced. 3. When (also: ana koro); ana koro oho au ki Anakena, when I go to Anakena; in case, koro haga e îa, in case he wants it. Vanaga. If. Korokoro, To clack the tongue (kurukuru). Churchill. Ma.: aokoro, pukoro, a halo around the moon. Vi.: virikoro, a circle around the moon. There is a complete accord from Efaté through Viti to Polynesia in the main use of this stem and in the particular use which is set to itself apart. In Efaté koro answers equally well for fence and for halo. In the marked advance which characterizes social life in Viti and among the Maori the need has been felt of qualifying koro in some distinctive manner when its reference is celestial. In Viti virimbai has the meaning of putting up a fence (mbai fence); viri does not appear independently in this use, but it is undoubtedly homogenetic with Samoan vili, which has a basic meaning of going around; virikoro then signifies the ring-fence-that-goes-around, sc. the moon. In the Maori, aokoro is the cloud-fence. Churchill 2.

MARCH 20 (*364) 0h 22 (*1) 23 24 (83)
no glyph
Gb8-30 (242) Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3

Al Dabarān-2 (The Follower)

HYADUM I = γ Tauri (63.4)

*22.0 = *63.4 - *41.4
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2)

Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)
no star listed (66) no star listed (67)

... There was no water in the village. The lakes and rivers were dry. Raven and Crow, two young girls who were having their first menstrual courses, were told to go and draw water from the ocean. Finding the journey too long, Raven decided just to urinate into her basket-bucket. She decieved no one and was severly scolded. Crow returned much later but with drinking water. As a punishment, Raven was condemned never to find water in the summer; only in winter would she find something to drink. For that reason the Raven never drinks during the hot months; she speaks with a raucous voice because of her dry throat ...

May 23 24 25 (145) 26 (*66) 27
°May 19 20 21 (*61) 22 (142) 23
'April 26 27 28 (118) 29 (*39) 30
"April 12 13 14 (104) 15 (*25) 16 (471 = 314 * 1½)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
SEPT 19 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX 23
YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI (Northern Knee of the Giant) = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)

Heart-5 (Fox)

σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8)

Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow)  = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7)

... Proclus informs us that the fox star nibbles continuously at the thong of the yoke which holds together heaven and earth; German folklore adds that when the fox succeeds, the world will come to its end. This fox star is no other than Alcor, the small star g near zeta Ursae Majoris (in India Arundati, the common wife of the Seven Rishis, alpha-eta Ursae ...

Nov 22 23 (327) 24 25 (*249) 26
°Nov 18 19 20 (*244) 21 (325) 22
'Oct 26 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30
"Oct 12 13 (286) 14 15 (*208) 16
4 he pia. 5 he nahoo.  
Naholoholo ('Swift-running')
MARCH 25 (84) 26 (*5) 27
Ga1-4 Ga1-5 Ga1-6

Rohini-4 (The Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)
no star listed (69) no star listed (70)

On Tahiti Aldebaran was named Ana-muri (star pillar at the end - presumably of summer) and as a further clue it was stated that here (when the Sun reached the 'foot' of Aldebaran) was the place for tattooing → darkening as observed from a place south of the equator. Rigel ('Foot') was at the foot of Orion (as perceived from a place in the north), i.e. we can interpret 'foot' as corresponding to time zero (origo) - where Land (to walk on) in the sky dome had arrived. Here time was moving quickly (naholoholo) in contrast to at the solstices.

May 28 (148) 29 (88 + 61) 30 (*70)
°May 24 (144) 25 (*65) 26
'May 1 (121) 2 (*42) 3
"April 17 (107) 18 (*28) 19
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
SEPT 24 (84 + 183) 25 (*188) 26
HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)
JULY 2 (183) 83 SEPT 24 (267)

11h (167.4)

χ Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)

*167.4 - *41.4 = *126.0
HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0)
Nov 27 28 29 (333)
°Nov 23 24 (*248) 25 (329)
'Oct 31 (*225) 'Nov 1 2 (306)
"Oct 17 (*210) 18 19 (292)

The sweet potatoes were arranged so they would stretch to the beginning of the front side of the year (as regarded from a point north of the equator - in Hiva).

Counting from the stone statue Te-taka-pau (cfr Hanga-te-pau) viz. the Navel-of-the-horse (i.e. Sirrah = the Topknot of Tara-ga),

Pau. 1. To run out (food, water): ekó pau te kai, te vai, is said when there is an abundance of food or water, and there is no fear of running out. Puna pau, a small natural well near the quarry where the 'hats' (pukao) were made; it was so called because only a little water could be drawn from it every day and it ran dry very soon. 2. Va'e pau, clubfoot. Paupau:  Curved. Vanaga. 1. Hakapau, to pierce (cf. takapau, to thrust into). Pau.: pau, a cut, a wound, bruised, black and blue. 2. Resin. Mq.: epau, resin. Ta.: tepau, gum, pitch, resin. (Paupau) Hakapaupau, grimace, ironry, to grin. 3. Paura (powder), gunpowder. 4. Pau.: paupau, breathless. Ta.: paupau, id. 5. Ta.: pau, consumed, expended. Sa.: pau, to come to an end. Ma.: pau, finished. 6. Ta.: pau, to wet one another. Mq.: pau, to moisten. Churchill.

the right ascension day distance was *64. But there were 3 stars (Adhil, Mira, Bharani) which were so important they broke the sequence, and therefore the measure of items which were primarily brought onboard became 1 (stone statue) + 39 (yams) + 21 (sweet potatoes) = 61, i.e. the same as the number of holes in the center of a Chinese board of checkers:

61 (holes) + 6 * 10 (coloured balls) = 121 (= 11 * 11) like the day number when the Sun reached Bharani (at the time of rongorongo), viz. in May 1.

According to Barthel the basic Easter Island month for planting sweet potatoes was April, corresponding to October north of the equator. 4 (April) + 12 / 2 = 10 (October), but 8 (octo) - 6 = 2. Or rather 12 + 8 - 6 = 14 = 12 + 2 (February).

In Barthel 2 a summary is given over the months on Easter Island (according to the structure of a modern calendar). I have adapted the table somewhat. Red means the 6 months when sun is 'present':

1st quarter

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

He Anakena (July)

Tagaroa uri (October)

Tua haro (January)

Vaitu nui (April)

Same as the previous month.

Cleaning up of the fields. Fishing is no longer taboo. Festival of thanksgiving (hakakio) and presents of fowl.

Fishing. Because of the strong sun very little planting is done.

Planting of sweet potatoes.

Hora iti (August)

Ko Ruti (November)

Tehetu'upú (February)

Vaitu potu (May)

Planting of plants growing above the ground (i.e., bananas, sugarcane, and all types of trees). Good time to fish for eel along the shore.

Cleaning of the banana plantations, but only in the morning since the sun becomes too hot later in the day. Problems with drought. Good month for fishing and the construction of houses (because of the long days).

Like the previous month. Some sweet potatoes are planted where there are a lot of stones (pu).

Beginning of the cold season. No more planting. Fishing is taboo, except for some fishing along the beach. Harvesting of paper mulberry trees (mahute). Making of tapa capes (nua).

Hora nui (September)

Ko Koró (December)

Tarahao (March)

He Maro (June)

Planting of plants growing below the ground (i.e., sweet potatoes, yams, and taro). A fine spring month.

Because of the increasing heat, work ceases in the fields. Time for fishing, recreation, and festivities. The new houses are occupied (reason for the festivities). Like the previous month, a good time for surfing (ngaru) on the beach of Hangaroa O Tai.

Sweet potatoes are planted in the morning; fishing is done in the afternoon.

Because of the cold weather, nothing grows (tupu meme), and there is hardly any work done in the fields. Hens grow an abundance of feathers, which are used for the festivities. The time of the great festivities begins, also for the father-in-law (te ngongoro mo te hungavai). There is much singing (riu).

The spelling of the names of the months are according to Vanaga.

This idea to illustrate number of days by species of buried (covered up) potatoes was not an isolated instance:

... Once upon a time there was an old woman who owned a great potato field where she planted her potatoes in spring and harvested them in autumn. She was famous all around for her many varieties of wonderful potatoes, and she had enough of them to sell at the market place. She planted her potatoes 7 in a row, placing her foot in front of her as a measure from one potato to the next. Then she marked the place with a bean - which would also give nourishment to the surrounding potatoes. Next she changed variety and planted 7 more followed by another bean, and this was the pattern she followed until all her 214 varieties had been put down in their proper places. She had drawn a map which she followed and from where each sort of potato could be located at the proper time for its harvest. I was fashinated, when I happened to stumble on this Swedish TV program, because my 'once upon a time' was now and 214 (= 2 * 107) was surely no coincidence. She knew what she was doing. Let's therefore count: 214 * 7 (potatoes) + 213 (beans) = 1711. So what? Probably because 1711 = 59 * 29 ...

At the back side of the stone statue of Mother Earth in South America we have found 214 as the sum of 182 and 32:

Counting in the tresses of Pachamama from right to left:

1

26

78

1

29

90

2

26

2

30

3

26

3

31

4

25

104

4

34

124

5

26

5

31

6

27

6

30

7

26

7

29

Total = 396 = 182 + 214 (= 364 + 32)

... The number written in stone in the tresses on the back of Pachamama (the World Mother) is 182 (→ 364 / 2) + 214 (→ 2-14 or February 14, the day of 'All Hearts') = 396. And 214 - 182 = 32 ...

... The tresses of Pachamama (the World Mother) can be counted as 182 + 214 = 396 and her trousers can be counted as 177 (= 354 / 2) ...