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After 10 + 2 variants of taro (presumably referring to 10 + 2 months) had been brought onboard the Royal Double Canoe, the time had come to 'all kinds of things', beginning with a pair of great trees (Hauhau, Mahute) producing strings etc:

... Teke said to Oti, 'Go and take the hauhau tree, the paper mulberry tree, rushes, tavari plants, uku koko grass, riku ferns, ngaoho plants, the toromiro tree, hiki kioe plants (Cyperus vegetus), the sandalwood tree, harahara plants, pua nakonako plants, nehenehe ferns, hua taru grass, poporo plants, bottle gourds (ipu ngutu), kohe plants, kavakava atua ferns, fragrant tuere heu grass, tureme grass (Dichelachne sciurea), matie grass, and the two kinds of cockroaches makere and hata.' Oti and all his assistants went and took the hauhau tree with them. All kinds of things [te huru o te mee] (i.e., plants) and insects [?] were taken along ... [E:69]

1 he ti. 1 he kape.

Ti by lying with Tattooing made the ti plant (he ti ki ai ki roto ki a he ta ka pu te ti). Burnt ti leaves were used to produce the black dye for tattooing.

... To be in heat, to copulate, to embrace; concupiscence, fornication, impurity; lascivious, impure (ai) ...

Kape. 'Bitter-taro' (Alocasia macrorrhiza). In 1957 kape was still cultivated in much the same way as dry taro. It is a type of food to be eaten during times of famine. According to Fuentes (1960:856), the tubers had to be kept in the earth-oven for 15 (sic) days in order to eliminate some of the poisonous components. Barthel 2. Arum, yam. Churchill.

Bitterness by doing it with Bad-taste produced the kape (mangeongeo ki ai ki roto he rakerake ka pu te kape).

APRIL 6 (96 = 3 * 32) 7 (*17)
Ga1-16 Ga1-17

Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-5 (Star in the Bull towards the north)

σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX (Female Warrior) = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR (Sword of the Giant) = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH (The Butting One) = β Tauri = γ Aurigae (80.9)

*39.0 = *80.4 - *41.4
ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL (Thirst-slaking Camels) = β Leporis (81.7)
June 9 (*445 = *365 + *80) 10 (161)

... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

°June 5 (156) 6 (*77)
'May 13 14 (*54)
"April 29 (*39) Vaitu Nui 30
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
OCT 6 (279 = 9 * 31) 7 (*200)
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6) LESATH (Sting) = υ Scorpii, δ Arae (264.7), CHOO (Club) = α Arae (264.9)

... For they say that the course of human life resembles the letter Y, because every one of men, when he has reached the threshold of early youth, and has arrived at the place 'where the way divides itself into two parts', is in doubt, and hesitates, and does not know to which side he should rather turn himself“...

        

Dec 9 (343 = 7 * 49 = 279 + 8 * 8) 10 (161 + 183)
°Dec 5 (339) 6 (*260)
'Nov 12 (*236 = 8 * 29½) 13 (317 = 161 + 12 * 13)
"Oct 29 (*222) Tangaroa Uri 30

... Page E:86 tells about Makoi being left behind on Easter Island when the remaining 5 Explorers sailed home to Hiva. From there (Tangaroa Uri 25) to the day when Hotu became worried about where Oto Uta was, i.e. in Tangaroa Uri 30, there were 5 days:

April 25 (115)

5 + 56

June 25 (176)

5 + 116

Oct 25 (298)

5 + 56

Dec 25 (359)

5 + 116

61

2 * 61

61

2 * 61

183

183

366 = 2 * 183 = 6 * 61

And from the autumn equinox (265) at Antares to the Sting of the Scorpion (υ Scorpii) there were 15 days ...

... the tubers [of kape] had to be kept in the earth-oven for 15 (sic) days in order to eliminate some of the poisonous components ...

Hau = Thread, line, string, ribbon; this is the name of the fibres of the hauhau tree formerly used to make twine, cloth, etc.; hau kahi, fishing line for tuna; hau here, line for eel trap; hau moroki, strong, tough line, thread; hau paka, fibres of the hauhau tree, which were first soaked in water, then dried to produce a strong thread. Ha'u = Hat. Vanaga. Hat, cord; the tree Triumfetta semitriloba. Van Tilburg. Ta.: The tree Hibiscus tiliaceus. Henry. Hau. 1 a. Hibiscus. b. Wick. P Pau.: fau, hibiscus. Mgv.: hau, id. Mq.: fau, hau, id. Ta.: fau, id. 2. To contribute. Ta.: aufau, to pay, to contribute, to subscribe. 3. Hat, cap, helmet; hakarere ki te hau, to take off the hat. Ta.: fauurumaa, war bonnet. 4. Dew; hakaritorito ki te hau, to bleach in the dew. P Mgv., Mq.,Ta.: hau, dew. 5. To blow freshly, coolness, zephyr, salubrious, breeze, wind (hahau, ahau); kona hauhau, kona hahau, a breezy spot; ahau ora, agreeable breeze; hakahahau, to hang out in the air; hakaahau, to blow. T Mgv.: hau, to blow, blusterous, to breathe. Haua, hoarse. (Hauha); araha hauha, to wait for, to look forward to. Hauhau, 1. dog (onomatopoetic). 2 a. To scratch, to scrape, to rub. b. Wood used in plowing fire. 3. (hau 5). Haumaru (hau 5 - marumaru) cool, cold. Hauł, to replace. Hauva, twin, cut T. Hauvaero (hau 3 - vaero) plume, aigrette, head ornament. Hauvarikapau (hau 3 - varikapau) plume, aigrette, head ornament. Churchill. Pau.: Hau, superior, kingdom, to rule. Mgv.: hau, respect. Ta.: hau, government. Mq.: hau, id. Sa.: sauā, despotic. Ma.: hau, superior. Hauhau, to attack. Ma.: hau, to chop. Churchill. Sa.: fau, to tie together, to fasten by tying, the tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus) whose bast is used for cord, the kava strainer made therefrom, strings in various uses; fafau, to lash on, to fasten with sennit; faufau, to fasten on, to tie together. To.: fau, to fasten up the hair, the name of the hibiscus, the kava strainer made therefrom; faufau, to fasten the outriggers of small canoes; hau, to fasten to; fehauaki, to tie. Fu.: fau, the hibiscus, the kava strainer; fał, fafał, fałfał, to attach, to tie. Niuē: fau, fafau, to make by tying. Fotuna: no-fausia, to tie, to fasten. Ta.: fau, the hibiscus; fafau, to tie together. Pau.: fau, the hibiscus. Nuguria: hau, id. Ma.: hau, to bind, to fasten together; whau, a shrub; whauwhau, to tie. Ha.: hau, name of a tree with a practicable bark. Mq.: hau, the hibiscus. Mgv.: hau, id.; hahau, to join or tie with cords. Nukuoro: hau, the hibiscus, a garland. Mg.: au, the hibiscus. Vi.: vau, the hibiscus; vautha, to bind together. Churchill 2.

Mahute. A tree (Boussonetia papyrifera) formerly more abundant on the island, the fibres of which were used for clothing (see nua and hami). Vanaga. The tree Broussonetia papyrifera, indispensible for all types of fasteners (lines, twine, ropes, and rigging). Barthel 2. Maute, paper mulberry (mahute G). P Mgv.: eute, ute, id. Mq.: ute, id. Ta.: aute, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Pau.: aute, id. Mahutehute (mahute - tutu 1) bast cloth in the last stage of preparation (maute). Churchill.

1 he hauhau. 1 he mahute. 1 he ngaatu

Gaatu, totora reed. Vanaga. Gaatu 1. Bulrush, reed. 2. (gatu).  Churchill.Gatu. Gaatu, totora reed. Gatu: 1. To press, to tighten, to squeeze. 2. To pack tight. 3. To pull suddenly, to give a jerk. I ka hakarogo atu, ku eke į te kahi, he gatu mai, as soon as he felt the tuna be, he pulled in [the line] with a sharp jerk. 4. To kick. 5. E gatu te hagu, to wait for something impatiently (gatu, breath). 6. Shortly, very soon. He tu'u gatu, he is coming shortly, he is just about to arrive. Vanaga. Bulrush, reed. Gaatu (gatu) 1. To feel of, to pinch, to throttle with the hands, to touch, to press (gaatu); gatuga, pressure; gatugatu, to trample down. T Mgv.: natu, to press out linen, to squeeze a person or a sore place. Mq.: natu, to pinch. Ta.: natu, to pinch, to bruise. 2. To suppurate. 3. Gatu mai gatu atu, sodomy. Gatua (gatu 1), tractable, to press.  Churchill. Scirpus riparius var. paschalis. Barthel 2.

... All this, which in so many ways parallels the normal imagery of the Old World culture-hero myths, telling of the one who is gone, dwells underground in a happy, timeless land, as lord of the realm of the happy dead, like Osiris, but will rise again, we can read without surprise. But what is surprising indeed was the manner of Quetzalcoatl's actual return. The priests and astrologers did not know in what cycle he was to reappear; however, the name of the year within the cycle had been predicted, of old, by Quetzalcoatl himself. Its sign was 'One Reed' (Ce Acatl), which, in the Mexican calendar, is a year that occurs only once in every cycle of fifty-two. But the year when Cortes arrived, with his company of fair-faced companions and his standard, the cross, was precisely the year 'One Reed'. The myth of the dead and resurrected god had circumnavigated the globe ...

 

1

Cipactli (alligator)

11

Ozomatli (monkey)

2

Ehecatl (wind)

12

Malinalli (grass)

3

Calli (house)

13

Acatl (reed)

4

Cuetzpallin (lizard)

14

Ocelotl (jaguar)

5

Coatl (serpent)

15

Cuauhtli (eagle)

6

Miquitztli (death)

16

Coz-cacuauhtli (buzzard)

7

Mazatl (deer)

17

Ollin (movement)

8

Tochtli (rabbit)

18

Tecpatl (flint knife)

9

Atl (water)

19

Quiahuitl (rain)

10

Itzcuintli (dog)

20

Xochitl (flower)

20 * 13 = 260 and 13 * 13 = 169 = 260 - 91.

APRIL 8 9 (*19) 10 (100 = 88 + 12)
Ga1-18 Ga1-19 Ga1-20
KHUFU

MINTAKA (Belt) = δ Orionis, υ Orionis (82.4), χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae (82.6)

*41 = *82.4 - *41.4
KHAFRE

Al Hak'ah-3 (Brand) / Mrigashīrsha-5 (Stag's Head) / Turtle Head-20 (Monkey) / Mas-tab-ba-tur-tur (Little Twins)

ARNEB = α Leporis, Crab Nebula = M1 Tauri (83.0, φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA = λ Orionis, ORION NEBULA = M42 (83.2), φ² Orionis (83.6), ALNILAM (String of Pearls) = ε Orionis (83.7)

MENKAURE

Three Stars-21 (Gibbon) / Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū-6 (Star in the Bull towards the south) / ANA-IVA-9 (Pillar of exit)

HEAVENLY GATE = ζ Tauri, ν Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis (84.2),  ALNITAK (Girdle) = ζ Orionis, PHAKT (Phaet) = α Columbae (84.7)

June 11 12 (163 = 136 + 27 = 263 - 100) 13 (*84)
°June 7  8 9 (*80)
'May 15 (365 + 135 = 500) 16 (136 = 8 * 29½ - 100) 17 (*57)

The Julian calendar had been 10 days ahead at the time when Gregory XIII launched his new calendar and then 2 more (days ahead) would have to be subtracted if the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar had happened later, when the King of Spain took command over Easter Island in 20 November (324) AD 1770. Which means 10 + 2 number of taro varieties could have referred not only to a change in the number of months but also to number of days needed to add in order to return from the Gregorian to the Julian dates.

59 520 13 * 37 270
Ab1-1 (→ 11) Ab7-26 (→ 12 * 36) Aa5-7 Aa8-26 (→ 12 * 41)
580 = 20 * 29 26 * 29 = 755 - 1
46 * 29 = 1335 - 1 = 5 * 267 - 1

267 = September 24

236 (Moon) + 263 (Venus) = 499.

... Notably the Raven, who was ascending in day 236 (= 8 * 29½) in Roman times ('August 24), had moved ahead due to the precession with 27 days to 'a clean cup' in day 263 at the time of rongorongo ...

"May 1 (121 = 11 * 11) 2 3 (*43)

... the real surprise revealed by Bauval's astronomical calculations was this: despite the fact that some aspects of the Great Pyramid did relate astronomically to the Pyramid Age, the Giza monuments as a whole were so arranged as to provide a picture of the skies (which alter their appearance down the ages as a result of the precession of the equinoxes) not as they had looked in the Fourth Dynasty around 2500 BC, but as they had looked - and only as they had looked - around the year 10,450 BC ...