The events of the Explorers were illuminating the nature of the kuhane
stations. For instance: when in the first day the Explorers were
at Hanga Hoonu - i.e. in Te Anakena 18 (=
"July 18) - they caught a lot of fishes and when they should
prepare the meal there was no fire. I.e. this was a season of
needfire.
... Again they went on and reached Hanga
Hoonu. They saw it, looked around, and gave the name 'Hanga
Hoonu A Hau Maka'. On the same day, when they had reached
the Bay of Turtles, they made camp and rested. They all saw the
fish that were there, that were present in large numbers - Ah!
Then they all went into the water, moved toward the shore, and
threw the fish (with their hands) onto the dry land. There were
great numbers (? ka-mea-ro) of fish. There were tutuhi,
paparava, and tahe mata pukupuku. Those were the
three kinds of fish. After they had
thrown the fish on the beach, Ira said, 'Make a fire and
prepare the fish!' When he saw that there was no fire, Ira
said, 'One of you go and bring the fire from Hanga Te
Pau!'
... needfire ceremonies usually take place
near the summer solstice (the Feast of St. John) ... but they
occur in several other seasons as well. The summer date of the
rite and its accompanying festival have to do, among other
things, with fertility, as can can clearly be seen in a variant
from the valley of the Moselle preserved for us by Jakob Grimm.
Each household in the village was constrained to contribute a
shock of straw to the nearby high place, Stromberg, where the
males went at evening while the females went to a spring lower
down on the slope. A huge wheel was wrapped with this straw. An
axle run through the wheel served as the handles for those who
were to guide it on its downward plunge. The mayor of a nearby
town kindled the straw, for which office he was rewarded with a
basketful of cherries. All the men kindled torches and some
followed the burning orb as it was released downhill to shouts
of joy. The women at the spring echoed these shouts as the wheel
rushed by them. Often the fire went out of its own accord before
it reached the river, but should the waters of the river
extinguish it, an abundant vintage was forecast for that year
...
|
ST
JOHN'S DAY |
JUNE 25 |
26
(177 = 6 * 29½) |
27 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-12 (95) |
Ga4-13 → 14 * 29½ |
Ga4-14 |
Ga4-15 |
|
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
|
p Carinae (159.3) |
φ Hydrae
(160.3) |
no
star listed (161) |
VATHORZ POSTERIOR = θ Carinae
(162.1),
PEREGRINI = μ Velorum,
η Carinae
(162.6) |
|
Aug
27 |
28
(240 = 8 * 30) |
29
(*161) |
30 |
|
°Aug
23 |
24
(236 = 8 * 29½) |
25 (*157) |
26 |
|
'July 31 |
'Aug
1 |
2
(214) |
3
(*500) |
|
"July 17 |
Te Anakena 18 |
19
(200) |
20
(*121) |
|
DAY
159 |
160 |
161
(= 7 * 23) |
162 |
|
... This [η
Carinae] is one of the most noted objects in the
heavens, perhaps even so in almost prehistoric
times, for Babylonian inscriptions seem to refer
to a star noticeable from occasional faintness
in its light, that Jensen thinks was η.
And he claims it as one of the temple stars
associated with Ea, or Ia, of Eridhu¹, the Lord
of Waters, otherwise known as Oannes², the
mysterious human fish and greatest god of the
kingdom.
¹ Eridhu, or Eri-duga, the
Holy City, Nunki, or Nunpe, one of the oldest
cities in the world, even in ancient Babylonia,
was that kingdom's flourishing port on the
Persian Gulf, but, by the encroachment of the
delta, its site is now one hundred miles inland.
In its vicinity the Babylonians located their
sacred Tree of Life.
² Berōssōs described Oannes
as the teacher of early man in all knowledge;
and in mythology he was even the creator of man
and the father of Tammuz and Ishtar, themselves
associated with other stars and sky figures.
Jensen thinks Oannes connected with the stars of
Capricorn; Lockyer finds his counterpart in the
god Chnemu of Southern Egypt; and some have
regarded him as the prototype of Noah ...
 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
CHRISTMAS EVE |
DEC 25 |
26
(360) |
27 |
|
η Aquarii (342.1), σ Gruis (342.4),
SITULA
(Water-jar) = κ Aquarii
(342.7)
*301.0 = *342.4 - *41.4 |
ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi, β Gruis
(343.8) |
ρ Gruis (344.0),
MATAR (Rain) = η Pegasi
(344.2), η Gruis (344.6), β Oct. (344.7) |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis
(345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), ξ Oct. (345.8), μ
Pegasi (345.9) |
|
Febr
26 |
27
(58) |
28
(424) |
March 1 (*345) |
|
°Febr 22 |
TERMINALIA |
24
(55) |
25 |
|
'Jan
30 (*315) |
31 |
'Febr 1 (32) |
2 |
|
"Jan
16 (*301) |
17 |
18 (383) |
19 |
|
DAY
342 |
343
(= 7 * 7 * 7) |
344 |
345 |
 |
The Explorers were staying for 27 days in
Oromanga because one of them had been severely hurt:
|
"July 10 (191) |
6 |
"July 18
(199) |
4 |
"July 23 (204) |
"July 24 (205) |
26 |
"August 20 (232) |
|
Te Anakena 10 |
Te Anakena 18 |
Te
Anakena 23 |
Te Anakena 24 |
Hora
Iti 20 |
|
Hanga
Takaure |
Hanga
Hoonu |
Rangi
Meamea |
Oromanga |
Papa
O Pea |
... They all sat down and rested [on
the plain of Oromanga], when suddenly they saw
that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up
on the beach. He [Ira] looked at it and said,
'Hey, you! The turtle has come on land!' He said, 'Let's
go! Let's go back to the shore.' They all went to pick
up the turtle. Ira was the first one to try to
lift the turtle - but she didn't move. Then Raparenga
said, 'You do not have the necessary ability. Get out of
my way so that I can have a try!' Raparenga
stepped up and tried to lift the turtle - but
Raparenga could not move her. Now you spoke,
Kuukuu: 'You don't have the necessary ability, but I
shall move this turtle. Get out of my way!' Kuukuu
stepped up, picked up the turtle, using all his
strength. After he had lifted the turtle a little bit,
he pushed her up farther. No sooner had he pushed her up
and lifted her completely off the ground when she struck
Kuukuu with one fin. She struck downward and
broke Kuukuu's spine.The turtle got up, went back
into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen
spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not
prevail against the turtle!'
They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and
carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in
the cave and let him rest there. They stayed there,
rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu.
Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you
will not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could never
abandon you!' They stayed there twenty-seven [27] days
in Oromanga. Everytime Kuukuu asked,
'Where are you, friends?' they immediately replied in
one voice, 'Here we are!' They all sat down and thought.
They had an idea and Ira spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring
the round stones (from the shore) and pile them into six
heaps of stones!' One of the youths said to Ira,
'Why do we want heaps of stone?' Ira replied, 'So
that we can all ask the stones to do something.' They
took (the material) for the stone heaps (pipi horeko)
and piled up six heaps of stone at the outer edge of the
cave. Then they all said to the stone heaps, 'Whenever
he calls, whenever he calls for us, let your voices rush
(to him) instead of the six (of us) (i.e., the six stone
heaps are supposed to be substitutes for the youths).
They all drew back to profit (from the deception) (?
ki honui) and listened. A short while later,
Kuukuu called. As soon as he had asked, 'Where are
you?' the voices of the stone heaps replied, 'Here we
are!' All (the youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was well
done!' ...
|
JUNE 28 |
29 (180) |
SIRIUS |
JULY 1 (*102) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
|
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
|
ν Hydrae (163.1) |
no star listed (164)
ALTAIR (α
Aquilae) |
Wings-27 (Snake)
η
Octans (165.4),
ALKES
(Shallow Basin) =
α
Crateris
(165.6)
*124.0 = *165.4 - *41.4 |
ANA-TIPU-4 (Upper-side-pillar - where the
guards stood)
MERAK (Loin, not Lion) =
β
Ursae Majoris
(166.2),
DUBHE (Bear) =
α
Ursae Majoris
(166.7) |
|
Aug 31 |
Sept 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 (246) |
|
°Aug 27 |
28 |
29 (*161) |
30 (242) |
|
'Aug 4 (216) |
5 (*137) |
6 |
7 |
|
"July 21 (202) |
22 / 7 →
π |
Te
Anakena 23 |
24 (*125) |
|
DAY 163 |
164 |
165 |
166 |
 |
|
CLOSE TO
THE FULL MOON: |
|
DEC 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
|
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis
Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) |
SCHEAT AQUARII = δ
Aquarii (347.0),
ρ
Pegasi (347.2),
δ
Piscis Austrini (347.4),
FOMALHAUT
(Mouth of the Fish) =
α
Piscis Austrini,
τ
Gruis (347.8)
*306.0 = *347.4 - *41.4 |
FUM AL SAMAKAH (Mouth of the Fish) =
β
Piscium
(348.3),
ζ
Gruis (348.5),
ο
Andromedae (348.9) |
Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 (Fore Spout) /
Purva Bhādrapadā-26 (First of the Blessed
Feet) /
House-13 (Pig)
SCHEAT PEGASI
=
β
Pegasi,
π
Piscis Austrini (349.3),
κ
Gruis (349.4),
MARKAB PEGASI
=
α
Pegasi
(349.5)
*308.0 = *349.4 - *41.4 |
|
March 2 |
3 |
4 (*348) |
5 (64) |
|
°Febr 26 |
27 |
28 (*344) |
°March 1 (60) |
|
'Febr 3 |
4 |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
|
"Jan 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (*308) |
|
DAY 346 |
347 |
348 (= 12 * 29) |
349 |
 |
|
24 |
JULY 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (210) |
30 (*131) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga5-17 |
Ga5-18 (128) |
Ga5-19 |
Ga5-20 |
Ga5-21 |
|
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
|
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) |
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 |
MINELAUVA =
δ
Virginis
(195.1),
COR CAROLI =
α
Canum Ven.
(195.3) |
|
Sept 28 |
29 (*192) |
30 (273) |
October 1 |
2 |
|
°Sept 24 |
25 (*188) |
26 |
27 (270) |
28 |
|
'Sept 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
|
"Aug 18
(*150) |
Hora
Iti 19 |
20 (232 = 8 * 29) |
21 |
22 |
|
DAY 191 |
192 |
193 |
194 |
195 |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
|
JAN 25 |
26 |
27 (392) |
28 |
29 (*314) |
|
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)
*333.0 = *374.4 - *41.4 |
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 = *376.4 - *41.4 |
CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae,
λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ
Andromedae (12.8)
*12.4 + *365.0 -*41.4 = *336.0 |
φ4 Ceti (13.2) |
|
March 30 |
31 (*375 = 192 + 183) |
April 1 (456 - 365) |
2 |
3 |
|
°March 26 |
27 |
28 (*372) |
29 (88 = 453 - 365) |
30 |
|
'March 3 |
4 |
5 (64) |
6 (*350) |
7 |
|
"Febr 17 |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 (*336 = 48 * 7) |
21 |
|
DAY 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 = 29 - 16 |
The Southern Cross moved a whole circle around
in a day and at the time of rongorongo the
morning Sun
reached the Pale one (Pálida,
δ Crucis),
the first of the significant stars in the
Southern Cross. In the following day was the September
equinox (265).
|
no glyph |
koia |
ki
te hoea |
ki
te henua |
te
rima te hau tea |
haga i te mea ke |
ki
te henua - tagata honui |
|
Hoe. Hoe 1.
Paddle. Mgv.: hoe, ohe,
id. Mq., Ta.: hoe, id. 2. To
wheeze with fatigue (oeoe 2).
Arero oeoe, to stammer, to
stutter; Mgv. oe, to make a
whistling sound in breathing; ohe,
a cry from a person out of breath.
Mq.: oe, to wheeze with
fatigue. 3. Blade, knife; hoe
hakaiu, clasp-knife,
jack-knife; hoe hakanemu,
clasp-knife; hoe pikopiko,
pruning knife. 4. Ta.: oheohe,
a plant. Ma.: kohekohe, id.
Churchill.T. Paddle. E hoe te
heiva = 'and to paddle (was
their) pleasure'. Henry. Hoea,
instrument for tattooing. Barthel. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
|
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
|
Sept 20 (263) |
21 |
Equinox |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
|
ALCHITA = α Corvi,
MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ
Centauri
(183.1),
MINKAR = ε Corvi
(183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis
(184.6),
MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) =
δ
Ursae Majoris
(184.9) |
Hasta-13 (Hand) /
Chariot-28 (Worm)
GIENAH (Wing) =
γ
Corvi
(185.1),
ε
Muscae (185.2),
ζ
Crucis (185.4),
ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis
(185.9)
*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4 |
CHANG
SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi
(186.3) |
INTROMETIDA
(Inserted) =
ε
Crucis
(187.4),
ACRUX =
α
Crucis
(187.5)
*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4 |
γ
Com. Berenicis (188.0),
σ
Centauri (188.1),
ALGORAB =
δ
Corvi
(188.5),
GACRUX = γ Crucis
(188.7) |
γ
Muscae (189.0),
AVIS SATYRA (Bird of
the Satyrs) =
η
Corvi
(189.3),
ASTERION (Starry) =
β
Canum Ven.
(189.5),
KRAZ = β Corvi,
κ Draconis (189.7) |
... Raven gazed up and down the
beach. It was pretty, but lifeless.
There was no one about to upset, or
play tricks upon. Raven sighed. He
crossed his wings behind him and
strutted up and down the sand, his
shiny head cocked, his sharp eyes
and ears alert for any unusual sight
or sound. The mountains and the sea,
the sky now ablaze with the sun by
day and the moon and stars he had
placed there, it was all pretty, but
lifeless. Finally Raven cried out to
the empty sky with a loud
exasperated cry. And before the
echoes of his cry faded from the
shore, he heard a muffled squeak. He
looked up and down the beach for its
source and saw nothing. He strutted
back and and forth, once, twice,
three times and still saw nothing.
Then he spied a flash of white in
the sand. There, half buried in the
sand was a giant clamshell. As his
shadow fell upon it, he heard
another muffled squeak. Peering down
into the opening between the halves
of the shell, he saw it was full of
tiny creatures, cowering in fear at
his shadow ... |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
|
March 21 (80)
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)
0h (365.25)
CAPH (Hand) =
β
Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) =
α
Andromedae
(0.5),
ε
Phoenicis,
γ³
Oct.
(0.8) |
22
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 (2nd of the
Blessed Feet) /
Wall-14 (Porcupine)
ο Oct. (1.3),
ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi
(1.8) |
23
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
24
σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ
Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π
Tucanae (3.7) |
Julian
equinox
no star listed (4) |
26 (85 = 185 - 100)
ANKAA = α Phoenicis,
κ Phoenicis (5.0)
ALPHARD
(α Hydrae)
|
27
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)
*148.0
+ *183.0 = *331.0 = *6.4 - *41.4 +
*366.0 |
 |
| te ika |
te honu |
 |
 |
| Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 |
| α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)
ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)
|
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 |
|
ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7) |
ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
*150.0 + *183.0 = *333.0 = *8.4 - *41.4 + *366.0 |
| te manu te henua |
te Rei |
kua hakagana |
te henua |
honu |
te henua |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-9 |
Ca1-10 (29 - 19) |
Ca1-11 |
Ca1-12 |
Ca1-13 |
Ca1-14 |
Ca1-15 |
| CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
| Sept 29 |
30 (3 * 91 = 273) |
Oct 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
5 |
| ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9) |
no star listed (193) |
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 |
MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3) |
δ Muscae (196.5) , VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8) |
13h (197.8)
ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9) |
APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9) |
|
... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ... |
| 'Sept 2 |
3 (246 = 2 * 123) |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| March 30 |
31 |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
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)
*334.0 = *375.4 - *41.4 |
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)
*336.0 = *377.4 - *41.4 |
CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8)
*337.0 = *378.4 - *41.4 |
φ4 Ceti (13.2) |
no star listed (14) |
1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7) |
| 'March 3 |
4 (63 = 9 * 7) |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
 |
|