... 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!' ...

Probably these 6 stone heaps referred to Tau-ono (6 stones):

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

45	kiore - henua	tapamea	tagata rere ki te toki - te hau tea	kiore ki te henua	ihe tapamea

	Ca3-1	Ca3-2	Ca3-3	Ca3-4	Ca3-5 (56)
	CLOSE TO THE SUN:
	Nov 11	12 (316)	13	14	15
	θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9) ~~SIRRAH (α Andromedae)~~	φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)	κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7), COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9) 196.0 = 237.4 - *41.4	π Cor. Borealis, UNUK ELHAIA (Necks of the Serpents) = λ Serpentis (238.1), CHOW = β Serpentis (238.6)	κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), BA (= Pa) = ε Serpentis, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9

	CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
	May 12	13	14	15 (500 = 365 + 135)	16 (136)
	no star listed (52)	ψ Persei (53.1) ~~ACRUX (α CRUCIS)~~	δ Persei (54.7)	*Al Thurayya-27 (Many Little Ones) / Krittikā-3 (Nurses of Kārttikeya) / TAU-ONO (Six Stones)* ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA (Frog) = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)	*Hairy Head-18 (Cockerel) / Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)* ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27 Tauri) (56.3)
	'April 15	16	17 (80 + 27)	18 (108 = 135 - 27)	19
	"April 1 (91)	2	3	4	5
	MARCH 9	10	11	12 (135 - 64 = 71)	13
	DAY 52	53	54	55	56
	DAY 52	53	BISSEXTUM (54 - 55)	56 (8 WEEKS)	57 (= 137 - 64 - 16)
	... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

360	Eaha te honu kua tupu	i to maitaki - o te hau tea	te hono huki - maro

	Cb2-1	Cb2-2 (26 = 3 + 23)	Cb2-3
	CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
	May 11 (131) σ Persei (51.6)	12 (109 + 23 = 132) no star listed (52)	13 ψ Persei (53.1) ~~ACRUX (α CRUCIS)~~
	'April 14 (104 → 413 + 1)	*15 (471 = 3 / 2 314)**	*16 (472 = 16 29½)**
	"March 31 (360 / 4)	"April 1 (132 - 41 = 91)	2
	MARCH 8 (250 - 183)	9 (132 - 64 = 68)	10
	CLOSE TO THE SUN:
	Nov 10 (314 → π) ALKALUROPS (The Herdsman's Lance) = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH (Male Hyena) = ι Draconis (233.2)	*11 (132 + 183 = 315 = 7 45) θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9) ~~SIRRAH (α Andromedae)~~**	*12 (4 79) φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)**
	'Oct 14	*15 (288 = 12 24)**	16
	"Sept 30 (273 = 314 - 41)	"Oct 1 (91 + 183 = 274)	2
	SEPT 7 (314 - 64 = 250)	8	9

te ua	koia ra	kua tuku ki to mata - ki tona tukuga	e kiore - henua - pa rei

*Cb2-4 (420 = 7 60)**	Cb2-5 (29)	Cb2-6	Cb2-7
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Nov 13 κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7), COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9) 196.0 = 237.4 - *41.4	14 π Cor. Borealis, UNUK ELHAIA (Necks of the Serpents) = λ Serpentis (238.1), CHOW = β Serpentis (238.6)	15 κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), BA (= Pa) = ε Serpentis, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)	16 (320) λ Librae (240.0), β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) 199.0 = 240.4 - *41.4
'Oct 17	18	*19 (292 = 4 73)**	20
"Oct 3	4 (277)	5	6
SEPT 10	11	*12 (255 = 3 85)**	13
DAY 237	238	239	240
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
May 14 δ Persei (54.7)	15 (500 = 365 + 135) *Al Thurayya-27 (Many Little Ones) / Krittikā-3 (Nurses of Kārttikeya) / TAU-ONO (Six Stones)* ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA (Frog) = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)	16 (136) *Hairy Head-18 (Cockerel) / Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)* ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27 Tauri) (56.3)	17 MENKHIB (Next to the Pleiades = ζ Persei (57.6) ~~PORRIMA (γ Virginis)~~
'April 17 (80 + 27)	18 (108 = 135 - 27)	19	20
"April 3	4	5	6 (96)
MARCH 11	12 (135 - 64 = 71)	13	14 (→ π)
DAY 54	55	56	57

The ancient Babylonians saw Alcyone as a Foundation Stone (Temennu) and with 6 stones in the preceding day we can guess Kuukuu could have referred to Alcyone.

However, the impossible task of pushing 'the Turtle' high certainly fits better with Atlas: