The key for understanding the rongorongo texts,
the text of Manuscript E, and all the other true myths, is perception. The
world outside is perceived not only by our sense organs
which transform signals into objective correlations,
but also by our perceptions inside, due to the growth of knowledge created from
these
correlations - i.e. the Tree of Human Knowledge.
The early immigrants to Easter Island must have
brought an immense volume of traditions along,
supported by information encoded in
the sky roof of the night. The beginning of a growth
was little (iti) but the end was great (nui).
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1
Apina Iti |
56 |
60
Apina Nui |
Makoi began naming places with Apina Iti
and he ended with Apina Nui. There were 28
stations from Apina Iti to Rano Raraku
and there were 28 from Rano Raraku to Apina Nui.
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1
Ko Apina Iti |
27 |
29
Ko Te Rano A Raraku |
28 |
60
Apina Nui |
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29 |
29 |
The expression
'here it is precisely' (tita'a koîa) could
possibly have been abbreviated into ko
(here).
Ko. 1. Article (ko te); preposition:
with (see grammar); prefix of personal pronouns: koau,
I; kokoe, you (singular); koîa,
he, she, it; kokorua, you (plural); ko
tagi, koîa, he with his weeping. 2. Article
which precedes proper nouns, often also used with
place names: Ko Tori, Ko Hotu Matu'a, Ko Pú.
Koîa, exact: tita'a koîa, exact
demarcation. Seems to be the personal pronoun koîa
- applied in the meaning of: thus it is,
here it is precisely. Vanaga. 1. Negative; e ko,
not, except; e ko ora, incurable; ina ko,
not; ina ko tikea, unseen; ina e ko,
not; ina e ko mou, incessant. 2. A particle
used before nouns and pronouns; ko vau, I; ko te, this;
ko mea tera, this; ati ko
peka, to avenge, ko mua, first, at first,
formerly. 3. There, yonder. P Mgv.: ko, over
there, yonder. Ta.: ó, there, here.
Churchill.
And when
Metoro Tau'a Ure read rongorongo
texts for Bishop Jaussen on Tahiti this tita'a
koîa could have been shortened into koia,
for instance at right ascension day 55:
| te
ua |
koia ra |
kua tuku ki to mata - ki tona tukuga |
e
kiore - henua - pa rei |
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Ko. 1.
Article (ko te); preposition:
with (see grammar); prefix of
personal pronouns: koau, I;
kokoe, you (singular); koîa, he, she, it;
kokorua,
you (plural); ko tagi, koîa, he with his weeping. 2. Article
which precedes proper nouns, often
also used with place names: Ko
Tori, Ko Hotu Matu'a, Ko Pú. Koîa, exact:
tita'a koîa, exact demarcation. Seems to be the
personal pronoun koîa -
applied in the meaning of: thus it
is, here it is precisely. Vanaga. 1.
Negative; e ko, not, except;
e ko ora, incurable; ina
ko, not; ina ko tikea,
unseen; ina e ko, not; ina
e ko mou, incessant. 2. A
particle used before nouns and
pronouns; ko vau, I; ko te,
this; ko mea tera, this; ati ko peka, to avenge,
ko
mua, first, at first, formerly.
3. There, yonder. P Mgv.: ko,
over there, yonder. Ta.: ó,
there, here. Churchill.
Ta.:
ra,
a day. |
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Cb2-4
(420 = 7 * 60) |
Cb2-5 (29) |
Cb2-6 |
Cb2-7 |
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CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
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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 |
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'Oct 17 |
18 |
19 (292 = 4 * 73) |
20 |
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"Oct 3 |
4 (277) |
5 |
6 |
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SEPT 10 |
11 |
12 (255 = 3 * 85) |
13 |
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DAY 237 |
238 |
239 |
240 |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
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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) |
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'April 17 (80 + 27) |
18 (108
= 135 - 27) |
19 |
20 |
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BISSEXTUM (54 - 55) |
56 (8 WEEKS) |
57 (= 137 - 64 - 16) |
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... 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 ... |
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"April 3
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4 |
5 |
6 (96) |
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MARCH 11 |
12 (135 - 64 = 71) |
13 |
14 (→ π) |
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DAY 54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
Day 55 was 'leaped over':
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1
Ko Apina Iti |
27 |
29
Ko Te Rano A Raraku |
23 |
54
Vai Rapa |
(55) |
4 |
60
Apina Nui |
|
29 |
24 |
5 |
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58 |
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50 Hanga Te Pau |
51 Rano Kau |
52 Mataveri O Uta |
53 Mataveri O Tai |
54
Vai Rapa |
56 (Sic!) Vai Rutu Manu |
| Te vai rutu
manu a koro rupa.e haho e hivi e
e runga e te puku ohu kahi e.
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Rupe.
Ta.: a pigeon.
Mq.: upe, id. Sa.: lupe, id. Ma.:
rupe,
id. Churchill. Ha.: lupe,
a kite; lupe-a-keke, the
sea-egle. Sa., Fak., lupe,
pigeon. Ta.: rupe, id.;
rupo-rupo, be giddy, to
reel, stagger. Fiji, rube,
to hang up, suspend ...
Fornander. Haho. Outside. Vanaga.
Hahoa (ha
causative, hoa) to cut,
to wound, to hurt. PS Mgv.: tahoa, to make papyrus by
beating. Sa.: foa, to
chip, to break. To.: foa,
to crack, to make an opening.
Fu.: foa, to dig, the
rent in a mat. Underlying the
Nuclear Polynesian
significations the primal sense
seems to be that of a hole. The
Rapanui, a causative, is
a clear derivative in the
cutting sense; wound and hurt
are secondary within this
language. The Mangarevan
composite means 'to beat until
holes appear', which is a
distinctive character of the
beaten bast of the paper
mulberry in the condition in
which it is ready for employment
in making tapa.
Churchill.
Puku.
1. To feel an
urge to defecate or to urinate,
etc.: ku-puku-á te mimi: to need to urinate. 2. Rock,
boulder: puku ma'ea; puku oone, hillock, earth
mound. 3. Puku tagata,
pubis. Puku-ine, to get
stuck in the oesophagus (of
food). Pukupuku, joints,
bones of a joint; pukupuku
rima, wrist bones; pukupuku va'e, ankle.
Pukuraga, followers,
disciples, students. Vanaga. 1.
Puku haga oao, east, east
wind. 2. Pubes. T Mgv.: puku,
clitoris; pukuhou, the
age of puberty; pukutea,
a man between 30 and 45. 3.
Unripe; puku no, unripe;
pukupuku, green,
immature. Mgv. puku, to
be unripe. Mq.: puku, a
fruit which has not yet reached
its maturity. 4. To gorge; mahaga puku, to take the
bait greedily. PS Sa.: pu'u,
to take the whole at one
mouthful, to put into the mouth
whole. Fu.: pukupuku, to
rinse the mouth, to gargle. Niuē:
puku,
to take into the mouth.
Pukuhina,
(puku
4), to choke on a fishbone.
Pau.: pukua,
to choke with a fishbone. Mgv.:
pukua,
to be suffocated by anything
that sticks in the throat. Mq.:
pukua,
bad deglutition. Ta.: puunena,
puufeto,
to choke, to gag. Ha.:
puua,
to be choked, to have something
sticking in the throat.
Pukupuku;
1. Elbow. G. 2. Wrinkled,
knotty, wen, scrofula;
gao pukupuku,
scrofula. T Pau.: puku,
a swelling; pukupuku,
a wrinkle, knotty, rough. Mgv.:
puku,
a knot in the wood; pukupuku,
knotted, rough, uneven, lumpy.
Mq.: puku,
knot in wood, boss,
protuberance, tumor, boil;
pukupuku,
wrinkled, knotty. Ta.:
puú,
boss, protuberance, swelling;
puúnono,
tumour; puúpuú,
wrinkled, knotty. Pukuraga,
servant T. Churchill.
Kahi. Tuna; two sorts:
kahi aveave, kahi matamata.
Vanaga. Mgv.: kahi, to
run, to flow. Mq.: kahi,
id. Churchill. Rangitokona,
prop up the heaven! // Rangitokona, prop up the
morning! // The pillar stands in
the empty space. The thought [memea]
stands in the earth-world - //
Thought stands also in the sky.
The kahi stands in the
earth-world - // Kahi
stands also in the sky. The
pillar stands, the pillar - //
It ever stands, the pillar of
the sky. (Morriori creation myth
according to Legends of the
South Seas.)
"The
'watering place' where the bird
beats (the rhythm)' - wordplay,
'where a certain chant is being
recited' - is located near Hanga
Piko. A recitation provides the
following information for the
additional name: 'In Koro Rupa
is the house where one is made
to laugh; in Kere Mea is the
house where one is made fun of'
(Barthel 1960:851; Campbell
1971:400). There the rule of the
new birdman was celebrated
(compare koro 'feast'). In RAP., koro rupa
seems to have the same meaning
as in TUA. kororupo,
which describes a paradise. In
the cosmology of the TUA., the
name also referred to the
entrance to the underworld. "The 'watering place' where
the bird beats (the rhythm)' -
wordplay, 'where a certain chant
is being recited' - is located
near Hanga Piko. A recitation
provides the following
information for the additional
name: 'In Koro Rupa is the house
where one is made to laugh; in
Kere Mea is the house where one
is made fun of' (Barthel
1960:851; Campbell 1971:400).
There the rule of the new
birdman was celebrated (compare
koro 'feast'). In RAP., koro rupa
seems to have the same meaning
as in TUA. kororupo,
which describes a paradise. In
the cosmology of the TUA., the
name also referred to the
entrance to the underworld. Hivi (maybe the same as
hi ivi 'to fish with a hook
made from bone'; compare the
narrative ME:363) is 'outside',
and 'the elevation from where
(the catch of) the tunafish is
announced' is 'above'. This is a
reference to a large boulder
beside the place where the
canoes docked in Hanga Piko.
There the people waited for the
canoes to return from the
fishing grounds." (The
Eighth Land, pp. 89-90.) |
Although Makoi went around the whole island
in a single day when naming
places, his actions could also have established a cycle for the
lunar phases.
And in order to
coordinate the Sun
calendar with these places it should
have been
reasonable to use the Pleiades.
The Earth turns around in a single day and
therefore all the places up in the sky roof
will pass by overhead in such a day.
Day 56
(counted from March 21) was when Alcyone,
Atlas, and Pleione (in the 2nd day of the
Pleiades) rose together with the Sun at the time of
rongorongo, after they had culminated in December
31 (at 21h).
... Allen has documented
all his star culminations at 21h, which
should be due to an effort of keeping the
culminations at their proper places
according to the ancients, 24h (spring
equinox) - 21h = 3h = 24h / 8 = 45º. 3h
corresponds to 366 / 8 = 45.75 of my right
ascension days and *366 - *46 = *320
(Dramasa, σ
Octantis) ...
365 - (80 + 56) = 229. A cycle can be
measured equally well by counting forward as
by counting in the opposite direction.:
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226 |
Tagata hua
hakahitihiti |
koia
kua tu |
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Cb11-6 (258) |
Cb11-7 (32 + 227) |
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CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
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June 30 (181)
SIRIUS = α Canis Majoris (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6
Aurigae (101.7)
*60.0 = *101.4 - *41.4 |
July 1
τ
Puppis (102.2),
ψ7
Aurigae (102.4)
*61.0 = *102.4 - *41.4 |
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'June 3 (154) |
4 |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
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Dec 30 (364)
South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)
Φ
Sagittarii
(284.0),
μ
Cor. Austr. (284.6),
η
Cor. Austr.,
θ
Pavonis (284.8) |
31
SHELIAK (Tortoise) =
β
Lyrae,
ν
Lyrae (285.1),
ο
Draconis (285.5).
λ
Pavonis (285.7)
ATLAS (27 Tauri) |
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'Dec 3 (337) |
4 |
... I wan't a clean
cup, interrupted the Hatter: let's all
move one place on. He moved as he spoke,
and the Dormouse followed him: the March
Hare moved into the Dormouse's place,
and Alice rather unwillingly took the
place of the March Hare. The Hatter was
the only one who got any advantage from
the change; and Alice was a good deal
worse off than before, as the March Hare
had just upset the milk-jug into his
plate ...
Although in Roman times the culmination
of Gemma may have been more significant:
| ko te inoino - te henua |
te inoino - te henua |
te henua |
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| Cb11-3 (255) |
Cb11-4 (392 + 256 = 2 * 324) |
Cb11-5 (649) |
| CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
| June 27 |
28 |
29 (180) |
| 'May 31 (151) no star listed (98) |
'June 1 ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)
*58.0 (= 2 * 29) = *99.4 - *41.4 GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.) |
2 ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), MEBSUTA (Outstretched) = ε Gemini (100.7) |
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... 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 ... |
| CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| Dec 27 (361) |
28 |
29 |
| 'Nov 30 Abhijit-22 (Victorious) θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8) |
'Dec 1 no star listed (282) |
2 (336 = 48 * 7) ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) *242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4 |
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