My ragi type of glyph could depict the crescent of the
Moon like the outline of a canoe riding high above behind a Tree.
... According to a BBC produced TV progam
(documented in the book 'Japanese') the glyph for 'east' (too)
- as in Tookyoo ('Eastern Capital') - is derived from a
picture of a tree behind which the sun is rising ( '... often
explained as the sun rising behind a tree ...'):
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It is a faulty explanation. Anciently it was instead a picture
of a wooden pole (the vertical in the middle) for carrying
things on, more specifically a pole thrust through a tied sack .
Inside a tied sack, of course, it is
absolutely black. I guess the wooden pole was once associated
with the world tree and it went right through the 'sack', i.e.
the darkest time of the year at winter solstice ...
However, in the
absence of such a 'Moon canoe' Metoro tended to use another word, viz.
vero:
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ragi |
vero |
... I became
curious about
this star ...
called
Nuutuittuq
[= 'never
moves'] ... So,
on the lee side
of our
uquutaq (a
snow windbreak)
I positioned a
harpoon pointing
directly at this
particular star
to see if it
would move. In
the morning I
checked it and
discovered that
the
Tukturjuit
(Ursa Major) had
changed their
position
completely but
the harpoon
still pointed at
this star ... I
had discovered
the stationary
star
...
This 'spear'
seems to have
referred to a
month at the end
of a year - as
when the tanist
('shadow') of
Hercules
harpooned
him.
... Hercules
first appears in
legend as a
pastoral sacred
king and,
perhaps because
shepherds
welcome the
birth of twin
lambs, is a twin
himself. His
characteristics
and history can
be deduced from
a mass of
legends,
folk-customs and
megalithic
monuments. He is
the rain-maker
of his tribe and
a sort of human
thunder-storm.
Legends connect
him with Libya
and the Atlas
Mountains; he
may well have
originated
thereabouts in
Palaeolithic
times. The
priests of
Egyptian Thebes,
who called him
Shu,
dated his origin
as '17,000 years
before the reign
of King Amasis'.
He carries an
oak-club,
because the oak
provides his
beasts and his
people with mast
and because it
attracts
lightning more
than any other
tree. His
symbols are the
acorn; the
rock-dove, which
nests in oaks as
well as in
clefts of rocks;
the mistletoe,
or Loranthus;
and the serpent.
All these are
sexual emblems.
The dove was
sacred to the
Love-goddess of
Greece and
Syria; the
serpent was the
most ancient of
phallic
totem-beasts;
the cupped acorn
stood for the
glans penis
in both Greek
and Latin; the
mistletoe was an
all-heal and its
names viscus
(Latin) and
ixias
(Greek) are
connected with
vis and
ischus
(strength) -
probably because
of the spermal
viscosity of its
berries, sperm
being the
vehicle of life.
This Hercules is
male leader of
all orgiastic
rites and has
twelve archer
companions,
including his
spear-armed
twin, who is his
tanist or
deputy. He
performs an
annual
green-wood
marriage with a
queen of the
woods, a sort of
Maid Marian. He
is a mighty
hunter and makes
rain, when it is
needed, by
rattling an
oak-club
thunderously in
a hollow oak and
stirring a pool
with an oak
branch -
alternatively,
by rattling
pebbles inside a
sacred
colocinth-gourd
or, later, by
rolling black
meteoric stones
inside a wooden
chest - and so
attracting
thunderstorms by
sympathetic
magic ...
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To
throw,
to
hurl
(a
lance,
a
spear).
This
word
was
also
used
with
the
particle
kua
preposed:
koía
kua
vero
i te
matá,
he
is
the
one
who
threw
the
obsidian
[weapon].
Verovero,
to
throw,
to
hurl
repeatedly,
quickly
(iterative
of
vero).
Vanaga.
1.
Arrow,
dart,
harpoon,
lance,
spear,
nail,
to
lacerate,
to
transpierce
(veo).
P
Mgv.:
vero,
to
dart,
to
throw
a
lance,
the
tail;
verovero,
ray,
beam,
tentacle.
Mq.:
veó,
dart,
lance,
harpoon,
tail,
horn.
Ta.:
vero,
dart,
lance.
2.
To
turn
over
face
down.
3.
Ta.:
verovero,
to
twinkle
like
the
stars.
Ha.:
welowelo,
the
light
of a
firebrand
thrown
into
the
air.
4.
Mq.:
veo,
tenth
month
of
the
lunar
year.
Ha.:
welo,
a
month
(about
April).
Churchill.
Sa.:
velo,
to
cast
a
spear
or
dart,
to
spear.
To.:
velo,
to
dart.
Fu.:
velo,
velosi,
to
lance.
Uvea:
velo,
to
cast;
impulse,
incitement.
Niuē:
velo,
to
throw
a
spear
or
dart.
Ma.:
wero,
to
stab,
to
pierce,
to
spear.
Ta.:
vero,
to
dart
or
throw
a
spear.
Mg.:
vero,
to
pierce,
to
lance.
Mgv.:
vero,
to
lance,
to
throw
a
spear.
Mq.:
veo,
to
lance,
to
throw
a
spear.
Churchill
2.
WELO,
v.
Haw.,
to
float
or
stream
in
the
wind;
to
flutter
or
shake
in
the
wind,
s.
the
setting
of
the
sun,
or
the
appearance
of
it
floating
on
the
ocean;
welo-welo,
colours
or
cloth
streaming
in
the
wind,
a
tail,
as
of a
kite,
light
streaming
from
a
brand
of
fire
thrown
into
the
air
in
the
dark;
hoku-welo-welo,
a
comet,
a
meteor;
ko-welo,
to
drag
behind,
as
the
trail
of a
garment,
to
stream,
as a
flag
or
pennant.
Sam.,
Tong.,
welo,
to
dart,
cast
a
spear
of
dart.
Tah.,
wero,
to
dart,
throw
a
spear;
a
storm,
tempest,
fig.
great
rage;
wero-wero,
to
twinkle,
as
the
stars.
Marqu.,
weo,
a
tail.
Mangar.,
wero,
a
lance,
spear.
Greek,
βαλλω,
εβαλον,
to
throw,
cast,
hurl,
of
missiles,
throw
out,
let
fall,
push
forward;
βελος,
a
missile,
a
dart;
βελεμνον,
id.,
βολη,
a
throw,
a
stroke;
βολος,
anything
thrown,
missile,
javelin,
a
cast
of
the
dice.
Sanskr.,
pal,
to
go,
to
move.
To
this
Benfey
refers
the
Lat.
pello,
Greek
παλλω,
O.
H.
Germ.
fallan,
A.-Sax.
feallan.
Liddell
and
Scott
are
silent
on
these
connections.
(Fornander)
...
A
vestige
of
the
practice
of
putting
the
king
to
death
at
the
end
of a
year's
reign
appears
to
have
survived
in
the
festival
called
Macahity,
which
used
to
be
celebrated
in
Hawaii
during
the
last
month
of
the
year.
About
a
hundred
years
ago
a
Russian
voyager
described
the
custom
as
follows:
'The
taboo
Macahity
is
not
unlike
to
our
festival
of
Christmas.
It
continues
a
whole
month,
during
which
the
people
amuse
themselves
with
dances,
plays,
and
sham-fights
of
every
kind.
The
king
must
open
this
festival
wherever
he
is.
On
this
occasion
his
majesty
dresses
himself
in
his
richest
cloak
and
helmet,
and
is
paddled
in a
canoe
along
the
shore,
followed
sometimes
by
many
of
his
subjects.
He
embarks
early,
and
must
finish
his
excursion
at
sunrise.
The
strongest
and
most
expert
of
the
warriors
is
chosen
to
receive
him
on
his
landing.
The
warrior
watches
the
canoe
along
the
beach;
and
as
soon
as
the
king
lands,
and
has
thrown
off
his
cloak,
he
darts
his
spear
at
him,
from
a
distance
of
about
thirty
paces,
and
the
king
must
either
catch
the
spear
in
his
hand,
or
suffer
from
it:
there
is
no
jesting
in
the
business.
Having
caught
it,
he
carries
it
under
his
arm,
with
the
sharp
end
downwards,
into
the
temple
or
heavoo.
On
his
entrance,
the
assembled
multitude
begin
their
sham-fights,
and
immediately
the
air
is
obscured
by
clouds
of
spears,
made
for
the
occasion
with
blunted
ends.
Hamamea
(the
king)
has
been
frequently
advised
to
abolish
this
ridiculous
ceremony,
in
which
he
risks
his
life
every
year;
but
to
no
effect.
His
answer
always
is,
that
he
is
as
able
to
catch
a
spear
as
any
one
on
the
island
is
to
throw
it
at
him.
During
the
Macahity,
all
punishments
are
remitted
throughout
the
country;
and
no
person
can
leave
the
place
in
which
he
commences
these
holidays,
let
the
affair
be
ever
so
important
... |
Anciently
the Point
(of the
'harpoon') had
been rising
with the Sun
in day 273
(corresponding
to the last
day of
September
and the end
of the
summer
'year'):
| rima heu ki te vai |
te moko oho mai |
te marama |
te kava |
manu rere |
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Kava. 1. Sour; salty: vai kava, saltwater, sea; te kava o te haíga, acrid underarm smell; tagata kava - tagata kakara i te kava, man with smelly armpits. 2. He-kava te haha, to be thirsty. 3. To turn sour, to become embittered, bad-tempered, exasperated (used with manava): tagata manava kava, bad-tempered, angry man. Vanaga. Bitter, salt; vai kava, brackish water; hakakava, to embalm; kavakava, acid, sharp, bitter, salt, spiritous, vinegar, poisonous, disagreeable; akavakava, to make sharp; hakakavakava, to make acid. P Pau.: kava, disagreeable to the taste; kavakava, acid, sharp. Mgv.: kava, to be bitter, sour, acid, salt. Mq.: kava, bitter. Ta.: ava, bitter, acid, salt. Kavahia: 1. Comfort, comfortable, to feast; hakakavahia, comfort, comfortable. 2. Repulsive (of food), disgusted; hakakavahia, repulsion. Kavakava, rib; moi kavakava, a house god G. P Mgv.: vakavaka, the breast. Mq.: vakavaka, vaávaá, rib. Ma.: wakawaka, parallel ridges. We shall need all the available material in order to determine the germ sense of this word. Sa.: va'ava'a, the breast-bone of a bird; fa'ava'a, the frame as of a slate. To.: vakavaka, the side. Fu.: vakavaka, the side below the armpit. Ha.: hoowaa, to make furrows. In all these we may see the idea of ridge or depression, or of both, as primal (Rapanui, Samoa, Marquesas, Maori, Hawaii), and as secondary the part of the body where such appearances is common (Mangareva, Tonga, Futuna). Churchill. Mgv.: kava, the pepper plant and the drink made therefrom. Ta.: ava, id. Mq.: kava, id. Sa.: 'ava, id. Ma.: kawa, a pepper. Kavakava, a fish. Sa.: 'ava'ava, id. Kavapui, a tree. Ta.: avapuhi, a fragrant plant. Mq.: kavapui, wild ginger. Sa.: 'avapui, id. Ha.: awapuhi, id. Churchill. Mq.: ava, a small fish of sweet water. Sa.. 'ava'ava, a small fish. Ha.: awa, a fish. Kakava, burnt. Sa.: 'a'ava, very hot. Churchill. |
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| Ca10-15 |
Ca10-16 |
Ca10-17 (2 * 136) |
Ca10-18 (273) |
Ca10-19 |
| CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
| June 16 |
17 (168) |
18 |
19 (535 = 365 + 170) |
20 |
| υ Aurigae (87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), WEZN (Weight) = β Columbae, δ Leporis (87.7), TZE (Son) = λ Columbae (87.9) |
Ardra-6 (The Moist One) / ANA-VARU-8 (Pillar to sit by)
χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE = α Orionis (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7) |
η Leporis (89.0), PRAJA-PĀTI (Lord of Created Beings) = δ Aurigae, MENKALINAN (Shoulder of the Rein-holder) = β Aurigae, MAHASHIM (Wrist) = θ Aurigae, and γ Columbae (89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7)
*48.0 = *89.4 - *41.4 |
μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5) |
6h (91.3)
ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6)
*50.0 = *91.4 - *41.4 |
| DAY 87 |
88 |
89 |
90 |
91 (= 13 * 7) |
| CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| Dec 16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (354 = 12 * 29½) |
| PTOLEMY CLUSTER = M7 Scorpii (270.5), GRUMIUM (Lower Jaw) = ξ Draconis (270.9) |
RUKBALGETHI GENUBI (Bending Claw) = θ Herculis (271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5), ETAMIN (Head) = γ Draconis, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8) |
Cat's Eye = NGC6543 Draconis (272.2), ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ Ophiuchi (272.9)
*231.0 = *272.4 - *41.4 |
Winnowing Basket-7 (Leopard)
18h (273.4)
NASH (Point) = γ Sagittarii (273.7), θ Arae (273.8) |
Zhōngshān (274.0), π Pavonis (274.6) |
| 'Nov 19 |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 (84 + 242) |
23 |
| DAY 270 |
271 |
272 |
273 (= 3 * 91) |
274 |
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... As has already been mentioned, the Delphians worshipped Dionysus once a year as the new-born child, Liknites, 'the Child in the Harvest Basket', which was a shovel-shaped basket of rush and osier used as a harvest basket, a cradle, a manger, and a winnowing-fan for tossing the grain up into the air against the wind, to separate it from the chaff. The worship of the Divine Child was established in Minoan Crete, its most famous early home in Europe. In 1903, on the site of the temple of Dictaean Zeues - the Zeus who was yearly born in Rhea's cave at Dicte near Cnossos, where Pythagoras spent 'thrice nine hallowed days' [27] of his initiation - was found a Greek hymn which seems to preserve the original Minoan formula in which the gypsum-powdered, sword-dancing Curetes, or tutors, saluted the Child at his birthday feast. In it he is hailed as 'the Cronian one' who comes yearly to Dicte mounted on a sow and escorted by a spirit-throng, and begged for peace and plenty as a reward for their joyful leaps ...
... Gronw Pebyr, who figures as the lord of Penllyn - 'Lord of the Lake' - which was also the title of Tegid Voel, Cerridwen's husband, is really Llew's twin and tanist ... Gronw reigns during the second half of the year, after Llew's sacrificial murder; and the weary stag whom he kills and flays outside Llew's castle stands for Llew himself (a 'stag of seven fights'). This constant shift in symbolic values makes the allegory difficult for the prose-minded reader to follow, but to the poet who remembers the fate of the pastoral Hercules the sense is clear: after despatching Llew with the dart hurled at him from Bryn Kyvergyr, Gronw flays him, cuts him to pieces and distributes the pieces among his merry-men. The clue is given in the phrase 'baiting his dogs'. Math had similarly made a stag of his rival Gilvaethwy, earlier in the story. It seems likely that Llew's mediaeval successor, Red Robin Hood, was also once worshipped as a stag. His presence at the Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance would be difficult to account for otherwise, and stag's horn moss is sometimes called Robin Hood's Hatband. In May, the stag puts on his red summer coat. Llew visits the Castle of Arianrhod in a coracle of weed and sedge. The coracle is the same old harvest basket in which nearly every antique Sun-god makes his New Year voyage; and the virgin princess, his mother, is always waiting to greet him on the bank ...
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But
due
to
the
precession
-
pushing
the
fixed
stars
ahead
in
the
Sun
year
-
Nash
(the
Point) was
now
visibible
close
to
the
Full
Moon
at
18h,
with
Apollyon
5
days
earlier,
viz.
in
day
12 *
29 =
348
(also
the
number
of
glyphs
on
side
b of
the
C
tablet):
...
Obviously
this
time
of
the
year
must
once
have
been
a
kind
of
'candlemas'.
Precession
makes
the
dates
of
celebration
move
earlier
and
earlier,
and
according
to
the
Julian
calendar
December
13
was
the
darkest
day
in
the
year.
Thus
the
day
of
Lucia
(who
has
a
crown
of
candles
in
her
hair)
is
expressing
the
same
idea
as
Candlemas.
No
wonder
people
in
the
street
here
in
Sweden
had
no
explanation
for
Kyndelsmäss
-
in
Sweden
the
candles
are
instead
kindled
12
days
before
Christmas
Day
...
| kua tupu te mea - i te inoino |
ka tupu te toromiro - i te inoino |
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Toromiro. Sophora toromiro, a tree endemic to Easter Island and preferably used for wood carving. Hard, finely grained, reddish wood. Heyerdahl 3. Tree (Sophora tetraptera) anciently used for sculpting the statuettes called moai toromiro. Vanaga. The heaviest and hardest wood, it is used for tapa beaters T. Churchill. Sophera toromiro. The hard wood of the toromiro tree was the most important material for all kinds of wood, work, from the construction of houses and of canoes to the manufacture of sculptures and other items. Barthel 2.
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| Ca10-13 |
Ca10-14 |
| June 14 (165 = 11 * 15) |
15 |
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ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)
YANG MUN (α Lupi) |
μ Columbae, SAIPH (Sword) = κ Orionis (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) |
| Dec 14 (348 = 12 * 29) |
15 |
| KELB ALRAI (Dog of the Shepherd) = β Ophiuchi, μ Arae (268.1), KEW HO (Nine Rivers) = μ Herculis (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), APOLLYON = ι Scorpii (268.9) |
MULIPHEN (Oaths) = γ Ophiuchi (269.0), BASANISMUS = G Scorpii (269.5), PHERKARD (Dim One of the Two Calves) = δ Ursae Minoris (269.9) |
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