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The neck of king Oto Uta was brought to Easter Island by king Hotu's pair of guardian spirits (atua akuaku) viz. Kuihi and Kuaha:

Ihi. 1. Line of singing women at a feast or an êi. 2. Ihi, ihi-ihi, to break up into small pieces, to crumble, to tear to pieces; he-ihi i te maúku, to separate fibres. Vanaga. Ihiihi, to hop. Churchill.

Aha.What? Which? To do, to be what? He aha koe? what are you? E-aha-á koe? what are you doing? Ku-aha-á koe? what have you done? Kahu aha? what, which garment? E-aha-mai-á ki a koe? what does that do you, what harm does it do you, what is it to you? Aha is preceded by the article te when introduced by a preposition te: o te aha, why, what for; mo te aha, ki te aha, what for, with what purpose? Vanaga. Gaaha, to burst, to become ruptured, to have a discharge of pus, of blood. Ku gaaha te toto o te ihu. He had a nose-bleed. E û'i koe o gaaha te îpu. Be careful not to break the bottle (lit. look out lest the bottle burst). E tiaki á au mo gaaha mai o te harakea. I shall wait for the abcess to burst. Gaatu, totora reed. Vanaga. To break, to split, to crack, to rive; fracture, fissure, break, crack, crevice (gaaha); niho gaa, toothache, broken teeth; gaamiro (miro, ship) shipwreck; gaàpu (pu 2), abortion; poki gaàpu, abortive child. T Mq.: naha, nafa, split, fissure. Ta.: aha, afa, crack fissure. Gaatu 1. Bulrush, reed. 2. (gatu).  Churchill.

he ki a Hotu.ku kori ana tau ngaio era i te ariki Hotu spoke, 'These fellows have done a mean thing [ku kori ana tau ngaio era] to King Oto Uta!"
i a oto uta.
i hati era te ngao.o te ariki o oto uta.he ōho.atu After the neck of Oto Uta had been broken, Kuihi and Kuaha arrived. They picked up the neck of King Oto Uta, took it, and brought it with them.
a kuihi.a kuaha.he too mai i te ngao.o te a(-)
riki o oto uta.he mau he ōho.mai he tuu ki
Gao. 1. Neck. 2. Glans penis (te gao o te kohio), neck of penis. Vanaga. Neck, throat, (naho G); gao pukupuku, scrofula; hore te gao, to cut the head off; arakea gao, scrofula. Gaogao, calm. Gaoku, to eat greedily. Gaopu, to choke on a bone. Churchill.
mua ki te hanga.ki hanga rau.i haka rere ai They arrived out in the bay [he tuu ki mua ki te hanga], in Hanga Rau. (There) Kuihi and Kuaha left (the fragment).
e kuihi.e kuaha.

The 'neck' was laid to rest (haka rere) in Hanga Rau - in the 'Bay of Leaves'.

At the top of the World Tree there surely must be lots of leaves (as many as the stars in the canopy) and according to myth this place was occupied by a little piece of wood which was used to kill Balder:

... 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 ...

... To conclude these enquiries we may say that if Balder was indeed, as I have conjectured, a personification of a mistletoe-bearing oak, his death by a blow of the mistletoe might on the new theory be explained as a death by a stroke of lightning. So long as the mistletoe, in which the flame of the lightning smouldered, was suffered to remain among the boughs, so long no harm could befall the good and kindly god of the oak, who kept his life stowed away for safety between earth and heaven in the mysterious parasite; but when once that seat of his life, or of his death, was torn from the branch and hurled at the trunk, the tree fell - the god died - smitten by a thunderbolt. And what we have said of Balder in the oak forests of Scandinavia may perhaps, with all due diffidence in a question so obscure and uncertain, be applied to the priest of Diana, the King of the Wood, at Aricia in the oak forests of Italy. He may have personated in flesh and blood the great Italian god of the sky, Jupiter, who had kindly come down from heaven in the lightning flash to dwell among men in the mistletoe - the thunder-besom - the Golden Bough - growing on the sacred oak in the dells of Nemi. If that was so, we need not wonder that the priest guarded with drawn sword the mystic bough which contained the god's life and his own. The goddess whom he served and married was herself, if I am right, no other than the Queen of Heaven, the true wife of the sky-god. For she, too, loved the solitude of the woods and the lonely hills, and sailing overhead on clear nights in the likeness of the silver moon looked down with pleasure on her own fair image reflected on the calm, the burnished surface of the lake, Diana's Mirror ...

At the time of rongorongo the Head of Hercules (Ras Algethi) rose heliacally in right ascension day *260 (→ 26000 / 100), when the Full Moon was at Rigel. *260.8 - *78.1 = *182.7:

OCT 1 2 3 (*196) 4 (277) 5 6
Ga7-25 Ga7-26 Ga7-27 Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30 (199)

17h (258.7)

ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7)

Mula-19 (The Root)

SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8)

SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)

*220.0 = *261.4 - *41.4

ALRISHA (α Piscium)

ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9)

*221.0 = *262.4 - *41.4
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6)
Dec 4 5 6 (*260) 7 8 (342) 9
°Nov 30 °Dec 1 (335) 2 (*256) 3 4 5
'Nov 7 8 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236)
"Oc 24 Tangaroa Uri 25 26 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)
VIRGO:
14 Chitra

the bright one

α Virginis

Spica

Bright jewel or pearl Oct 9 (*202)
BOOTES:
15 Svāti

very good

α Bootis

Arcturus

Shoot of plant, coral Oct 22 (*215)
LIBRA:
16 Visakha

forked, having branches (or the gift,  rādhā)

α, β, γ and ι Librae

Zuben Elgenubi

Triumphal arch, potter's wheel Oct 31 (*224)
SCORPIUS:

M107 (not listed by me) is close to ζ Ophiuchi - cfr at Ga7-18:

"ζ, 2.8, near the left knee, was the Chinese Han, an old feudal state. It sometimes shared with η the title Sābik, or Preceding One, attatched to the latter star in Al Tizini's catalogue. Brown thinks that, with ε, it marked the Akkadian lunar asterism Mulubat, the Man of Death; with η the Sogdian Bastham, Bound, 'i.e. Ophiuchus enveloped in the coils of Ophis'; and the Khorasmian Sardhiwa, the Head of the Evil One." (Allen)

Rake, rakerake: 1. Bad, ugly, unjust; to turn nasty (of a situation); ku rakerake-á a haho a te tai, the sea has turned rough. 2. To be abundant: ku rakerake-á te îka, there are lots of fish. Rakerakega, wickedness. Vanaga. Bad, in its most general sense; patu toona rake, immodest, to expose the person obscenely; rakega, evil, perversity; rakerake, abominable, frightful, low, shocking, culpable, crime, debauchery, dishonor, fault, hideous, ignoble, deformed, illicit, immodest, immoral, impious, irreligious, lascivious, evil, bad, obscene, sinful, ugly; rakerakega, sin, cirme, fault, impiety, iniquity, evil, vice; hakarakerake, causative, to make bad, etc. Pau.: marakerake, afflicted, disconsolate. Churchill. ...he ro korua.e aku hoa e.ki hahati atu te ngao o te rakerake era (Let's go my friends (hoa), let's break the neck [hahati atu te ngao] of this mean one (or, ugly one, rakerake).

17 Anuradha

following rādhā

β, δ, and π Scorpii

Vrischika (?)

Triumphal archway, lotus Nov 17 (*241)
18 Jyeshtha

the eldest, most excellent

α, σ, and τ Scorpii

Antares (?)

Circular amulet, umbrella, earring Nov 25 (*249)
19 Mula

the root

ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, and μ Scorpii

η Scorpii ?

Bunch of roots tied together, elephant goad Dec 5 (*259)
HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9)

5h (76.1)

ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)

 

μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)
 

 ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA (Little Goat) = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)

*37.0 = *78.4 - *41.4

THUBAN (α Draconis)

λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)

ARCTURUS (α Bootis)

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
Ga1-11 Ga1-12 Ga1-13 Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16 → Mercury
"April 24 (114) Vaitu Nui 25 26 27 28 (118 = 4 * 29½) 29 → Mercury

Probably 'the missing limb of Osiris' was illustrated in front in Ga7-27, which can be compared to the intact body of the Tail Fish (Ika Hiku) 15 days earlier:

SEPT 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
Ga7-11 Ga7-12 (181) Ga7-13
ψ Scorpii (244.6), LESATH (Sting) = ν Scorpii (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR (Hand in Front) = δ Ophiuchi, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI (Northern Knee of the Giant) = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
Nov 20 (324) 21 (*245) 22
°Nov 16 (320) 17 18 (*242)
'Oct 24 25 (*218) 26 (299)
"Oct 10 11 (*204) 12 (285)

... 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 ...

ika hiku

Ga7-12 (181)

Ga7-27 (*116)

Hiku. Tail; caudal fin. Hikukio'e, 'rat's tail': a plant (Cyperus vegetus). Vanaga. ... In the deep night before the image [of Lono] is first seen, there is a Makahiki ceremony called 'splashing-water' (hi'uwai). Kepelino tells of sacred chiefs being carried to the water where the people in their finery are bathing; in the excitement created by the beauty of their attire, 'one person was attracted to another, and the result', says this convert to Catholicism, 'was by no means good' ...

And then we also ought to remember from the B text, where the missing limb was at the right (back) side of the torso:

Kua oho ki te nuku honu mai tae huri ïa ki te motomotou honu
Ba8-1 (10 * 29½) Ba8-2 (296 = 175 + 11 * 11) Ba8-3 (181 + 4 * 29 = 297)
Dec 11 (345) 12 LUCIA

Al Shaula-17

ALWAID (Mother Camels) = β Draconis, MAASYM (Wrist) = λ Herculis (265.1), SHAULA (Sting) = λ Scorpii (265.3), KUMA = ν Draconis (265.6), σ Arae (265.9)

HAMAL (α ARIETIS)
RAS ALHAGUE = α Ophiuchi (266.1), SARGAS = θ Scorpii (266.3), μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5), NAN HAE (Southern Sea) = ξ Serpentis (266.6), AL DHĪLI (The Wolf) = ω Draconis, ι Herculis (266.7) λ Arae (267.1), GIRTAB (Seizer) = κ Scorpii, ο Serpentis (267.6), DSIBAN (Wolf Pair) = ψ Draconis (267.9) 

no glyph

 

 

28

 

 

235

 

Ba1-1

Ba1-30

Ba8-1 (10 * 29½)

Ba8-2 (30 + 236)

Ba8-3 (181 + 4 * 29 = 297)

March 21 (80)

22

April 20 (110)

Dec 11 (345) Dec 12 LUCIA

SIRRAH (0h)

ALGENIB PEGASI

HAMAL (*30)

ALWAID

RAS ALHAGUE (*266)

DSIBAN

4

Ga7-27

Ga7-28 Dec 12 LUCIA
RAS ALGETHI (*260) δ Herculis RAS ALHAGUE (*266) ψ Draconis

 

Egyptian flail Phoenician lamed Greek psi Ψ (ψ)

Wikipedia: In writing, the early letter appears in an angular shape (). There were early graphical variants that omitted the stem, 'chickenfoot-shaped psi', as:

or

In later research it was postulated that the [Phoenician] alphabet is actually two complete lists, the first dealing with land agriculture and activity, and the second dealing with water, sea and fishing.

The first half beginning with Alef - an ox, and ending with Lamed - a whip. The second list begins with Mem - water, and continues with Nun - fish, Samek - fish bones, Ayin - a water spring, Peh - the mouth of a well, Tsadi - to fish, Kof, Resh and Shin are the hook hole, hook head and hook teeth, known to exist from prehistoric times, and the Tav is the mark used to count the fish caught.

The Crook and Flail were instruments of the Pharaoh:

7 blue + 6 yellow (in the Flail) + (7 + 5) blue + (6 + 6) yellow (in the Crook) = 19 blue + 18 yellow = 37 = 13 (Flail) + 24 (Crook).

Counting also the 3 extra multicoloured ones for flogging with the flail, the sum becomes 40.

... The cross formed by the Flail ... and the Crook ... are probably illustrating the pair of growth halfyears - acceleration in spring (early) respectively slowing down in autumn (late) ... At the beginning of 44 B.C. - when Ceasar was still alive - the Senate decided to raise statues of him in all the temples and to sacrifice to him on his birthday in the month Quintilis, which in honour of him was renamed July. He was raised to the status of a god (among the other gods of the state) under the name Jupiter Julius. Marcus Antonius, who this year was consul together with Ceasar, became high priest and responsible for the ceremonies. In the middle of February, at the time of the old feast of Lupercalia, he ran around ... and whipped the Roman ladies with thongs made from goat-skin, in order to promote ... their fertility ...