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So now we ought to be ready to put Gb7-30 into perspective. And indeed it looks as if someone was cut to pieces at the time when Arcturus was at the Full Moon, viz. in day 295 (October 22).

The name of the corresponding Stolen! (Gouyo!) variant of water yam (uhi)

E:60 - ku toke ana e te kori:

Toke. To steal; thief; toketoke, to repeatedly steal things of little value; vî'e toke kenu, adulterous woman (lit.: woman who steals husbands). Vanaga. Toke. To dupe, to extort, to usurp; toketoke, to steal, to rob, to extort, to defraud, to spoil, thief. Tokea, a dupe. Tokenoho, intruder. Churchill.

Kori. To rob, to seize (food), turbulent, to play T. Kori ke avai, abuse. Tae kori iti, abuse. Churchill.

 - viz. he tahe - supports this interpretation [E:64 → 364 - 300].

32 he tahe MIRA (*33) 34 he taha 35 he apuka

Tahe. 1. To run freely, to flow (tehe 4). P Pau.: tahe, a river. Mgv., Mq.,: tahe, to run, to flow, to melt, to liquify. Ta.: tahe, to run, to flow. 2. To smooth out wrinkles (tehe 2). Churchill.

Tehe. 1. To come, to arrive. Tehe oka te ikapotu, to abut. Tehe e turu, through and through. 2. To smooth out wrinkles (tahe 2). 3. To cut. Tehetehe, notch. P Pau.: tehega, circumcision; tehe, to castrate. Mgv.: tehe, to circumcise, to castrate, to cut well, to sting deeply. Mq.: tehe, to cut, to castrate, to circumcise. Ta.: tehe, to castrate. 4. To spurt, to spout, to melt (tahe 1). Hakatehe, to liquify. Tehetoto (tehe 4 - toto), hemorrhage. Churchill.

Taha. To lean; to go down (of the sun in the evening).  Taha-taha. 1. Side, edge; shore: taha-taha tai. 2. To move from side to side (of a boat), to swing. Vanaga. 1. To bend, sloping, to go hither and thither, to evade; ki taha, near; taha ke, to go in different directions; tahataha, frontier, horizon; hiriga tahataha, to cross, to go across; hakataha, to divert, to turn away, to go aside, to be on one side, to dodge, to shun, oblique, to incline the head, to turn over on another side, to avoid, to subject; mata hakataha, to consider; tae hakataha, immovable. 2. To tear. PS Mgv.: tahataha, to cut into pieces. Sa., To., Fu.: tafa, to cut, to gash. Viti: tava, id. Churchill. Moe tahae, to be a light sleeper. Tahatai (taha 1 - tai), littoral, coast, shore; tahatahatai, coast. Churchill.

... Although an old constellation, Cetus is by no means of special interest, except as possessing the south pole of the Milky Way and the Wonderful Star, the variable Mira; and from the fact that it is a condensation point of nebulae directly across the sphere from Virgo, also noted in this respect ...

... Mira also known as Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, ο Cet), is a red giant star estimated 200-400 light years away in the constellation Cetus. Mira is a binary star, consisting of the red giant Mira A along with Mira B. Mira A is also an oscillating variable star and was the first non-supernova variable star discovered, with the possible exception of Algol. Apart from the unusual Eta Carinae, Mira is the brightest periodic variable in the sky that is not visible to the naked eye for part of its cycle ...

... In 1638 Johannes Holwarda determined a period of the star's reappearances, eleven months; he is often credited with the discovery of Mira's variability. Johannes Hevelius was observing it at the same time and named it 'Mira' (meaning 'wonderful' or 'astonishing,' in Latin) in 1662's Historiola Mirae Stellae, for it acted like no other known star. Ismail Bouillaud then estimated its period at 333 days, less than one day off the modern value of 332 days, and perfectly forgivable, as Mira is known to vary slightly in period, and may even be slowly changing over time ...

FEBR 17 (14 * 29½) 18 (414 = 365 + 49) 19 (50) 20 (*336 = 4 * 84)
Gb7-30 (440 = 229 + 211) Gb7-31 (63 weeks) Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (214)
ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) γ, δ Trianguli (33.0), χ Persei (33.2), 10 Trianguli (33.5), θ Arietis (33.3), MIRA (Astonishing) = ο Ceti (33.7) no star listed (34)

ξ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), 12 Trianguli (35.8), ξ² Ceti (35.9)

*360.0 = *35.4 - *41.4
April 22 (477) 23 (*333 - *300) 24 (*399) 25 (115)
°April 18 (473) 19 (*29) 20 21 (111)
'March 26 (450) 27 (*53 weeks) 28 (*372) 29 (88 = 115 - 27)
"March 12 (436) 13 (*51 weeks) 3-14 (73) 15

Tara. 1. Thorn: tara miro. 2. Spur: tara moa. 3. Corner; te tara o te hare, corner of house; tara o te ahu, corner of ahu. Vanaga. (1. Dollar; moni tara, id.) 2. Thorn, spike, horn; taratara, prickly, rough, full of rocks. P Pau.: taratara, a ray, a beam; tare, a spine, a thorn. Mgv.: tara, spine, thorn, horn, crest, fishbone. Mq.: taá, spine, needle, thorn, sharp point, dart, harpoon; taa, the corner of a house, angle. Ta.: tara, spine, horn, spur, the corner of a house, angle. Sa.: tala, the round end of a house. Ma.: tara, the side wall of a house. 3. To announce, to proclaim, to promulgate, to call, to slander; tatara, to make a genealogy. P Pau.: fakatara, to enjoin. Mq.: taá, to cry, to call. 4. Mgv.: tara, a species of banana. Mq.: taa, a plant, a bird. Ma.: tara, a bird. 5. Ta.: tara, enchantment. Ma.: tara, an incantation. 6. Ta.: tara, to untie. Sa.: tala, id. Ha.: kala, id. Churchill.

Hao. Ta.: to encircle. To.: hao, id. Ma.: hao, to inclose, to draw around. Churchill.

The head of Cetus on this ancient vessel surely indicates he is surprised (Mira) - taken off guard.

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
AUG 19 (231) 20 (*152) 21 22

Al Ghafr-13 (The Cover) / Svāti-15 (Very Good) / TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand by)

15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS = α Bootis (215.4), ASELLUS SECUNDUS (2nd Ass Colt) = ι Bootis (215.5), SYRMA (Train of the Virgin's Robe) = ι Virginis, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)

*174.0 = *215.4 - *41.4

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), KHAMBALIA (Crooked-Clawed) = λ Virginis (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)

*175.0 = *216.4 - *41.4
ASELLUS PRIMUS (1st Ass Colt) = θ Bootis (217.8)

τ Lupi, δ Oct. (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini)
Oct 22 (295) 23 24 25 (*218 = *177 + *41)
°Oct 18 (291) 19 20 21 (*214 = *177 + *37)
'Sept 25 (268) 26 27 (270 = 3 * 90) 28 (*191 = *214 - *23)
"Sept 11 (254) 12 13 (16 * 16) 14 (*177 = *191 - *14)

A pair of hunting dogs were evidently after the Great Bear:

And the Bear Watcher seems to have been on his way to notch (tehetehe) her tail:

... This star, the 12th on Flamsteed's list of the Hounds, stands alone, marking Chara's collar; but was set apart in 1725 by Halley, when Astronomer Royal, as the distinct figure Cor Caroli, not Cor Caroli II as many have it, in honour of Charles II. This was done at the suggestion of the court physician, Sir Charles Scarborough, who said it had shone with special brilliancy on the eve of the king's return to London on the 29th of May ...