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There are myriads of pieces broken off from the great mirror (which once upon a time was truly reflecting the cosmos), and together they are threatening to mesmerize us.

... the strange hologram of archaic cosmology must have existed as a conceived plan, achieved at least in certain minds, even as late as the Sumerian period when writing was still a jealously guarded monopoly of the scribal class. Such a mind may have belonged to a keeper of records, but not of the living world, still less of the living thought. Most of the plan was never recorded. Bits of it reach us in unusual, hesitant form, barely indicated, as in the wisdom and sketches of Griaule's teacher, Ogotemmêli, the blind centenarian sage. In the magic drawings of Lascaux, or in American Indian tales, one perceives a mysterious understanding between men and other living creatures which bespeaks of relationships beyond our imagination, infinitely remote from our analytical capacity ...

In order to navigate it is necessary to doggedly follow the trail, instead of deviating whenever something interesting appears. And the nose of Canis Major is currently the place for Sirius.

... The Sothic cycle was based on what is referred to in technical jargon as 'the periodic return of the heliacal rising of Sirius', which is the first appearance of this star after a seasonal absence, rising at dawn just ahead of the sun in the eastern portion of the sky. In the case of Sirius the interval between one such rising and the next amounts to exactly 365.25 days - a mathematically harmonious figure, uncomplicated by further decimal points, which is just twelve minutes longer than the duration of the solar year ... In ancient Egypt they thought Sirius was behind the yearly rise of the Nile ... the seasonal cycle, throughout the ancient world, was the foremost sign of rebirth following death, and in Egypt the chronometer of this cycle was the annual flooding of the Nile ...

The Egyptian X asterism can be relied upon:

From the Armpit of Orion (at Betelgeuze) time was running down to Naos at the 2nd of the shields in Argo Navis (enscribed with something twisted around or encircled it appears):

 
 
 

BET-EL-GEUZE

α Orionis

0.58

07° 24′ N

88.3

June 17

168 = 24 weeks

CANOPUS

α Carinae

-0.72

52° 40′ S

95.6

June 24

175 = 25 weeks

5 days

SIRIUS

α Canis Majoris

-1.46

16° 39′ S

101.2

June 30

181 (= 175 + 6)

NAOS

ζ Puppis

2.21

39° 52′ S

121.3

July 20

201 (= 181 + 20)

 

The importance of Betelgeuze evidently stretches back at least to the time of the mammoths:

 

... The earliest depiction that has been linked to the constellation of Orion is a prehistoric (Aurignacian) mammoth ivory carving found in a cave in the Ach valley in Germany in 1979. Archaeologists have estimated it to have been fashioned approximately 32,000 to 38,000 years ago ... The artist cut, smoothed and carved one side (A) and finely notched the other side (B) and the edges. Side A contains the half-relief of an anthropoidal figure, either human or a human-feline hybrid, known as the 'adorant' because its arms are raised as if in an act of worship.

Egyptian jubilation Phoenician he Greek epsilon Ε (ε)

Wikipedia points at the Egyptian gesture with arms held high as a Sign of jubilation, which may have been the origin (via Phoenician he) of epsilon.

On side B together with the four edges is a series of notches that are clearly set in an intentional pattern. The edges contain a total of 39 notches in groups of 6, 13, 7 and 13. A further 49 notches on side B are arranged in four vertical lines of 13, 10, 12 and 13 respectively plus a further notch that could be in either of the middle two lines ... The grouping of the notches on the plate suggests a time-related sequence. The total number of notches (88) not only coincides with the number of days in 3 lunations (88.5) but also approximately with the number of days when the star Betelgeuse (α Ori) disappeared from view each year between its heliacal set (about 14 days before the spring equinox around 33,000 BP) and its heliacal rise (approximately 19 days before the summer solstice).

Conversely, the nine-month period when Orion was visible in the sky approximately matched the duration of human pregnancy, and the timing of the heliacal rise in early summer would have facilitated a ‘rule of thumb’ whereby, by timing conception close to the reappearance of the constellation, it could be ensured that a birth would take place after the severe winter half-year, but leaving enough time for sufficient nutrition of the baby before the beginning of the next winter. There is a resemblance between the anthropoid on side A and the constellation Orion. None of these factors is convincing when taken in isolation, because of the high probability that apparently significant structural and numerical coincidences might have arisen fortuitously. However, taken together they suggest that the anthropoid represented an asterism equivalent to today’s constellation of Orion, and that the ivory plate as a whole related to a system of time reckoning linked to the moon and to human pregnancy. If so, then ethnographic comparisons would suggest that the Geißenklösterle culture related their ‘anthropoid’ asterism to perceived cycles of cosmic power and fertility ...

39 notches on the edges seem to establish a correlation with the number of the stolen water yam (uhi) variants. Stolen from Ma'eha:

Ma'eha. Brightness, bright, to lighten, to brighten up; ku ma'eha-á, it has already lightened up. Vanaga. 1. Light, brightness; to shine, to be bright, to glimmer, to glow; maeha mahina, moonshine; maeharaa, sunrise. Maehamaeha, bright. Hakamaeha, to brighten. Mq.: maeoeo, bright, transparent. 2. To get out of the way. 3. Thin, slender, slight. Churchill.

tapa mea

According to my interpretation of Manuscript E this means there were 39 days stolen from the bright side of the year.

... Then the old man was glad. He kindled a large fire, and as he wanted to keep it to himself, he built a house with a door which snapped up and down like jaws and killed everybody that wanted to get in. But the people knew that he was in possession of fire, and the stag determined to steal it for them. He took resinous wood, split it and stuck the splinters in his hair. Then he lashed two boats together, covered them with planks, danced and sang on them, and so he came to the old man's house. He sang: 'O, I go and will fetch the fire.' The old man's daughter heard him singing, and said to her father: 'O, let the stranger come into the house; he sings and dances so beautifully.' The stag landed and drew near the door, singing and dancing, and at the same time sprang to the door and made as if he wanted to enter the house. Then the door snapped to, without however touching him. But while it was again opening, he sprang quickly into the house. Here he seated himself at the fire, as if he wanted to dry himself, and continued singing. At the same time he let his head bend forward over the fire, so that he became quite sooty, and at last the splinters in his hair took fire. Then he sprang out, ran off and brought the fire to the people ...

Te Taka-pau

39 variants of uhi - STOLEN by Teke from his brother Ma'eha [E:58-64]

18

13

7

SIRRAH (*0)

ADHIL (*19)

MIRA (*33)

BHARANI (*41)

ALCHITA (*183)

SPICA (*202)

KHAMBALIA (*216)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (*224)

0h

39 (= 3* 13)

They were stolen by the back side of the year - by the occiputal side - viz. by Teke.

Teke. Occiput. Teketeke, short (not tall); also: teke. Vanaga. Teke ki nei, as far as, until (? tehe 1). Teketeke, crest, ridge. Churchill.

If this is true it means we can guess the reason for the once upon a time popular method of prolonging the back side of the head (teke) on the youngsters.

It should mean the force of 39 was implanted on the baby - the force of fire would become a part of the new man, he would grow up to become a Stag.

From Alchita / Sirrah up to and including Spica / Adhil there were 20 days, and from Sirrah / Alchita to Adhil / Spica there were 19 days. The variable star Mira had a cycle of 332 days, or as Ismail Bouillaud  had estimated it 333 days.

... 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 ...

Surprisingly (mira), the star Mira could sometimes not be counted. 20 + 13 = 33 or 19 + 13 = 32. Which implies sometimes Spica would come 183 days after Adhil and sometimes 182 days after Adhil. The year should sometimes be counted 1 day shorter. 2 * 183 - 1 = 365.

18 (between 0h and *19) + 13 (between *19 and *33) + 8 (up to and including Bharani / Zuben Elgenubi) = 39.

This could all be regarded as a matter of coincidence. However, the back side (teke) of the mammoth ivory carving had 49 notches and this number coincides with the day number for FEBRUARY 17:

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 = 364 + 50) 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)

The G tablet has its focus, it seems, on the uplifted Golden Era of the Bull, where a member occasionally became lost (was swallowed) - cfr the apparently empty sleeve in the illustration below:

... The myth goes on to tell of the blessed boat's arrival in the marshes of the Delta, and of how Set, one night hunting the boar by the light of the full moon, discovered the sarcophagus and tore the body into fourteen pieces, which he scattered abroad; so that, once again, the goddess had a difficult task before her. She was assisted, this time, however, by her little son Horus, who had the head of a hawk, by the son of her sister Nephtys, little Anubis, who had the head of a jackal, and by Nephtys herself, the sister-bride of their wicked brother Set. Anubis, the elder of the two boys, had been conceived one very dark night, we are told, when Osiris mistook Nephtys for Isis; so that by some it is argued that the malice of Set must have been inspired not by the public virtue and good name of the noble culture hero, but by this domestic inadventure. The younger, but true son, Horus, on the other hand, had been more fortunately conceived - according to some, when Isis lay upon her dead brother in the boat, or, according to others, as she fluttered about the palace pillar in the form of a bird. The four bereaved and searching divinities, the two mothers and their two sons, were joined by a fifth, the moon-god Thoth (who appears sometimes in the form of an ibis-headed scribe, at other times in the form of a baboon), and together they found all of Osiris save his genital member, which had been swallowed by a fish ...

From Sirrah at glyph 408 (→ 40 * 8 = 320) to the end of side b there were 471 - 408 = 63 glyphs (right ascension days) = 9 weeks. Not 8 * 8 = 64.

29 10 3 17 255
Gb6-26 (408) Gb7-28 Gb8-8 Gb8-12 Gb8-30 Gb2-1 (256)
Sirrah (0h) Hamal Bharani Algol (*45) Hyadum I Dramasa
64 256 (= 4 * 64)

... Ogotemmêli had his own ideas about calculation. The Dogon in fact did use the decimal system, because from the beginning they had counted on their fingers, but the basis of their reckoning had been the number eight and this number recurred in what they called in French la centaine, which for them meant eighty. Eighty was the limit of reckoning, after which a new series began. Nowadays there could be ten such series, so that the European 1,000 corresponded to the Dogon 800. But Ogotemmêli believed that in the beginning men counted by eights - the number of cowries on each hand, that they had used their ten fingers to arrive at eighty, but that the number eight appeared again in order to produce 640 (8 x 10 x 8). 'Six hundred and forty', he said, 'is the end of the reckoning.' According to him, 640 covenant-stones had been thrown up by the seventh Nummo to make the outline in the grave of Lébé ...