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TRANSLATIONS
The order dictated by numbers here result in 2, 4, 6 ...16 and for the stations in between (those with numbers i * 59) - listed on the previous page - is generated 1, 3, 5, ... 15. All the natural numbers from 1 to 16 are accounted for. But Poike is outside the text of G. Therefore one station is missing, because 29.5 * 16 = 472. The missing station could be regarded as the one with ordinal number 0, and 24 is equal to zero:
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| Ga8-3 (206) |
Ga8-4 (207) |
| 24. Maunga Hau Epa |
Possibly it should have been included, it gives a somewhat more balanced map:
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0.
Maunga Hau Epa |
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8.
Te Pou |
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| Ga8-3 (206) |
Ga8-4 (207) |
Gb2-10 (265) |
Gb2-11 (266) |
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2. Te Pu Mahore |
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10. Akahanga |
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Ga6-7
(147) |
Ga6-8
(148) |
Gb4-4 (324) |
Gb4-5
(325) |
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4. Te Manavai |
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12. Roto Iri Are |
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Ga4-5
(88) |
Ga4-6
(89) |
Gb6-1
(383) |
Gb6-2
(384) |
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6. Te Piringa Aniva |
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14. One Tea |
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Ga1-29
(29) |
Ga1-30
(30) |
Gb8-1
(442) |
Gb8-2
(443) |
I think I must add a page for this. It must be after next page:
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He Kope Riva was the name of a star on Easter Island,
and He Kope Riva can
associate to Nga Kope Ririva, the first kuhane
station. Maybe Nga Kope Ririva were not only three islets
but also three stars. If so, then these stars should have risen a
quarter (90 days) earlier than Sirius:
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87 |
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Ga7-8 |
Gb2-10 |
Gb2-11 |
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177 |
265 |
266 |
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90 |
Sirius (Te
Pou) is located 100 days before Hanga Te Pau (at 365
counted from Ga1-1). The brightest star in the sky is followed
100 days later by the day when the last glimmer of light will
disappear:
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"... It is known that the Polynesians
navigated by the stars. It is therefore not surprising that
names of stars are directly and indirectly contained in some
of the place names on the list. In two cases, there is
direct agreement with the names of stars used by the Easter
Islanders: compare he kope riva
with name 1. nga kope ririva ... and he pou
'Sirius (alpha Canis Major)' with name 8. te pou
(Barthel 1962b:2)
In subsequent names there are
similarities to other Polynesian names of stars: compare
number 5 to TUA. na kiore;
number 6 to TAH. pipiri ma,
TUA. piringa-o-tautu;
number 8 to MAO. poutu-te-rangi,
TUA. pou-a-te-po; number 9
to MAO. karewa or
marewa; number 11 to MAO.
te kohi, and number 13 to MAO.
a-tama-raku or
ika-roa (Makemson 1941)."
(Barthel 2)
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Plural (nga) definitely excludes He Kope Riva from being Nga Kope Ririva. Then we will be forced to abandon The Belt of Orion, because it will rise too close before Sirius to be the correct constellation.
Listing the zodiacal constellations preceding Taurus we should suspect Aquarius to
be the correct location:
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Aquarius |
3 |
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Pisces |
2 |
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Aries |
1 |
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Taurus |
0 |
I quote from Allen:
"Sadalmelik [α] is from the
Arabic Al Sa'd al Malik, the Lucky
One of the King, sometimes given as Al Sa'd al Mulk,
the Lucky One of the Kingdom ...
Sadalsund [β]
... is from Al Sa'd al Su'ud,
liberally translated the Luckiest of the Lucky, from its rising with the sun
when the winter had passed and the season of gentle, continous rain had begun
... Sadachbia
[γ], from Al Sa'd al Ahbiyah,
which has been interpreted the Lucky Star of Hidden Things or Hiding-places,
because when it emerged from the sun's rays all hidden worms and reptiles,
buried during the preceding cold, creep out of their holes! But as this word
Ahbiyah
is merely the plural of Hiba,
a Tent, a more reasonable explanation is that the star was so called from its
rising in the spring twilight, when, after the winter's want and suffering, the
nomads' tents were raised on the freshing pastures, and the pleasant weather set
in ..."
The positive connotation, according to Metoro, of the glyph type
maitaki makes the identification even more probable. Good is close to lucky
and bad - inoino - close to unlucky, and both words also indicate
'shining':
| Maitaki
Clean, neat, pure, pretty, nice, beautiful, handsome;
tagata rima maitaki, clean-handed man, correct man.
Vanaga.
1. Good. Henua maitaki = the good earth. 2.
Shine. Marama maitaki = the shining moon. Barthel.
Ce qui est bon. Jaussen according to Barthel.
Meitaki, good, agreeable, efficacious,
excellent, elegant, pious, valid, brilliant, security, to please, to
approve (maitaki); ariga meitaki, handsome, of
pleasant mien; mea meitaki ka rava, to deserve; meitaki ke,
marvelous, better. Hakameitaki, to make good, to amend, to do
good, to bless, to establish. Meitakihaga, goodness. PS Pau.:
maitaki, good. Mgv.: meitetaki, beautiful, good. Mq.:
meitai, good, agreeable, fit, wise, virtuous. Ta.:
maitaiki, good, well. Niuē:
mitaki, good. Churchill. |
In the midst of the water
(presumably a reference to Aquarius) they stand, Nga Kope Ririva.
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