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396. The polar region was outside the rising and setting phenomena of the stars closer to the equator - something which unavoidably would have been noticed by people accustomed to the view of the Chinese mill. Therefore the place of Thuban should not be perceived as located at the other side of the sky compared to Hamal, and I should rearrange all the stars at the pole (both those in the north and those in the south) to be instead together with their corresponding exit and entrance stars:

1-28 (393) 1-29 (314 + 80) 1-30 1-31 (396)
FEBR 12 (408 = 360 + 48) 13 (*329 = 409 - 80) 14 (45 = 109 - 64) 15 (☼327 = 411 - 84)
Cb1-1 Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396 = 475 - 79)
E tupu ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro

Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 (Dog) / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 (Front of the Head of Ku)

SEGIN = ε Cassiopeia, MESARTHIM = γ Arietis, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN (Pair of Signs) = β Arietis, φ Phoenicis (27.4)

*351 = *27.4 - *41.4

POLARIS (26.6 = 54 - 27.4)

ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) ALRISHA (The Knot) = α Piscium, χ Phoenicis (29.2), ALAMAK (Caracal) = γ Andromedae (29.7)

Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2 (Back of the Head of Ku)

2h (30.4)

κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (Sheep) = α Arietis (30.5)

ALKES (α Crateris)

THUBAN (212 = 30 + 182)

54 + 182 = 236 = 8 * 29˝ = 2 * 27 + 2 * 91 = 2 * 118
April 17 (107 = 472) 18 19 (6 * 79 = 474) 20 (290 + 185)
'March 21 (107 - 27) 22 23 24 (364 = 448 - 84)
"March 7 8 (432 = 3 * 144) 9 10 (*354 = 3 * 118)

The right ascension line at Thuban was very far way from that of Polaris but they were anyhow quite close together up at the pole and therefore they ought to be quite close together also in the minds of the readers of the rongorongo texts as well as the creators of these texts.

Similarly should Vega be connected with a place adjacent to some significant star closer to the equator, but its supreme dominance over all the following pole stars could also be expressed in the basic structure itself - defining where the north pole anciently had been and where it would return:

... Men's spirits were thought to dwell in the Milky Way between incarnations. This conception has been handed down as an Orphic and Pythagorean tradition fitting into the frame of the migration of the soul. Macrobius, who has provided the broadest report on the matter, has it that souls ascend by way of Capricorn, and then, in order to be reborn, descend again through the 'Gate of Cancer'. Macrobius talks of signs; the constellations rising at the solstices in his time (and still in ours) were Gemini and Sagittarius: the 'Gate of Cancer' means Gemini ...

SAGITTARIUS:
20 Purva Ashadha δ and ε Sagittarii Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket Dec 24 (358)
first of the ashādhā (the invincible one, the name of a constellation) Kaus
LYRA:
22 Abhijit α, ε, and ζ Lyrae - Dec 27 (361)
victorious VEGA
SAGITTARIUS:
21 Uttara Ashadha ζ and σ Sagittarii Elephant tusk, small bed Jan 3 (368)
second of the ashādhā Nunki
AQUILA:
23 Sravana α, β, and γ Aquilae Ear or Three Footprints Jan 15 (380)
- Altair
DELPHINUS:
24 Dhanishta  α, β, γ, and δ Delphini Drum or flute Jan 29 (394)
most famous (or swiftest) Dolphin
10-7 (*200) 10-8 10-9 10-10 (199) 10-11 (364 - 80)
OCT 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 25 (214) 26
Ga8-12 Ga8-13 (216) Ga8-14 Ga8-15 Ga8-16
KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3) ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)

*239 = *280.4 - *41.4

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
no star listed (282)

VEGA (282 = 6 * 79 - 192)

ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)

*242 = *283.4 - *41.4

Dec 25 26 (360) 27 28 29
SOLSTICE °Dec 22 (356) 23 (*277) CHRISTMAS EVE 25
'Nov 28 29 30 (250) 'Dec 1 2 (336 = 4 * 84)
"Nov 14 15 16 (236) 17 (321) 18

Possibly the peculiar curved top of nuku presented at Ga7-21 - and then recurring time and again all the way up to Vega - was alluding to the Phrygian cap (helmet) worn by the warriors of Alexander, who always was victorious (abhijit).

nuku hoea
   
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 (184) Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19 Ga7-20 Ga7-21

... The practice of turning down the fingers, contrary to our practice, deserves notice, as perhaps explaining why sometimes savages are reported to be unable to count above four. The European holds up one finger, which he counts, the native counts those that are down and says 'four'. Two fingers held up, the native counting those that are down, calls 'three'; and so on until the white man, holding up five fingers, gives the native none turned down to count. The native is nunplussed, and the enquirer reports that savages can not count above four ...

... The state of the tree loomed large in their thoughts, because it came about at the same time the head of One Hunaphu was put in the fork. The Xibalbans said among themselves: 'No one is to pick the fruit, nor is anyone to go beneath the tree', they said. They restricted themselves, all of Xibalba held back. It isn't clear which is the head of One Hunaphu; now it's exactly the same as the fruit of the tree. Calabash came to be its name, and much was said about it. A maiden heard about it, and here we shall tell of her arrival. And here is the account of a maiden, the daughter of a lord named Blood Gatherer. And this is when a maiden heard of it, the daughter of a lord. Blood Gatherer is the name of her father, and Blood Moon is the name of the maiden. And when he heard the account of the fruit of the tree, her father retold it. And she was amazed at the account: I'm not acquainted with that tree they talk about. It's fruit is truly sweet! they say, I hear, she said. Next, she went all alone and arrived where the tree stood. It stood at the Place of Ball Game Sacrifice. What? Well! What's the fruit of this tree? Shouldn't this tree bear something sweet? They shouldn't die, they shouldn't be wasted. Should I pick one? said the maiden. And then the bone spoke; it was there in the fork of the tree: Why do you want a mere bone, a round thing in the branches of a tree? said the head of One Hunaphu when it spoke to the maiden. You don't want it, she was told. I do want it, said the maiden. Very well. Stretch out your right hand here, so I can see it, said the bone. Yes, said the maiden. She stretched out her right hand, up there in front of the bone. And then the bone spit out its saliva, which landed squarely in the hand of the maiden. And then she looked in her hand, she inspected it right away, but the bone's saliva wasn't in her hand. It is just a sign I have given you, my saliva, my spittle. This, my head, has nothing on it - just bone, nothing of meat. It's just the same with the head of a great lord: it's just the flesh that makes his face look good. And when he dies, people get frightened by his bones. After that, his son is like his saliva, his spittle, in his being, whether it be the son of a lord or the son of a craftsman, an orator. The father does not disappear, but goes on being fulfilled. Neither dimmed nor destroyed is the face of a lord, a warrior, craftsman, an orator. Rather, he will leave his daughters and sons. So it is that I have done likewise through you. Now go up there on the face of the earth; you will not die. Keep the word. So be it, said the head of One and Seven Hunaphu - they were of one mind when they did it ...