508. Once again. Manuscript E offers
insight into how the dates should be viewed, and we
have learned that poor Kuukuu (the Planter)
was struck by the fin of a Turtle (who had come up
from the sea), been mortally wounded and carried
down into a cave by his comrades. Then they arranged 6
stone heaps outside his cave.
... They all sat down and rested [on
the plain of Oromanga], when
suddenly they saw that a turtle had
reached the shore and had crawled up
on the beach. He [Ira] looked
at it and said, 'Hey, you! The
turtle has come on land!' He said,
'Let's go! Let's go back to the
shore.' They all went to pick up the
turtle. Ira was the first one
to try to lift the turtle - but she
didn't move. Then Raparenga
said, 'You do not have the necessary
ability. Get out of my way so that I
can have a try!' Raparenga
stepped up and tried to lift the
turtle - but Raparenga could
not move her. Now you spoke,
Kuukuu: 'You don't have the
necessary ability, but I shall move
this turtle. Get out of my way!'
Kuukuu stepped up, picked up the
turtle, using all his strength.
After he had lifted the turtle a
little bit, he pushed her up
farther. No sooner had he pushed her
up and lifted her completely off the
ground when she struck Kuukuu
with one fin. She struck downward
and broke Kuukuu's spine.The
turtle got up, went back into the
(sea) water, and swam away. All the
kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu):
'Even you did not prevail against
the turtle!' They put the injured
Kuukuu on a stretcher and
carried him inland. They prepared a
soft bed for him in the cave and let
him rest there. They stayed there,
rested, and lamented the severely
injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu
said, 'Promise me, my friends, that
you will not abandon me!' They all
replied, 'We could never abandon
you!' They stayed there twenty-seven
[27] days in Oromanga.
Everytime Kuukuu asked,
'Where are you, friends?' they
immediately replied in one voice,
'Here we are!' They all sat down and
thought. They had an idea and Ira
spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring the round
stones (from the shore) and pile
them into six heaps of stones!' One
of the youths said to Ira,
'Why do we want heaps of stone?'
Ira replied, 'So that we can all
ask the stones to do something.'
They took (the material) for the
stone heaps (pipi horeko) and
piled up six heaps of stone at the
outer edge of the cave. Then they
all said to the stone heaps,
'Whenever he calls, whenever he
calls for us, let your voices rush
(to him) instead of the six (of us)
(i.e., the six stone heaps are
supposed to be substitutes for the
youths). They all drew back to
profit (from the deception) (? ki
honui) and listened. A short
while later, Kuukuu called.
As soon as he had asked, 'Where are
you?' the voices of the stone heaps
replied, 'Here we are!' All (the
youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was
well done!'
... [E:27-30]
This story seems to be alluding to
Tau-ono - the 6 (heaps of) stones, the Pleiades
- in which
case the Turtle
could correspond to Rogo with a fin (haati)
sign in
front (Cb5-16):
|
on land |
 |
|
 |
in water |
|
vae |
haati |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
22 |
|
Oct 17 (10 * 29) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
|
'Sept 20 (290 -
27) |
21 (264) |
Equinox |
23 (266 = 366 -
100) |
24 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
Cb1-5 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
April 17 (107 =
80 + 27)
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)
*351.0 = *27.4 -
*41.4 |
18
ι Arietis
(28.0), λ
Arietis (28.2),
υ Ceti (28.8) |
19
ALRISHA (The
Knot) =
α
Piscium,
χ
Phoenicis
(29.2), ε
Trianguli
(29.4),
ALAMAK (Caracal)
=
γ
Andromedae
(29.7)
*353.0 = *29.4 -
*41.4 |
20
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)
*354.0 = *30.4 -
*41.4 |
21
DELTOTUM = β
Trianguli
(31.2), ι
Trianguli
(31.7), η
Arietis (31.9)
*355.0
|
|
'March 21 (0h) |
22 |
23 |
24 (83) |
Julian equinox |
|
DAY 27 (= 107 -
80) |
28 |
IANUARIUS
29 |
FEBRUARIUS
1 (30)
|
31 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
75 |
|
Nov 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
|
'Oct 17
(290) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb2-4 (420 =
740 - 320) |
Cb2-5 (392 +
29) |
Cb2-6 (30 =
108 - 78) |
Cb2-7 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
May 14
δ Persei
(54.7) |
15 (500 =
365 + 135)
Al
Thurayya-27
(Many Little
Ones) /
Krittikā-3
(Nurses of
Kārttikeya)
/
TAU-ONO (Six
Stones)
ATIKS =
ο
Persei,
RANA (Frog)
=
δ
Eridani
(55.1),
CELAENO (16
Tauri),
ELECTRA
(17),
TAYGETA
(19),
ν
Persei
(55.3),
MAIA (20),
ASTEROPE
(21), MEROPE
(23)
(55.6) |
16 (136)
Hairy
Head-18
(Cockerel) /
Temennu-3
(Foundation
Stone)
ALCYONE
(56.1),
PLEIONE (28
Tauri),
ATLAS (27
Tauri)
(56.3) |
17
MENKHIB
(Next to the
Pleiades =
ζ
Persei
(57.6)
PORRIMA (γ
Virginis) |
|
'April 17
(80 + 27) |
18 (108 =
135 - 27) |
19 |
20 |
|
BISSEXTUM
(54 - 55) |
56 (8 WEEKS) |
57 (= 137 -
64 - 16) |
|
... The leap
day was
introduced
as part of
the Julian
reform. The
day
following
the
Terminalia
(February
23) was
doubled,
forming the
'bis
sextum -
literally
'double
sixth',
since
February 24
was 'the
sixth day
before the
Kalends of
March' using
Roman
inclusive
counting
(March 1 was
the 'first
day').
Although
exceptions
exist, the
first day of
the bis
sextum
(February
24) was
usually
regarded as
the
intercalated
or
'bissextile'
day since
the third
century.
February 29
came to be
regarded as
the leap day
when the
Roman system
of numbering
days was
replaced by
sequential
numbering in
the late
Middle Ages
... |
|
CLOSE TO
THE SUN: |
|
Jan 31 |
Febr 1
(32) |
2 |
3 |
4 (*320) |
350 - 29
= *321 |
|
'Jan 4 |
5 (370 =
740 / 2) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb5-13
(107) |
Cb5-14
(392 +
108) |
Cb5-15
(365 +
136) |
Cb5-16
(422 +
80) |
Cb5-17
(503) |
Cb5-18
(584 -
80) |
|
μ
Aquarii
(316.0) |
ε
Equulei
(317.8) |
no star
listed
(318) |
21h
(319.6)
ARMUS =
η
Capricorni(319.0),
DORSUM =
θ
Capricorni
(319.3),
TSOO =
24
Capricorni
(319.7) |
DRAMASA
= σ
Oct.,
χ
Capricorni
(320.0),
ν
Aquarii
(320.3),
γ
Equulei
(320.6),
ο
Pavonis
(320.8) |
α
Oct.
(321.5),
δ
Equulei
(321.7),
φ
Capricorni
(321.8) |
 |
|
CLOSE TO
THE FULL
MOON: |
|
Aug 1
γ
Pyxidis
(133.6) |
2 (214 =
32 +
182)
ζ
Hydrae
(134.1),
ρ
Cancri
(134.2),
ζ
Oct.
(134.3),
ο Cancri
(134.6),
δ
Pyxidis
(134.9) |
3
ACUBENS
= α
Cancri,
TALITHA
BOREALIS
= ι
Ursae
Majoris
(135.0),
σ Cancri
(135.2),
ρ Ursa
Majoris
(135.6) |
4
ν Cancri
(136.0),
TALITHA
AUSTRALIS
= κ
Ursae
Majoris
(136.1),
ω Hydrae
(136.8) |
5
9h
(137.0)
σ¹ Ursa
Majoris
(137.0),
κ Cancri
(137.3),
τ Cancri
(137.4),
ALSUHAIL
(al
Wazn, of
the
Weight)
= λ
Velorum
(137.5),
σ² Ursa
Majoris
(137.6),
τ Ursa
Majoris
(137.7),
ξ Cancri
(137.8)
*96.0 =
*137.4 -
*41.4 |
6 (584 →
Venus)
κ
Pyxidis
(138.0),
ε
Pyxidis
(138.5) |
|
'July 5 |
6 (*107) |
7 |
8 |
9 (190) |
10 |
|
DAY 133 |
134 |
135 |
136 (=
120 +
16) |
137 |
138 |
The Explorers
stayed 27 days on the
plain of Oromanga
and then went on to
Papa O Pea:
... He (i.e., Ira)
said, 'Let's go! We
shall go to Papa O
Pea'. They all got
up and moved on. On
the twentieth day of the
month of August ('Hora
Iti') they went to
Papa O Pea. They
all went and came to
Papa O Pea, looked
around in Papa O Pea,
and gave the name 'Papa
O Pea A Hau Maka'.
They stayed five days
in Papa O Pea
...
Pea.
(Also peapea): To
go away with bits of
food or mud sticking to
one's face or garments.
Vanaga. Peaha,
perhaps ... maybe,
chance, doubtful;
reoreo peaha ...
Ma.: pea,
perhaps. Peapea,
an erasure ...
hakapeapea ...
Peau, to sweep all
away. Ma.: peau,
to be turned away.
Churchill. Peau,
a wave (Sa., To., Fu.,
Fotuna, Niuē, Mq.,
Nuguria); Mgv.: peau,
peahu, id.
Churchill 2.
... But in the fullness
of time an obscure
instinct led the eldest
of them towards the
anthill which had been
occupied by the Nummo.
He wore on his head a
head-dress and to
protect him from the
sun, the wooden bowl he
used for his food. He
put his two feet into
the opening of the
anthill, that is of the
earth's womb, and sank
in slowly as if for a
parturition a tergo.
The whole of him thus
entered into the earth,
and his head itself
disappeared. But he left
on the ground, as
evidence of his passage
into that world, the
bowl which had caught on
the edges of the
opening. All that
remained on the anthill
was the round wooden
bowl, still bearing
traces of the food and
the finger-prints of its
vanished owner, symbol
of his body and of his
human nature, as, in the
animal world, is the
skin which a reptile has
shed
...
... They made camp and
rested at Ahu Akapu
for two days
...
Hora
Iti 20 can here
hardly be understood as
August 20. Instead we
should add 16 nights for stars not yet having
returned to visibility
counted from their
heliacal positions in August 4 in
order to find
Rogo with a fin
in front (Cb5-16). We
can then also count 5 (Papa
O Pea) + 2 (Ahu
Akapu) = 7, and
indeed 7 glyphs beyond Cb5-16 we
will find the End (Al
Tarf):
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
|
Febr 6 (37) |
7 (403) |
8 (*324) |
|
'Jan 10
(*295) |
11 |
12 (377) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb5-19 (505
= 392 + 113) |
Cb5-20 (422
+ 84) |
Cb5-21 (115
→ Mercury) |
|
KITALPHA
(Part of a
Horse) =
α
Equulei
(322.0),
ALDERAMIN
(The Right
Arm) =
α
Cephei
(322.9) |
DAI =
ι
Capricorni
(323.5),
β
Equulei
(323.8) |
γ
Pavonis
(324.1),
YAN =
ζ
Capricorni
(324.6) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
Aug 7
π Cancri
(139.2),
MIAPLACIDUS
= β Carinae
(139.3),
TUREIS
(Little
Shield) = ι
Carinae
(139.8) |
8 (220)
no star
listed (140) |
9
θ Pyxidis
(141.5),
MARKAB
VELORUM = κ
Velorum
(141.5),
AL MINHAR AL
ASAD (The
Nose of the
Lion) = κ
Leonis
(141.6), λ
Pyxidis
(141.9) |
|
'July 11 |
12 (193) |
13 (560) |
|
DAY 139 |
140 |
141 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
|
Febr 9 (*325
→
Julian equinox) |
10 |
11 (42) |
12 (408 = 3
* 136) |
|
... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars. The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe. The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...
 |
|
'Jan 13 (378
→ Saturn) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb6-1 (508 =
2 * 254) |
Cb6-2 |
Cb6-3 (118 =
4 * 29½) |
Cb6-4 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
Aug 10
Star-25
(Horse) /
ANA-HEU-HEU-PO-5
(Pillar
where
debates were
held)
ALPHARD (The
Horse) =
α
Hydrae
(142.3),
ω
Leonis
(142.6),
τ¹
Hydrae
(142.7) |
11
Al Tarf-7
(The End)
ψ
Velorum
(143.3),
ALTERF =
λ
Leonis,
τ²
Hydrae
(143.4),
ξ
Leonis
(143.5)
*102.0 =
*143.4 -
*41.4 = *286
- *184 |
12
A Hydrae
(144.1)
VEGA (α
Lyrae) |
13 (225 = 15
* 15)
UKDAH (Knot)
= ι Hydrae
(145.4), κ
Hydrae
(145.5),
SUBRA = ο
Leonis
(145.8)
*104.0 =
*145.4 -
*41.4 = *288
- *184 |
|
'July 14 |
15 (196 =
180 + 16) |
16 |
17 (564) |
|
DAY 142 |
143 (= 11
* 13) |
144 (= 12 *
12) |
145 (= 290 /
2) |
Kuukuu
had been
assigned the
duty of working the
ground:
|
E:18 |
|
he noho
a ira
anake. |
Ira
sat down
with all
the
other
(companions) |
|
he ki a
Ira.ka
ki era
kia
Makoi. |
and
spoke to
Makoi: |
|
maau e
tuki e
haite te
kainga. |
'You
shall
mark the
land for
me and
make it
known
(by its
name)!' |
|
he ki
hokoou a
Ira.ka
ki era. |
After
that,
Ira
spoke
these
words: |
|
kokoko e
Nguukuu
e. |
'This is
the
digging
stick (?
ko
koko),
Kuukuu. |
|
maau e
keukeu e
oka te
uhi. |
You
shall
work the
land for
me and
plant
the yam
roots!' |
... During his
descent the
ancestor still
possessed the
quality of a
water spirit,
and his body,
though
preserving its
human
appearance,
owing to its
being that of a
regenerated man,
was equipped
with four
flexible limbs
like serpents
after the
pattern of the
arms of the
Great Nummo. The
ground was
rapidly
approaching. The
ancestor was
still standing,
his arms in
front of him and
the hammer and
anvil hanging
across his
limbs. The shock
of his final
impact on the
earth when he
came to the end
of the rainbow,
scattered in a
cloud of dust
the animals,
vegetables and
men disposed on
the steps. When
calm was
restored, the
smith was still
on the roof,
standing erect
facing towards
the north, his
tools still in
the same
position. But in
the shock of
landing the
hammer and the
anvil had broken
his arms and
legs at the
level of elbows
and knees, which
he did not have
before. He thus
acquired the
joints proper to
the new human
form, which was
to spread over
the earth and to
devote itself to
toil
...
The peculiar
form of the arm
in front at
Tau-ono
could perhaps be
understood as a
digging stick:
In the
Babylonian
zodiac there is
a Harrow
man below the
Raven and at the
opposite side of
the Great One:
|