144. A new dawn was breaking, maybe, where a Tree (Rakau)
forced itself in between a pair of henua
limbs in
Cb1-6:
... They were Ranginui, the Sky
Father, and Papatuanuku, the Earth
Mother, both sealed together in a close
embrace. Crushed between the weight of their
bodies were their many children, whose
oppression deepened. They yearned to be
free; they fought their parents and each
other to break loose. Tuumatauenga,
virile god of war, thrust and shouted;
Tangaroa of the oceans whirled and
surged; Tawhirirangimaatea,
Haumiatiketike and Rongomatane,
of wild foods and cultivated crops, tried
their best but were not successful; and
Ruamoko, god of earthquakes, yet to be
born, struggled in the confinement of his
mother's womb ... Of them all, Taane
Mahuta, the god of the forests, was the
most determined; he set his sturdy feet upon
his father's chest, and braced his upper
back and shoulders against the bosom of his
mother. He pushed; and they parted. So the
world, as the Maori understand it, came into
being ...
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 (350 +
48) |
Cb1-7 |
Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11 (403) |
|
rutua - te
pahu - rutua
te maeva |
atua
rerorero |
atua hiko
ura |
hiko o
tea |
ka higa
te ao ko te
henua ra ma
te hoi atua |
|
INVISIBLY
CLOSE TO THE
SUN (helical
dates): |
|
Oct 21 |
ARCTURUS |
23 (*216) |
|
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300 =
216 + 84) |
|
ºOct 17 |
18 (291) |
19 |
20 |
21 (*214) |
22 |
23 |
|
24 |
'Sept 25
(*188) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
136 * 2 |
30 (273 = 3
* 91) |
|
10 |
"Sept 11
(*174) |
12 |
(4 * 64) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
|
AUG 18 |
19 |
20 (*152) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (236 = 53
+ 183) |
|
210 |
211 = 291 -
80 |
212 |
213 |
214 |
215 |
216 = 236 -
20 |
...
Mons
Maenalus,
at the
feet of
Boötes,
was
formed
by
Hevelius,
and
published
in his
Firmamentum
Sobiescianum;
this
title
coinciding
with
those of
neighboring
stellar
groups
bearing
Arcadian
names.
It is
sometimes,
although
incorrectly,
given as
Mons
Menelaus,
-
perhaps,
as Smyth
suggested,
after
the
Alexandrian
astronomer
referred
to by
Ptolemy
and
Plutarch.
The
Germans
know it
as the
Berg
Menalus;
and the
Italians
as
Menalo.
Landseer
has a
striking
representation
of the
Husbandsman,
as he
styles
Boötes,
with
sickle
and
staff,
standing
on this
constellation
figure.
A
possible
explanation
of its
origin
may be
found in
what
Hewitt
writes
in his
Essays
on the
Ruling
Races of
Prehistoric
Times:
The
Sun-god
thence
climbed
up the
mother-mountain
of the
Kushika
race as
the
constellation
Hercules,
who is
depicted
in the
old
traditional
pictorial
astronomy
as
climbing
painfully
up the
hill to
reach
the
constellation
of the
Tortoise,
now
called
Lyra,
and thus
attain
the
polar
star
Vega,
which
was the
polar
star
from
10000 to
8000 B.C.
May not
this
modern
companion
constellation,
Mons
Maenalus,
be from
a
recollection
of this
early
Hindu
conception
of our
Hercules
transferred
to the
adjacent
Bootes?
|
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON
(and
nakshatra
dates): |
|
April 21 |
22 (*32) |
MIRA |
|
24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
|
(107) |
ºApril 18
(*28) |
19 |
20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
23 |
|
3-25 |
26 (*5 = *32
- 27) |
27 |
28 |
29 (88) |
30 |
'March 31 |
|
3-11 |
12 (*357 =
366 + 71 -
80) |
13 |
π (73) |
15 |
16 |
"March 17 |
|
2-16 |
17 (112 - 64
= 48) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (52) |
FEBR 22 (403
- 350) |
|
27 |
28 = 32 -
4 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
33 = 53 -
20 |
...
Gb7-30 could
possibly have been
intended to
illustrate where the
old year once upon a
time had reached its
day 413 = 14 * 29½,
whereas Cb1-6 on the
other hand could
have depicted where
once upon a time the
Full Moon was at day
48 (= 413 - 365),
i.e. half a year
later:
|
FEBRUARY 17
(413 = 14 *
29½) |
182 |
AUGUST 19
(*151) |
 |
|
|
Gb7-30 |
Cb1-6 (398) |
|
*32 + 366 =
*398
April 22
(477 = 112 +
365) |
ARCTURUS
(*215)
October 22
(295) |
|
ARCTURUS
(295)
October 22
(*215 = *32
+ 183) |
*32
April 22
(112 = 295 -
183) |
|
AUGUST 19
(231 = 48 +
183) |
FEBRUARY 17
(48 = 413 -
365) |
South
of the equator a
'break at dawn'
could have arrived
in October 22 (= 10
* 29½ days from
January 1) when the
Sun reached
Arcturus. Annus
(year) is not much
different from
anus (the place
of Arcturus in
Bootes).
The above proves (as
far as such things
seems possible when
reading rongorongo
texts) that the end
of side b on the G
tablet was
sequentially
connected with the
beginning of the
text on side a:
|
|
 |
30 |
|
Gb7-30
(440) |
Gb7-31
(212) |
|
ξ¹
CETI
(32.1) |
θ
Arietis
(33.3),
MIRA
= ο
Ceti
(33.7) |
|
April
22
(477
=
413
+
64) |
23
(113
= 49
+
64) |
|
°April
18
(473
=
477
- 4) |
19
(*29
=
109
-
80) |
|
'March
26
(450
=
477
-
27) |
27
(*371
=
451
- 80 |
|
"March
12
(436
=
477
-
41) |
13
(*357
=
437
-
80) |
|
FEBRUARY
17
(413
= 14
*
29½) |
18
(49) |
|
28 =
32 -
4 |
29 =
49 -
20 |
|
CLOSE
TO
THE
FULL
MOON
(and
nakshatra
dates): |
|
Al
Ghafr-13
/
Svāti-15
/
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6
(a
pillar
to
stand
by)
15
Bootis
(215.2),
ARCTURUS
=
α
Bootis
(215.4),
ASELLUS
SECUNDUS
= ι
Bootis
(215.5),
SYRMA
= ι
Virginis,
λ
Bootis
(215.6),
η
Apodis
(215.8) |
ι
LUPI,
18
Bootis
(216.3),
KHAMBALIA
= λ
Virginis
(216.4),
υ
Virginis
(216.5),
ψ
Centauri
(216.6),
ε
Apodis
(216.8) |
|
October
22
(295) |
23
(*216) |
|
°October
18
(291) |
19
(*212) |
|
'September
25
(*188
=
*215
-
27) |
26 |
|
"September
11
(254
=
295
-
41) |
12 |
|
AUGUST
19
(231
= 48
+
183) |
20
(*152) |
|
211
= 28
+
183 |
212
(232
-
20) |
|
no glyph |
 |
 |
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
|
HYADUM
II = δ¹
Tauri
(64.2) |
Net-19
(Crow)
AIN (Eye )
= ε
Tauri,
θ¹
Tauri,
θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
no star
listed
(66) |
|
May 24
(113 +
31 =
144) |
25 (145) |
26 |
|
°May 20
(109 +
31 =
140) |
21 (*61) |
22 |
|
'April
27 (86 +
31 =
117) |
28 (118) |
29 (*39) |
|
"April
13 (72 +
31 =
103) |
14 (104) |
15 (*25) |
|
0h (49 +
31 = 80) |
MARCH 22
(*1) |
23 (82) |
|
60 = 29
+ 31 |
61 |
62 |
|
CLOSE TO
THE FULL
MOON
(and
nakshatra
dates): |
|
Heart-5
(Fox)
σ
Scorpii
(247.0),
HEJIAN =
γ
Herculis
(247.2),
ψ
Ophiuchi
(247.7) |
ρ
Ophiuchi
(248.1),
KAJAM =
ω
Herculis
(248.3),
χ
Ophiuchi
(248.5),
SHE LOW
(Market
Tower) =
υ
Ophiuchi,
Tr.
Austr.
(248.7),
ζ Tr.
Austr.
(248.8) |
Al Kalb-16
/
Jyeshtha-18
/
ANA-MUA-1
(Entrance
pillar)
ANTARES
= α
Scorpii
(249.1),
MARFIK =
λ
Ophiuchi,
φ
Ophiuchi
(249.5),
ω
Ophiuchi
(249.8) |
|
Nov 23
(327) |
24 |
25 (*249
= *208 +
*41) |
|
°Nov 19
(*243 =
9 * 27) |
20 |
21 (325
= 265 +
60) |
|
'Oct 27
(300) |
28 |
29
(*222) |
|
"Oct 13
(286) |
14 |
15
(*208) |
|
SEPT 20
(*183) |
21 (264) |
EQUINOX |
|
243 (= 3
* 81) |
244 = 61
+ 183 |
245 |
In view of how
heliacal Zuben
Elgenubi at Cb1-15
(→ 115) was placed at glyph
number 407 it seems
reasonable to assume
that the
continuation of side
b on the G tablet on
to its side a also
was beginning
immediately beyond
glyph number 407,
viz. at Rogo
in Gb6-26 - which
is affirmed
by heliacal Sirrah
marking 0h at the
time of rongorongo:
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb6-25
(229 +
178) |
Gb6-26
(408) |
Gb6-27
(180) |
Gb6-28 |
|
θ Oct.
(364.4) |
Al
Fargh al
Thāni-25
0h
(365.25)
CAPH = β
Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH
= α
Andromedae
(0.5), ε
Phoenicis,
γ³ Oct.
(0.8) |
Uttara
Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14
ο Oct.
(1.3),
ALGENIB
PEGASI
= γ
Pegasi
(1.8) |
χ Pegasi
(2.1),
θ
Andromedae
(2.7) |
|
March 20 |
21 (0h) |
22 (*1) |
23 (82) |
|
°March
16
(*360) |
17 |
18 (77) |
19 |
|
'February
21 (52) |
22 (418) |
TERMINALIA |
24
(*340) |
|
"February
7 (403) |
8 (*366
- 41 -
1) |
9 (40) |
10 (41 =
406 -
365) |
|
JANUARY
15
(*300) |
16 (*366
- 64 -
1) |
17 |
18 (365
+ 18 =
383) |
|
360 =
360 - 4 |
361 =
381 - 20 |
362 |
363 |
|
NAKSHATRA
DATES: |
|
12h
(182.6)
ο
Virginis
(182.1),
η Crucis
(182.5) |
ALCHITA
= α
Corvi,
MA WEI
(Tail of
the
Horse) =
δ
Centauri
(183.1),
MINKAR =
ε Corvi
(183.7),
ρ
Centauri
(183.9) |
PÁLIDA =
δ Crucis
(184.6),
MEGREZ =
δ Ursae
Majoris
(184.9) |
Hasta-13
/
Chariot-28
GIENAH
= γ
Corvi (185.1),
ε Muscae
(185.2),
ζ Crucis
(185.4),
ZANIAH =
η
Virginis
(185.9) |
|
September
19
(*182) |
20 |
21 (264) |
EQUINOX |
|
°September
15
(*178) |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
|
'August
23
(*155) |
24 (236) |
25 |
26 |
|
"August
9 (*141) |
10 (222) |
11 |
12 |
|
JULY 17
(*118)
|
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
|
178 |
179 |
180 =
200 - 20 |
181 =
185 - 4 |
But possibly there
was an overlap for
some time, like how
Ouroboros was biting
his tail:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gb6-25
(407 =
399 + 8) |
Gb6-26
(408 =
123 +
285) |
Gb6-27
(229 +
180 =
409) |
Gb6-28
(181) |
|
7h
(106.5)
no star
listed
(106) |
WEZEN
(Weight)
= δ
Canis
Majoris
(107.1),
τ Gemini
(107.7),
δ
Monocerotis
(107.9) |
no star
listed
(108) |
λ Gemini
(109.4),
WASAT
(Middle)
= δ
Gemini
(109.8) |
|
July 5 |
6 (*107) |
7 (188 =
104 +
84) |
8 |
|
°July
1 (182) |
2 |
3 (*104) |
4 |
|
'June 8
(159) |
9 (*80) |
10
(161) |
11 |
|
5-25
(290 /
2) |
"May
26 |
27 |
28 (*68) |
|
MAY 2 |
5-3
(123 =
107 + 16) |
4 |
5 (*45) |
|
102 |
103 =
123 - 20 |
104 =
2 * 52 |
105 =
210 / 2 |
|
... When
it was
evident
that the
years
lay
ready to
burst
into
life,
everyone
took
hold of
them, so
that
once
more
would
start
forth -
once
again -
another
(period
of)
fifty-two
years.
Then
(the two
cycles)
might
proceed
to reach
one
hundred
and four
[104]
years.
It was
called
One
Age
when
twice
they had
made the
round,
when
twice
the
times of
binding
the
years
had come
together. Behold
what was
done
when the
years
were
bound -
when was
reached
the time
when
they
were to
draw the
new
fire,
when now
its
count
was
accomplished.
First
they put
out
fires
everywhere
in the
country
round.
And the
statues,
hewn in
either
wood or
stone,
kept in
each
man's
home and
regarded
as gods,
were all
cast
into the
water.
Also
(were)
these
(cast
away) -
the
pestles
and the
(three)
hearth
stones
(upon
which
the
cooking
pots
rested);
and
everywhere
there
was much
sweeping
- there
was
sweeping
very
clear.
Rubbish
was
thrown
out;
none lay
in any
of the
houses
...
|
|
...
Midsummer
is the
flowering
season
of the
oak,
which is
the tree
of
endurance
and
triumph,
and like
the ash
is said
to
'court
the
lightning
flash'.
Its
roots
are
believed
to
extend
as deep
underground
as its
branches
rise in
the air
- Virgil
mentions
this -
which
makes it
emblematic
of a god
whose
law runs
both in
Heaven
and in
the
Underworld
... The
month,
which
takes
its name
from
Juppiter
the
oak-god,
begins
on June
10th and
ends of
July
7th.
Midway
comes
St.
John's
Day,
June
24th,
the day
on which
the
oak-king
was
sacrificially
burned
alive.
The
Celtic
year was
divided
into two
halves
with the
second
half
beginning
in July,
apparently
after a
seven-day
wake, or
funeral
feast,
in the
oak-king's
honour
... |
|
CLOSE TO
THE FULL
MOON
(and
nakshatra
dates): |
|
19h
(289.2)
λ
Aquilae
(Ant.)
(289.1),
γ Cor.
Austr
(289.3),
τ
Sagittarii
(289.4),
ι Lyrae
(289.5),
δ Cor.
Austr.
(289.8)
|
Al
Baldah-19
AL
BALDAH =
π
Sagittarii,
ALPHEKKA
MERIDIANA
= α Cor.
Austr.
(290.1),
β Cor.
Austr.
(290.2) |
ALADFAR
= η
Lyrae
(291.1),
NODUS II
= δ
Draconis
(291.5),
ψ
Sagittarii
(291.6),
τ
Draconis
(291.7),
θ Lyrae
(291.8) |
ω
Aquilae
(292.1),
ρ
Sagittarii
(292.6),
υ
Sagittarii
(292.7) |
|
Jan 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 |
|
°Dec 31
(*285) |
°Jan 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
'Dec 8 |
9 (*263) |
10 (344) |
11 |
|
"Nov 24 |
25
(*249) |
26 (330) |
27 |
|
NOV 1 |
2 (306) |
3 (*227) |
4 |
|
285 =
102 +
183 |
286 |
287 |
288 =
292 - 4 |
...
The Maya New Year
started with 1
Pop, the next
day being 2 Pop,
etc. The final day
of the month,
however, carried not
the coefficient 20,
but a sign
indicating the
'seating' of the
month to follow, in
line with the Maya
philosophy that the
influence of any
particular span of
time is felt
before it
actually begins and
persists somewhat
beyond its apparent
termination
...
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-12 (404) |
Cb1-13 |
Cb1-14 (350 +
56) |
Cb1-15 (407) |
|
manu rere -
kua rere ga manu
- ki te ragi |
eaha te nuku
erua |
koia kua huki |
e
niu tu |
|
INVISIBLY CLOSE
TO THE SUN
(helical dates): |
|
ρ Lupi (221.0),
TOLIMAN = α
Centauri
(221.2), π
Bootis (221.8),
ζ Bootis (221.9) |
31 Bootis
(222.0),
YANG MUN (South
Gate) = α Lupi
(222.1),
RIJL AL AWWA
(Foot of the
Barker) = μ
Virginis
(222.5), ο
Bootis (222.9) |
IZAR (Girdle) =
ε Bootis
(223.0),
109 Virginis,
α Apodis (No
Feet)
(223.3), μ
Librae (223.8) |
Al Zubānā-14a
/
Visakha-16 /
Root-3 (Badger)
ZUBEN ELGENUBI
= α Librae
(224.2), ξ
Bootis, ο Lupi
(224.5) |
|
Oct 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
|
*181 = *364 -
183 |
"Sept 19 (262) |
*183 (263) |
21 (264 = 81 +
183) |
|
AUG 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (240 = 304 -
64) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON (and
nakshatra
dates): |
|
μ Arietis
(39.4),
HEAD OF THE FLY
= 35 Arietis
(39.6),
KAFFALJIDHMA = γ
Ceti,
θ Persei (39.8) |
π Ceti, ο
Arietis (40.0),
ANGETENAR (Bend
in the River) =
τ¹ Eridani,
μ Ceti
(40.2),
RIGHT WING = 39
Arietis
(40.9) |
Bharani-2 /
Stomach-17
(Pheasant)
π Arietis
(41.2),
MIRAM = η Persei
(41.3),
BHARANI
= 41 Arietis
(41.4),
τ² Eridani, σ
Arietis (41.7) |
TA LING (Great
Mound) = τ
Persei
(42.4) |
|
April 29 (4-29) |
30 |
May 1 (121) |
2 (*42) |
|
"March 19 (*364) |
3-20 (*365) |
0h (*366) |
"March 22 (*1) |
|
FEBR 23 (404 -
350 = 54) |
BIS-SEXTUM |
25 (239 - 183) |
26 (57 = *42 -
*1 + 80 - 64) |
|
...
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
... |
|
The sequence of
star dates in
the text seems
here to make a
jump ahead with
1 place, because
*366 = 365 + 1
and from Mira
(*33) to Bharani
(*41) there were
not 8 but only 7
days (glyphs).
April 29
→ 4 * 29
= 116 could
allude to Cb1-10
where the 'fist'
uplifted in
front should
mean 'nothing
has as yet been
counted'. |
The description of the birth of the new year at the time
of Bharani evidently continued until the end of line Cb1:
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