146. Line number 16 on the C tablet was Cb2 and
since a star will be invisibly close to the Sun - as
if hidden by the helmet given by the Three Nymphs to
Perseus - during 16 nights before returning to
visibility it is reasonable to assume the creator of
the C text wished to have the beginning of the
Pleiades year early in line Cb2 (line number 16). By the same thought
pattern the beginning of the Hyades year could have
been put in line Ga1 (= 2 * 8 = 16).
There was a crack in the dry shell of Mother
Earth as a Turtle (Pawahtun), through which
life (light and air) forced itself.
... An iconographic study by Jeff Kowalski
suggests a cosmological layout for the
Nunnery. The higher placement of the North
Building, with its 13 exterior doorways
(reflecting the 13 layers of heaven), and
the celestial serpents surmounting the huts
identify it with the celestial sphere. The
iconography of the West Building, with 7
exterior doorways (7 is the mystic number of
the earth's surface), and figures of
Pawahtun - the earth god as a turtle -
indicate this to be the Middleworld, the
place of the sun's descent into the
Underworld.
The East Building has mosaic elements
reflecting the old war cult of
Teotihuacan, where tradition had it that
the sun was born; thus, this may also be
Middleworld, the place of the rising
sun. Finally, the South Building has 9
exterior doorways (the Underworld or
Xibalba had 9 layers), and has the
lowest placement in the compex; it thus
seems to be associated with death and the
nether regions ...
Possibly this crack could have measured 4 + 16 = 20 days, from day 396
(= 11 * 36) to day 416 (= 16 * 26 = 364 + 52) - when
the rains (te ua) were due to arrive. 420 (=
7 * 60) - 4 = 416.
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Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 (→ 16) |
Cb1-7 |
Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11
(350 + 53) |
|
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 |
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INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
(helical dates): |
|
Oct 21 |
ARCTURUS |
23 (*216) |
|
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300 = 216 + 84) |
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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?
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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 |
3-14 (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 |
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| 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) |
| ºOct 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
| *181 = *364 - 183 |
"Sept 19 (262) |
*183 (263) |
21 (264 = 81 + 183) |
| AUG 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (240 = 304 - 64) |
| 217 |
218 |
219 = 36 + 183 |
220 = 240 - 20 |
| 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) |
| ºApril 25 (115) |
26 (4 * 29) |
27 (366 - 249 = 9 * 13) |
28 |
| "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) |
| 34 = 54 - 20 |
35 |
36 |
37 |
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... 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 ... |
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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'. |
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... Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on the west. The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward are done with great precision and care, because they are directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation. The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven, the rains will be irregular and harmful ...
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| ko te rima |
kua oo ki te vai |
ma te ua |
| Cb1-22 |
Cb1-23 |
Cb1-24 |
| CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates): |
| *49 |
ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei GIENAH (γ Corvi)
|
*51 |
| May 9 |
10 (130) |
11 |
| "March 29 (88) |
30 |
31 |
| MARCH 5 |
6 (65 = 130 - 65) |
7 |
| 44 |
45 |
46 |
|
18 |
27 |
38 |
38 |
= 121 (= 11 * 11) |
The number of 'rain droplets' in the 4 'rivers of time' above are here 121 as in ºMay 1 (Algol) or as in Cb1-21 (Zuben Elschemali).
Hat-hor (the House of Horus) emerged after 11 * 11 dark nights. But she could not be observed before night number 121 + 16 = 137. In ancient Egypt everything was upside down and it was a Cow instead of a Bull. But Bulls cannot give birth. |
The sign at Cb1-24 resembles the hand at the end of
side a, where Polaris was at the Full Moon - but
significantly the
thumb is lost:
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*Ca14-24 (→ 336) |
*Ca14-25 (→ 350) |
*Ca14-26 (→ 364) |
*Ca14-27 (→ 378) |
*Ca14-28 (→ 392) |
*Ca14-29 (392) |
|
te henua |
te honu kau |
manu kake rua |
te henua |
te honu |
te rima |
|
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
(helical dates): |
|
Oct 11 (265 + 19) |
HEZE (ζ Virginis) |
13 (*206) |
14 (104 + 183) |
BENETNASH |
16 (289) |
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ºOct 7 (261 + 19) |
8 (*201) |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (285 = 365 - 80) |
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'Sept 14 (238 + 19) |
15 |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 (*182) |
|
"Aug 31 (224 + 19) |
"Sept 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
|
AUG 8 (201 + 19) |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (*144 = 208 - 64) |
13 (225 = 15 * 15) |
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181 + 19 = 200 |
201 = 205 - 4 |
202 = 222 - 20 |
203 = 20 + 183 |
204 |
205 |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and
nakshatra dates): |
|
April 11 (82 + 19) |
12 |
ACHERNAR
(End of the River) |
4-14 (104) |
BATEN KAITOS
(Belly of the Fish) |
ANA-NIA-10
(Pillar-to-fish by)
POLARIS |
|
ºApril 7 (78 + 19) |
8 |
9 |
10 (100) |
11 (*21) |
12 |
|
'March 15 (*360) |
16 |
17 |
18 (77 =
104 - 27) |
19 (*364) |
20 |
|
"March 1 (41 + 19) |
2 |
3 |
4
(63) |
5 (*350) |
6 |
|
FEBR 6 (101 - 64 = 37)
|
7 |
8 |
9 (40) |
10 (*327) |
11 |
|
364 + 19 = 383 |
18 = 201 - 183 |
19 |
20 = 40 - 20 |
21 |
22 |
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Polaris was the 10th and last of
the Tahitian star pillars (Ana).
Here new Land should be 'fished
up' from the deeps. The Sea was
beginning at Nunki (*288) and
could possibly have stretched
for 15 weeks, because 15 * 7 =
105 and *288 + *105 = *393 = *27
(Sheratan) + *366.
... This [σ
Sagittarii] has been identified
with Nunki of the
Euphratean Tablet of the
Thirty Stars, the Star of
the Proclamation of the Sea,
this Sea being the
quarter occupied by Aquarius,
Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces,
and Pisces Australis. It is the
same space in the sky that
Aratos designated as Water
...
... The brothers of Maui sat
trembling in the middle of the
canoe, fearing for their lives.
For now the water was frothing
and heaving, and great hot
bubbles were coming up, and
steam, and Maui was chanting the
incantation called Hiki,
which makes heavy weights light.
At length there appeared beside
them the gable and thatched roof
of the house of Tonganui, and
not only the house, but a huge
piece of the land attached to
it. The brothers wailed, and
beat their heads, as they saw
that Maui had fished up land,
Te Ika a Maui, the fish of
Maui. And there were houses on
it, and fires burning, and
people going about their daily
tasks. Then Maui hitched his
line round one of the paddles
laid under a pair of thwarts,
and picked up his maro,
and put it on again ...
The month of
Father Light (Jus Piter),
June, was on Easter Island named
Maro (also meaning dry,
or loin-cloth) and the winter
solstice occured in June 21
(*92), i.e. 10 days after
Mintaka had risen with the Sun.
South of the equator winter
solstice was at the opposite
side of the calendar year. Thus
Orion (and all the other stars)
had moved ahead with around 11
(= 366 - 355 = from December 21
to January 1) + 80 + *82
(Mintaka) = 173 precessional
days since the time when Orion
had been at the northern winter
solstice. 173 * 71 = 1842 AD +
10441 BC. |
After the rains Mother Earth as a Turtle
(Honu) would be flourishing again -
te honu kua tupu:
Although the proverbial
Rainy Hyades season would come later,
with Hyadum I arriving 8 days after
Tau-ono:
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Cb2-4 (420 = 407 + 13) |
Cb2-5 (396 + 25) |
Cb2-6 (30) |
Cb2-7 |
|
te ua |
koia ra |
kua tuku ki to
mata - ki tona tukuga |
e kiore -
henua - pa rei |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and
nakshatra dates): |
|
Al Thurayya-27 /
Krittikā-3 /
Hairy Head-18
(Cockerel) |
MENKHIB = ζ Persei
(57.6)
PORRIMA (γ Virginis)
|
ZAURAK
(The Boat)
= γ Eridani
(58.9) |
|
TAU-ONO
(Six Stones) |
Temennu-3 (Foundation
Stone) |
|
ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA = δ
Eridani
(55.1),
CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA
(17), TAYGETA (19),
ν Persei (55.3),
MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE
(23)
(55.6) |
ALCYONE
(56.1),
PLEIONE (28 Tauri),
ATLAS
(27)
(56.3) |
|
May 15 (500) |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 (*58) |
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"April 4 |
5 |
6 (96) |
7 |
|
MARCH
11 |
12 |
13 |
3-14 (73) |
|
50 |
51 |
52 |
53 |
|
... They go inland at the land. The
child nursed and tended grows up, is
able to go and play. Each day he now
goes off a bit further away, moving some
distance away from the house, and then
returns to their house. So it goes on
and the child is fully grown and goes to
play far away from the place where they
live. He goes over to where some work is
being done by a father and son.
Likāvaka is the name of the father -
a canoe-builder, while his son is
Kiukava.
Taetagaloa
goes right over there and steps forward
to the stern of the canoe saying - his
words are these: 'The canoe is crooked.'
(kalo
ki ama).
Instantly Likāvaka is enraged at
the words of the child. Likāvaka
says: 'Who the hell are you to come and
tell me that the canoe is crooked?'
Taetagaloa
replies: 'Come and stand over here and
see that the canoe is crooked.'
Likāvaka goes over and stands right
at the place Taetagaloa told him
to at the stern of the canoe. Looking
forward, Taetagaloa is right, the
canoe is crooked. He slices through all
the lashings of the canoe to straighten
the timbers. He realigns the timbers.
First he must again position the
supports, then place the timbers
correctly in them, but Kuikava
the son of Likāvaka goes over and
stands upon one support. His father
Likāvaka rushes right over and
strikes his son Kuikava with his
adze.
Thus
Kuikava dies.
Taetagaloa
goes over at once and brings the son of
Likāvaka, Kuikava, back to
life. Then he again aligns the supports
correctly and helps Likāvaka in
building the canoe. Working working it
is finished
... |
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... 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 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!'
... |
|
... The Mahabharata
insists on six as the
number of the Pleiades as well
as of the mothers of Skanda
and gives a very broad and wild
description of the birth and the
installation of Kartikeya
'by the assembled gods ... as
their generalissimo', which is
shattering, somehow, driving
home how little one understands
as yet. The least which can be
said, assuredly: Mars was
'installed' during a more or
less close conjunction of all
planets; in Mbh. 9.45 (p. 133)
it is stressed that the powerful
gods assembled 'all poured water
upon Skanda, even as the
gods had poured water on the
head of Varuna, the lord
of waters, for investing him
with dominion'. And this
'investiture' took place at the
beginning of the Krita Yuga,
the Golden Age
... |
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