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151. Returning now to the niu type of glyph. The beginning of the C text was clearly coordinated with 0h at the time of rongorongo, at which time the Cosmic World Tree (Milky Way) would have turned around so that the Branch of Mimosa (rau hei) in the Southern Cross now was *192 days after 0h (rising with the Sun in day 272 = 2 * 136), whereas at the time of Betelgeuze it would have been there in day 272 - 88 = 184 (= 80 + *104 = 6 * 29½ + 7).

... At the time of Betelgeuze (when this star had been at 0h) Acrux (†) would have risen with the Sun *88 (= the right ascension position of Betelgeuze at the time of rongorongo) days earlier in the year than at the time of rongorongo. September 24 (267, heliacal Acrux) - 88 = 179 (= 80 + 99 = 84 + 95), and this was a week after the solstice when the Sun 'died', † ...

... Beyond a solstice life (Sun light) would return again and notably Mimosa (β Crucis) was there (5 days after Acrux) as a reminder ...

rau hei

Gb1-20 Gb1-21 (250) Gb1-22 Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25
μ², μ¹ Oct. (313.2), DENEB CYGNI = α Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8) Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 / Dhanishta-24 / Girl-10 (Bat)

YUE (Battle-Axe) = ψ Capricorni (314.3), GIENAH CYGNI = ε Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI = ε Aquarii (314.8)

BETELGEUZE (α Orionis)

BATEN ALGIEDI = ω Capricorni (315.8) μ Aquarii (316.0) ε Equulei (317.8) no star listed (318)
Jan 28 29 (*314) 30 31 Febr 1 (32) 2 (398 = 33 + 365)
°Jan 24 25 (*310) 26 27 28 (393) 29 (*314)
'Jan 1 2 3 (*288) 4 5 (370) 6
"Dec 18 19 (*273) 20 (354) SOLSTICE 22 23
NOV 25 (329) 26 27 28 29 30 (*254)
309 = 329 - 20 310 311 312 313 314 (π)

... Rau hei. 1. Branch of mimosa. 2. Killed enemy. 3. Hanged 'fish'. 'Branche du mimosa (signe de mort), ennemie túe (poisson suspendu)' according to Jaussen ...

At the time of Bharani the "December solstice would have arrived after the Sun had reached the Belly of the Goat (Baten Algiedi) - notably at the right bent foreleg of the resting Goat - which fact might have motivated the rau hei (†) glyphs in the G text above.

311 (Baten Algiedi) - 184 (Mimosa at the time of Betelgeuze) = 127 (= 364 - 237). Above the watery tail of the 'Goatfish' was the dry towel of Aquarius (corresponding to the Hot Air Ballon of the French Republic):

no glyph
Ca1-1 Ca1-2 Ca1-3 Ca1-4 Ca1-5 Ca1-6
koia ki te hoea ki te henua te rima te hau tea haga i te mea ke ki te henua - tagata honui
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
ºSept 16 17 (260) 18 19 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX
*179 = *183 - 4 *180 *181 *182 *183 *184 = 264 - 80 *185 = *2 + 183
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MINKAR (Beak) = ε Corvi PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis    Hasta-13 (Hand or Fist) / Chariot-28 (Worm)

GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi, ζ Crucis

CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis, ACRUX = α Crucis ALGORAB = δ Corvi, GACRUX = γ Crucis  AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi, KRAZ = β Corvi
Sept 20 (*183)

'Aug 24

(264 = 237 + 27)

(237 = 242 - 5)

EQUINOX

26

23 (266)

27

24

28 (240)

25 (*5 + 183)

29

(59 + 183 + 27)

30 (242 = 11 * 22)

"Aug 10 11 12 13 14 15 (227→ π) 16
JULY 18 19 (264 - 64) 20 21 22 / 7 (π) 23 24 (*125)
179 = 183 - 4 180 = 260 - 80 181 182 183 = 203 - 20 184 185 = 2 + 183
175 176 177 = *185 - 8 178 179 180 181 = 364 - 183

... There was no water in the village. The lakes and rivers were dry. Raven and Crow, two young girls who were having their first menstrual courses, were told to go and draw water from the ocean. Finding the journey too long, Raven decided just to urinate into her basket-bucket. She decieved no one and was severly scolded. Crow returned much later but with drinking water. As a punishment, Raven was condemned never to find water in the summer; only in winter would she find something to drink. For that reason the Raven never drinks during the hot months; she speaks with a raucous voice because of her dry throat ...

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
ºMarch 17 18 (77) 19 20 (*365) 21 (0h) 22 23
*362 *363 *364 *365 ZERO *1 (= *5 - 4) *2
Al Fargh al Thāni (Rear Spout)-25

SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae

Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 (Porcupine)

ALGENIB PEGASI

*2 *3 *4 ANKAA = α Phoenicis (5.0)

ALPHARD (α Hydrae)

*6
March 21 (0h)

'Febr 22

22

TERMINALIA

23

24

24 (83)

25 (56)

JULIAN EQUINOX

26 (84 - 27)

26

27

27

28

"Febr 8 9 10 11 12 (84 - 41) 13 14 (45)
JAN 16 17 18 19 20 (= 84 - 64) 21 22
362 363 364 365 ZERO 1 (= 81 - 80) 2 (= 22 - 20)
358 = *366 - 8 359 360 = 364 - 4 361 362 (= 84 - 88) 363 364

At the time of the Pope the 'House of the Giant' (Bet-el-geuze, α Orionis) had been rising with the Sun 84 days after ºMarch 21 (80), i.e. in ºJune 13 (164). At the time of rongorongo the distance from 0h to Betelgeuze had increased with 4 days due to the precession, to June 17 (168). Which means Betelgeuze came 84 days after the Julian equinox in March 25 (84 = 12 weeks). 168 = 84 + 84 = 24 weeks.

Hyadum II rose heliacally in MARCH 21 (0h) and this was 64 precessional days earlier than at the time of rongorongo (and 60 precessional days earlier than at the time of the Pope). Therefore Acrux would at that ancient time have been at the Full Moon in day 84 (March 25) - 64 = JANUARY 20 and would have risen with the Sun in day 20 + 183 = 203 (JULY 22 → 22 / 7 = π). Since the time of Hyadum II Acrux had advanced ahead from the π date with 64 days (respectively with 60 days).

At the time of Betelgeuze (when this star had been at 0h) Acrux (†) would have risen with the Sun *88 (= the right ascension position of Betelgeuze at the time of rongorongo) days earlier in the year than at the time of rongorongo. September 24 (267, heliacal Acrux) - 88 = 179 (= 80 + 99 = 84 + 95), and this was a week after the solstice when the Sun 'died', †.

The first pair of niu (*) glyphs in the C text are at the end of line a2 and we can therefore expect also them to refer to the nakshatra stars at the time of rongorongo. However, the dates in the Gregorian calendar could have loomed high in the forefront of the mind of the creator of the text. And whereas the G text (above) probably should be read heliacally (as for an observer north of the equator) the C text was probably created 'upside down' - to be read by an observer living south of the equator (on Easter Island) - i.e. nakshatra wise according to the stars close to the Full Moon:

17
Ca1-24 (= 6 + 18) Ca1-25
- kiore ki te huaga
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), BENETNASH = η Ursae Majoris (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8)
Oct 14 15 (288)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
ALSEIPH (Scimitar) = φ Persei (24.5), τ Ceti (24.7) no star listed (25)
4-14 (104) April 15 (470 = 105 + 365)
ºApril 10 (100) 11 (*21)
'March 18 (59 + 18) 19 (78)
"March 4 (45 + 18) 5 (64)
FEBR 9 (22 + 18) 10 (41 = 406 - 365)
20 = 40 - 20 = 385 - 365 21 (= 406 - 20)
24
Ca2-24 (50) Ca2-25 (→ 50)
niu - kupega hia mai tu te niu - ku huki
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN (helical dates):
ALKALUROPS = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH = ι Draconis (233.2) NUSAKAN = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9)
Nov 9 (130 + 183) 10 (314 = 288 + 26)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

GIENAH (γ Corvi)

σ Persei (51.6)
May 10 (130) 11
ºMay 6 7 (127)
'April 13 14 (104)
"March 30 31 (90)
MARCH 7 8 (67)
46 47

Counting (hia) should begin (mai) - as I here understand the words of Metoro - from the 'fishing net' (kupega). However, this place was defined not by the first Greek lettered star ('first point') in Perseus - which was the Scimitar (remarkably already down at the right foot of Andromeda) - but at α (Algenib).

This was probably where the 'weaving on the calendar loom' should begin, 26 days after Alseiph.

... Five days of illumination, called the 'Lighting of the Flame' (which in the earlier reading of this miracle play would have followed the quenching of the fires on the dark night of the moon when the king was ritually slain), preceded the five days of the festival itself; and then the solemn occasion (ad majorem dei gloriam) commenced. The opening rites were under the patronage of Hathor. The king, wearing the belt with her four faces and the tail of her mighty bull, moved in numerious processions, preceded by his four standards, from one temple to the next, presenting favors (not offerings) to the gods. Whereafter the priesthoods arrived in homage before his throne, bearing the symbols of their gods. More processions followed, during which, the king moved about - as Professor Frankfort states in his account - 'like the shuttle in a great loom' to re-create the fabric of his domain, into which the cosmic powers represented by the gods, no less than the people of the land, were to be woven ...

Kupega

He-tá i te kupega, to weave (a net). Hopu kupega, those who help the motuha o te hopu kupega in handling the fishing nets. Huki kupega, pole attached to the poop from which the fishing-net is suspended. Mata kupega, mesh.  Te matu'a o te kupega, part of a net from which the weaving started. Te puapua kupega, the upper part of a fishing net.  Tau kupega, rope from which is hung the oval net used in ature fishing. Tuku kupega, a fishing technique: two men drag along the top of a fishing net doubled up, spread out on the bottom of a small cove, trapping the fish into the net. Vanaga.

Polaris (Ana-nia) was a place 'to fish by' and in Roman times Land (Aries) would here have been 'fished up' from the depths of the sea. Coconut trees were thriving at the border between Land and Sea. And Polaris, which came 26 days after Sirrah, marked the end of side a on the C tablet. 392 = 366 + 26.

As to huki this too had to do with fishing:

Huki

1. Pole attached to the poop from which the fishing-net is suspended: huki kupega. 2. Digging stick. 3. To set vertically, to stand (vt.). 4. Huki á te mahina, said of the new moon when both its horns have become visible. Vanaga.

1. To post up, to publish. 2. To cut the throat (uki). Mq.: Small sticks which close up the ridge of a house. Ha.: hui, the small uniting sticks in a thatched house.  Churchill. Standing upright. Barthel. M. Spit for roasting. Te Huki, a constellation. Makemson.

Hukihuki. 1. Colic. 2. To transpierce, a pricking. 3. To sink to the bottom. Churchill.

HUI¹, v. Haw., to unite together, to mix, to add one to another, to assemble, meet; s. cluster, collection of things; huihui, a bunch, cluster; huiuna (for huiana), a seam in a garment; la-hui, collection of people, a nation.

Sa. sui, to dilute, to add ingredients to a thing; sui, to sew, to thread beads; susui, to mend, repair; susuia, to fasten the ridge-pole of a house. Tong., hui, mingle, mix, join; fufui, a flock of birds. N. Zeal., hui, huhui, to gather, mix, unite; ra-hui, a company; ka-hui, a herd, a flock. Tah., hui, a collection of persons, a company; hui-hui manu, flock of birds; hui-tara-wa, Orion's belt. Marqu., huhui, a bundle of taro.

Sanskr., yu, to bind, join, mix; yuj, to join; yuga, a yoke, a pair, a couple; yûti, mixing; yûtha, flock of birds or beasts. Greek, ζευγνυμι, to join, put to, yoke up, bind, fasten; ζευγος, a yoke of beasts, pair, couple; ζυγον, the yoke; ζωνη, belt, girdle. Lat., jugum, a yoke; jugo, bind up, tie together; jungo, bind, join, unite. Goth., juk, a yoke. A.-Sax., geok, id. Scand., ok, id. Armen., zugel, attach together, yoke up; zoygkh, a couple, a pair. Pers., yûgh, a yoke. Irish, ughaim, harness. Welsh, jow, yoke. Lett., jûgs, yoke. Anc. Slav., jgo, yoke. Bohem., gho, id. Lith., jungas, id.

A singular coincidence of application, if it has no nearer connection, by the Polynesian and the Latin of this word to similar purposes, occurs in the huhui and hui-tarawa of the former and jugulæ of the latter. In Hawaiian huhui designates a constellation generally, but especially that of the Pleiades; in Tahitian hui-tarawa, lit. the transverse or horizontal cluster, designates the stars generally called Orion's belt, and in Latin jugulæ represents the very same stars in the constellation Orion. 

HUI², v. Haw., to ache, be in pain; s. bodily pain; niho-hui, the toothache; hui, huihui, cold, chilly, as morning air or cold water; hukeki, hukiki, cold, shivering on account of wet. N. Zeal., huka, cold. Tah., hui, hui-hui, to throb as an artery, twitchings in the flesh.

Sanskr., çuch¹, to be afflicted, grieve; çuch², to be wet, fetid; çuch, s., sorrow, grief; quære suçîma, cold? To this Sanskr. çuch Benfey refers the Goth. hiufau, to mourn, lament, and the O. H. Germ. huvo, an owl. (Fornander)

If a Tree was perceived to rise up at the horizon in the east, then it ought to have come up at the time when the 'Land' of the 'summer year' was arriving.

 

... In north Asia the common mode of reckoning is in half-year, which are not to be regarded as such but form each one separately the highest unit of time: our informants term them 'winter year' and 'summer year'. Among the Tunguses the former comprises 6½ months, the latter 5, but the year is said to have 13 months; in Kamchatka each contains six months, the winter year beginning in November, the summer year in May; the Gilyaks on the other hand give five months to summer and seven to winter. The Yeneseisk Ostiaks reckon and name only the seven winter months, and not the summer months. This mode of reckoning seems to be a peculiarity of the far north: the Icelanders reckoned in misseri, half-years, not in whole years, and the rune-staves divide the year into a summer and a winter half, beginning on April 14 and October 14 respectively. But in Germany too, when it was desired to denote the whole year, the combined phrase 'winter and summer' was employed, or else equivalent concrete expressions such as 'in bareness and in leaf', 'in straw and in grass' ...

This Land could be 'fished up' (the head of the 'Fish' arriving first and its tail later) and the Tree surely had to stand on Land.

 

... Boastful Maui behaved as if it were a very ordinary sort of fish-hook, and flashed it carelessly. Then he asked his brothers for some bait. But they were sulking, and had no wish to help him. They said he could not have any of their bait. So Maui atamai doubled his fist and struck his nose a blow, and smeared the hook with blood, and threw it overboard. 'Be quiet now,' he told his brothers. 'If you hear me talking to myself don't say a word, or you will make my line break.' And as he paid out the line he intoned this karakia, that calls on the north-east and south-east winds: Blow gently, whakarua, / blow gently, mawake, / my line let it pull straight, / my line let it pull strong. / My line it is pulled, / it has caught, / it has come. / The land is gained, / the land is in the hand, / the land long waited for, / the boasting of Maui, / his great land / for which he went to sea, / his boasting, it is caught.

 

A spell for the drawing up of the world. The brothers had no idea what Maui was up to now, as he paid out his line. Down, down it sank, and when it was at the bottom Maui lifted it slightly, and it caught on something which at once pulled very hard. Maui pulled also, and hauled in a little of his line. The canoe heeled over, and was shipping water fast. 'Let it go!' cried the frightened brothers, but Maui answered with the words that are now a proverb: 'What Maui has got in his hand he cannot throw away.'

 

'Let go?' he cried. 'What did I come for but to catch fish?' And he went on hauling in his line, the canoe kept taking water, and his brothers kept bailing frantically, but Maui would not let go. Now Maui's hook had caught in the barge-boards of the house of Tonganui, who lived at the bottom of that part of the sea and whose name means Great South; for it was as far to the south that the brothers had paddled from their home. And Maui knew what it was that he had caught, and while he hauled at his line he was chanting the spell that goes: O Tonganui / why do you hold so stubbornly there below? / The power of Muri's jawbone is at work on you, / you are coming, / you are caught now, / you are coming up, / appear, appear. / Shake yourself, / grandson of Tangaroa the little ...