165. Possibly a Pleiades year could
have begun after "April 9 (99) when the
Sting of the Scorpion
(*244) was at the Full Moon, i.e. 16 days
after day 84 ("March 25) when the Sun
had reached Algol (*45 = *244 - *16 - *183):
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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 |
|
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
NORTH OF THE EQUATOR: |
|
π Cor.
Borealis,
UNUK ELHAIA = λ Serpentis
(238.1),
CHOW = β Serpentis
(238.6) |
κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor.
Borealis,
TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis
(239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω
Serpentis (239.7),
BA = ε Serpentis,
χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor.
Borealis, ρ Serpentis
(239.9) |
λ Librae (240.0), β Tr.
Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr.
(240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) |
Iklīl al Jabhah-15 (Crown of
the Forehead) /
Anuradha-17 /
Room-4 (Hare)
ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Bor.(241.1),
ZHENG = γ Serpentis,
θ Librae (241.2),
VRISCHIKA
= π Scorpii
(241.3), ε Cor. Borealis
(241.5), DSCHUBBA
(Front of Forehead) = δ Scorpii
(241.7), η Lupi (241.9) |
|
Nov 14 |
15 |
16 (320 = 137 + 183) |
17 (*241 = *58 + *183) |
|
ºNov 10 (314) |
11 |
12 |
13 (*237) |
|
'Oct 18 (108 + 183 = 291) |
19 |
20 |
21 (*214 =*31 + *183) |
|
"Oct 4 (277 = 314 - 37) |
5 |
6 |
7 (*200 = *17 + * 183) |
|
SEPT
11 (254 = 71 + 183) |
12 (365 - 100) |
13 |
14 (*177 = *354 / 2) |
|
234 = 254 - 20 |
235 |
236 = 316 - 80 |
237 |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON
ON EASTER ISLAND: |
|
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)
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) |
Temennu-3 (Foundation
Stone)
ALCYONE
(56.1),
PLEIONE (28 Tauri),
ATLAS
(27)
(56.3) |
|
15 (135 + 365 = 500) |
May 16 (136) |
17 |
18 (*58) |
|
ºMay
11 |
12 (132) |
13 |
14 (*54) |
|
4-18
(473 = 108 + 365) |
19 |
'April 20 |
21 (111) |
|
"April
4 |
5 (501 - 41 = 460) |
6 (*16) |
7 |
|
MARCH 12 |
13 |
3-14 (73) |
15 |
|
417 (= 501 - 84) |
52 |
53 (= 73 - 20) |
54 (= *58 - 4) |
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... 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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... Vainamoinen set about
building a boat, but when it
came to the prow and the
stern, he found he needed
three words in his rune that
he did not know, however he
sought for them. In vain he
looked on the heads of the
swallows, on the necks of
the swans, on the backs of
the geese, under the tongues
of the reindeer. He found a
number of words, but not
those he needed. Then he
thought of seeking them in
the realm of Death, Tuonela,
but in vain. He escaped back
to the world of the living
only thanks to his potent
magic. He was still missing
his three runes. He was then
told by a shepherd to search
in the mouth of Antero
Vipunen, the giant ogre. The
road, he was told, went over
swords and sharpened axes.
Ilmarinen made shoes, shirt
and gloves of iron for him,
but warned him that he would
find the great Vipunen dead.
Nevertheless, the hero went.
The giant lay underground,
and trees grew over his
head. Vainamoinen found his
way to the giant's
mouth, and planted his iron
staff in it. The giant awoke
and suddenly opened his huge
mouth. Vainamoinen slipped
into it and was swallowed.
As soon as he
reached the enormous
stomach, he thought of
getting out. He built
himself a raft and floated
on it up and down inside the
giant. The giant felt
tickled and told him in many
and no uncertain words where
he might go, but he did not
yield any runes. Then
Vainamoinen built a smithy
and began to hammer his iron
on an anvil, torturing the
entrails of Vipunen, who
howled out magic songs to
curse him away. But
Vainamoinen said, thank you,
he was very comfortable and
would not go unless he got
the secret words. Then
Vipunen at last unlocked the
treasure of his powerful
runes. Many days and nights
he sang, and the sun and the
moon and the waves of the
sea and the waterfalls stood
still to hear him.
Vainamoinen treasured them
all and finally agreed to
come out. Vipunen opened his
great jaws, and the hero
issued forth to go and build
his boat at last
...
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|
Cb2-8 (392 + 32) |
Cb2-9 (425 = 365 + 60) |
Cb2-10 (407 + 19) |
|
Niu |
moe te goe |
|
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
NORTH OF THE EQUATOR: |
|
υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor.
Borealis (242.4), ι Cor.
Borealis (242.5), θ Draconis
(242.6), ξ Scorpii (242.7)
SCHEDIR (α Cassiopeiae) |
16h (243.5)
ACRAB = β Scorpii,
JABHAT AL ACRAB (Forehead of
the Scorpion) = ω Scorpii
(243.3), θ Lupi,
RUTILICUS = β Herculis
(243.5),
MARFIK (Elbow) = κ Herculis
(243.7), φ Herculis (243.8) |
ψ Scorpii (244.6),
LESATH
(Sting) = ν Scorpii
(244.8) |
|
Nov 18 |
19 |
20 (324) |
|
SEPT 15 |
16 (*179) |
17 (260) |
|
238 |
239 |
240 = 260 - 20 |
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|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON
ON EASTER ISLAND: |
|
λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri
(59.9) |
4h (60.9)
JĪSHUĬ
(Piled-up Waters)
= λ Persei
(60.7)
COR CAROLI (α Canum Ven.)
|
υ Persei (61.2) |
|
May 19 |
20 (140) |
21 (*61 = *45 + 16) |
|
ºMay 15 |
16 (136) |
17 (*57) |
|
'April 22 |
23 (113) |
24 (*34) |
|
"April 8 |
9 (99 + 365 = 464) |
10 (*20) |
|
MARCH 16 (75 = 80 - 5) |
17 (*361 = 464 - 80 - 23) |
18 (77 = *362 + 80 - 365) |
|
55 |
56 |
57 = 77 - 20 = 141 - 84 |
The Forehead of the Scorpion (ω) came
before its Sting (ν), but Lesath was
also a name for υ and ν could be just a
misunderstanding:
A 'door' in timespace seems to have been placed for the
exit of the Serpent-holder before the
'Sun Eye' would be put in its place:
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 |
|
Cb2-11 (35) |
Cb2-12 (428) |
Cb2-13 (→ 63) |
|
ka moe i roto |
te henua |
ihe manu ra |
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|
|
raaraa |
Cb2-12 |
|
... The chief thus makes
his appearance at
Lakeba from the sea,
as a stranger to the
land. Disembarking at
the capital village of
Tubou, he is led
first to the chiefly
house (vale levu)
and next day to the
central ceremonial
ground (raaraa)
of the island ... |
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INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
NORTH OF THE EQUATOR: |
|
χ Scorpii (245.1),
YED PRIOR (Hand in Front) = δ
Ophiuchi,
δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) |
YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε
Ophiuchi,
RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI = τ Herculis
(246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο
Scorpii (246.8) |
Heart-5 (Fox)
σ SCORPII
(247.0),
HEJIAN = γ Herculis
(247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) |
|
Nov
21 (325 → Julian equinox) |
22 (508 - 182) |
23 (327 = 264 + 63) |
|
SEPT 18 (*181) |
19 |
20 (263 = 200 + 63) |
|
241 |
242 |
243 = 327 - 84 |
|
... The manik, with the
tzab, or serpent's
rattles as prefix, runs across
Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in
the pictures all holding the
rattle; it runs across the
hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61,
62, and finally appears in all
four clauses of tz. 175, the
so-called 'baptism' tzolkin. It
seems impossible, with all this,
to avoid assigning the value of
grasping or receiving. But in
the final confirmation, we have
the direct evidence of the signs
for East and West. For the East
we have the glyph Ahau-Kin,
the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day;
for the West we have
Manik-Kin, exactly
corresponding to the term
Chikin, the biting or eating
of the Sun, seizing it in the
mouth.
The pictures (from Gates) show
east, north, west, and south;
respectively (the lower two
glyphs) 'Lord' (Ahau)
and 'grasp' (Manik).
Manik was the 7th day
sign of the 20 and Ahau
the last
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON
ON EASTER ISLAND: |
|
BEID (Egg) = ο¹ Eridani
(62.2), μ Persei (62.8)
VINDEMIATRIX ( ε
Virginis) |
Al Dabarān-2 (The
Follower)
HYADUM I = γ Tauri
(63.4) |
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri
(64.2) |
|
May
22 |
23 (508 = 143 + 365) |
24 (144 = 12 * 12) |
|
ºMay 18 (*58) |
19 (504 = 139 + 365) |
20 (140) |
|
'April 25 (115) |
26 |
27 |
|
"April 11 (101) |
12 |
13 |
|
MARCH 19 (78 = 6 * 13) |
20 |
21 (0h) |
|
58 = 115 - 57 |
59 |
60 = 140 - 80 |
|
... 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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|
Cb2-14 (430) |
Cb2-15 |
Cb2-16 (40) |
|
kua pua to hau |
te kahi huga |
kiore - henua |
|
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
NORTH OF THE EQUATOR: |
|
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
(The Heart) /
Jyeshtha-18 /
ANA-MUA-1
(Entrance pillar)
ANTARES
= α Scorpii
(249.1),
MARFIK = λ Ophiuchi,
φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi
(249.8) |
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis
(250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6),
τ Scorpii (250.7) |
|
11-24 (*248) |
25 |
26 (330 = 147 + 183) |
|
SEPT
21 (264) |
EQUINOX (*185 = *249 - *64) |
23 |
|
244 = 264 - 20 |
245 = 329 - 84 |
246 |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON
ON EASTER ISLAND: |
|
Net-19 (Crow)
AIN
(Eye)
= ε Tauri,
θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
no star listed (66) |
no star listed (67) |
|
May
25 (145 = 290 / 2) |
26 |
27 |
|
ºMay 21
(141) |
22 |
23 |
|
'April 28
(118 = 4 * 29½) |
29 |
30 |
|
"April 14
(104 = 8 * 13) |
15 |
16 |
|
MARCH
22 |
23 |
3-24 (*3) |
|
61 = 81 - 20 |
62 = 146 - 84 |
63 = 120 - 57 |
...
On the late
afternoon of the June solstice,
towards sunset, we reached
Ahu Akivi near the centre of
the western side of Easter
Island. This is an inland site,
3 kilometers from the coast.
Like Ahu Nau Nau at
Anakena, it has seven
Moai, but in this case none
of them have topknots and,
uniquely, all face west towards
the sea - which is clearly
visible from the high point on
which they stand.
There is a
curious tradition concerning
these grizzled, otherworldly
statues, solemn and powerful,
with their blank, aloof
eye-sockets gazing out over the
limitless ocean. Like most of
the other Moai of Easter
Island the local belief is that
they died, long ago, at the time
when mana - magic -
supposedly fled from the island
never to return. However, in
common with only a very few of
the other Moai, it is
believed that these particular
statues still have the power,
twice a year, to transform
themselves into aringa
ora - literally 'living
faces' - a concept startingly
similar to the ancient Egyptian
notion that statues became
'living images' (sheshep ankh)
after undergoing the ceremony of
the 'opening of the mouth and
the eyes'. Statues at Angkor
were likewise considered to be
lifeless until their eyes had
been symbolically 'opened'.
The great stone
Moai of Easter Island
were at one time equipped with
beautiful inlaid eyes of white
coral and red scoria. In a
number of cases - though not at
Ahu Akivi - sufficient
fragments have been found to
make restoration possible,
showing that the figures
originally gazed up at an angle
towards the sky. It is therefore
easy to guess why this island
was once called
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi, 'Eyes
Looking at Heaven'. On a moonlit
night its hundreds of 'living'
statues scanning the stars with
glowing coral eyes would have
seemed like mythic astronomers
peering into the cosmos. And in
the heat of the day those same
eyes would have tracked the path
of the sun, which the ancient
Egyptians called the 'Path of
Horus' or the 'Path of Ra'. This
was also the 'path' pursued by
the Akhu Shemsu Hor, the
'Followers of Horus', for whom
the exclamation Ankh'Hor
- 'the god Horus Lives' - would
have been an everyday usage.
The principal
astronomical alignments of the
great temple of Angkor Wat
in Cambodia are towards sunrise
on the December solstice and
sunrise on the March equinox -
respectively midwinter and the
beginning of spring in the
northern hemisphere. The two
moments in the year when Easter
Island traditions say that the
Moai of Ahu Akivi
come alive and are 'particularly
meaningful' are the June
solstice and the September
equinox - respectively midwinter
and the beginning of spring in
these southern latitudes.
Rigorous archaeoastronomical
studies by William Mulloy,
William Liller, Edmundo Edwards,
Malcolm Clark and others have
confirmed that the east façade
of Ahu Akivi does have a
very definite equinoctial
orientation and, indeed, that
'the complex was designed to
mark the time of the equinoxes'
... |
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