... In the morning of the world, there was nothing but water. The Loon was calling, and the old man who at that time bore the Raven's name, Nangkilstlas, asked her why. 'The gods are homeless', the Loon replied. 'I'll see to it', said the old man, without moving from the fire in his house on the floor of the sea. Then as the old man continued to lie by his fire, the Raven flew over the sea. The clouds broke. He flew upward, drove his beak into the sky and scrambled over the rim to the upper world. There he discovered a town, and in one of the houses a woman had just given birth ...

On Easter Island the seasons were 'upside down' and therefore this dark quarter was at the other side of the year and would begin when the Sun had reached El Nath and end when the Sun arrived at the pair of stars ξ and ν Ursae Majoris (Alula, The First Spring of the Gazelle).

Cb2-8 (424 = 364 + 60 = 8 * 53)

Cb2-9 (425 = 17 * 25 = 392 + 33)

Cb2-10 (426 = 407 + 19 = 6 * 71)

Niu

moe te goe


mago	Cb2-10

Mago. Spotted dogfish, small shark. Vanaga. Mogo, shark. P Pau.: mago, id. Mgv. mago, id. Mq. mano, mako, mono, moko id. T. maó, id. In addition to this list the word is found as mago in Samoa, Maori, Niuē, and in Viti as mego. It is only in Rapanui and the Marquesas that we encounter the variant mogo. Churchill.

		326		38
Toki	Ga2-1		Cb2-5
	*CANOPUS (95)**		*ALCYONE (56)**

Toki. Small basalt axe. Vanaga. Stone adze. Van Tilburg. Ha'amoe ra'a toki = 'Put the adze to sleep' (i.e. hide it in the temple during the night). Barthel. Month of the ancient Rapanui calendar. Fedorova according to Fischer. To'i. T. Stone adze (e to'i purepure = with the wounderful adze). Henry.

The Araukan Indians in the coastal area of northern Chile, have customs similar to those on the Marquesas and in both areas toki means adze according to José Imbelloni. The Araukans also called their chief of war toki and the ceremonial adze symbolized his function and was exhibited at the outbreak of war. In Polynesia Toki was the name of a chief elevated by the Gods and his sign was the blade of a toki. Fraser.

Axe, stone hatchet, stone tool ...; maea toki, hard slates, black, red, and gray, used for axes T. P Pau.: toki, to strike, the edge of tools, an iron hatchet. Mgv.: toki, an adze. Mq.: toki, axe, hatchet. Ta.: toi, axe. Churchill. A Maori saying: he iti toki, e rite ana ki te tangata = though the adze be small, yet does it equal a man. (Starzecka)

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

20 (324)

SEPT 15

16 (*179)

17 (260)

238

239

240 = 260 - 20

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 (324 - 185)

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)

57 = 77 - 20 = 141 - 84

Egyptian cobra in repose

Phoenician nūn

Greek nu

Ν (ν)

... Nun is thought to have come from a pictogram of a snake (the Hebrew word for snake, nachash begins with a Nun and snake in Aramaic is nun) or eel.

Some have hypothesized a hieroglyph of a fish in water for its origin (in Arabic, nūn means large fish or whale). The Phoenician letter was named nūn 'fish', but the glyph has been suggested to descend from a hypothetical Proto-Canaanite nahš 'snake', based on the name in Ethiopic, ultimately from a hieroglyph representing a snake.

... Nahš in modern Arabic literally means 'bad luck'. The cognate letter in Ge'ez and descended Semitic languages of Ethiopia is nehas, which also means 'brass'.

17
	Cb3-3 (444 = 364 + 80)	Cb3-4 (445 = 392 + 53)	Cb3-5 (54)
	ko te henua - te rima	e kava	i haga rave ika
	INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN NORTH OF THE EQUATOR:
	ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9)	β, γ Arae (263.3), Κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6)	LESATH (The Sting) = υ Scorpii, δ Arae (264.7), CHOO = Α Arae (264.9)
	*Dec 8 (342 = 6 57)**	*9 (7 7 * 7)**	*10 (264 = 81 + 183)*
	OCT 5 (278)	6	*7 (200)**
	... For they say that the course of human life resembles the letter Y [as in upsilon] , because every one of men, when he has reached the threshold of early youth, and has arrived at the place 'where the way divides itself into two parts', is in doubt, and hesitates, and does not know to which side he should rather turn himself´...
	CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON ON EASTER ISLAND:
	λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7) ~~ARCTURUS (α Bootis)~~	σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX (Female Warrior) = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR (Sword of the Giant) = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH (The Butting One) = β Tauri (80.9)	ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL (Thirst-slaking Camels) = β Leporis (81.7)
	June 8	*9 (80)**	10 (161)
	APRIL 5 (95)	6	*7 (16 + 1)*
	... 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 ...

87
	Cb6-27 (142 = 88 + 54)	Cb6-28	*Cb6-29 (392 + 12 12)**	Cb7-1	Cb7-2
	kua tupu te kihikihi	ku kikiu	te henua	Te hokohuki	te moko
	Kihi. Kihikihi, lichen; also: grey, greenish grey, ashen. Vanaga. Kihikihi, lichen T, stone T. Churchill. The Hawaiian day was divided in three general parts, like that of the early Greeks and Latins, - morning, noon, and afternoon - Kakahi-aka, breaking the shadows, scil. of night; Awakea, for Ao-akea, the plain full day; and Auina-la, the decline of the day. The lapse of the night, however, was noted by five stations, if I may say so, and four intervals of time, viz.: (1.) Kihi, at 6 P.M., or about sunset; (2.) Pili, between sunset and midnight; (3) Kau, indicating midnight; (4.) Pilipuka, between midnight and surise, or about 3 A.M.; (5.) Kihipuka, corresponding to sunrise, or about 6 A.M. (Fornander)
	INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN NORTH OF THE EQUATOR:
	SIMMAH = γ Piscium (351.7)	φ Aquarii (352.0), ψ Aquarii (352.4), χ Aquarii (352.6), γ Tucanae, φ Gruis (352.8)	CROSS-BARS		ο Gruis, Snowball Nebula = NGC7662 Andromedae (355.0), τ Oct. (355.3)
	SIMMAH = γ Piscium (351.7)		ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (Bucket Rope) = τ Pegasi (353.6)	κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9)
	March 7	*8 (432 = 4 108)**	9 (68)	*10 (354)**	11
	JAN 2	*3 (368 = 4 92)**	4	5	6
	... With α Andromedae [Sirrah → Navel] and γ Pegasi [Kerb], as the Three Guides, it [Caph → Phoenician Kaph, Hand] marks the equinoctial colure, itself exceedingly close to that great circle; and, being located on the same side of the pole as is Polaris, it always affords an approximate indication of the latter's position with respect to that point. This same location, 32º from the pole, and very near to the prime meridian, has rendered it useful for marking sidereal time. When above Polaris and nearest the zenith the astronomical day begins at 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds; when due west the sidereal time is 6 hours; when south and nearest the horizon, 12 hours, and when east, 18 hours; this celestial clockhand then moving on the heavenly dial contrary to the motion of the hands of our terrestrial clocks, and at but one half the speed ... ... τ, 4.5, with υ, was Al Sufi's Sa'd al Na'amah, which Knobel thinks should be Al Na'āim, the Cross-bars over a well; but they also were known as Al Karab, the Bucket-rope. The usual titles for τ - Markab and Sagma or Salma - are from Bayer, but the last two should be Salm, a Leathern Bucket ...
	CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON ON EASTER ISLAND:
	AL SHARAS (The Rib) = β Crateris (168.6)	Al *Zubrah-9 (Lion's Mane) /* Purva Phalguni-11 ZOSMA (Girdle) = δ Leonis (169.2), COXA (Hips) = θ Leonis (169.4)	φ Leonis (170.0), ALULA (First Spring of the Gazelle) = ξ, ν Ursae Majoris (170.5), LABRUM = δ Crateris (170.6)	σ Leonis (171.1), λ Crateris (171.6), ι Leonis, ε Crateris (171.9)	γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5), τ Leonis (172.8) ~~GREDI (α Capricorni)~~
	Sept 5 (248)	6	7	8	*9 (172)**
	JULY 3 (184)	4	5	*6 (107)**	7


Cb7-3	*Cb7-4 (540 = 3 180)**	Cb7-5	Cb7-6	Cb7-7 (151)
te rau hei	te hokohuki - rere te manu	te rau hei	te moko - te hokohuki	rere te manu
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN NORTH OF THE EQUATOR:
no star listed (356)	ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium (357.4), λ Andromedae (357.9)	λ Piscium (358.0), MANUS CATENATA (Chained Hand) = ι Andromedae (358.1), ALRAI (The Shepherd) = γ Cephei, θ Phoenicis (358.4), κ Andromedae (358.7)	ω Aquarii (359.2), 78 Pegasi (359.5)	ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ Phoenicis (360.4)
March 12 (436)	13	3-14 (73)	15	*16 (360)**
*JAN 7 (372 = 12 31)**	8	9	*10 (295)**	*11 (376 = 2 188)**

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON ON EASTER ISLAND:
ο¹ Centauri (173.8)	GIAUZAR = λ Draconis (174.0), ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8)	θ Crateris (175.0), υ Leonis (175.2), ω Virginis (175.3), ι Crateris (175.5)	ο Hydrae (176.1)	ζ Crateris, ξ Virginis (177.0), λ Muscae (177.1), ν Virginis (177.2), μ Muscae (177.8)
Sept 10	11 (254)	12	13	*14 (177 = 6 * 29½)**
JULY 8	9	*10 (111)**	11	12 (193)

The bad luck of the 4th quarter

... Interestingly, since another meaning of shi is 'death', the number 4 is considered unlucky. For example, the floor numbering in hotels sometimes jumps mysteriously from 3 to 5; it is also considered unlucky to give four of something as a present ...

could have referred to the fate of the last quarter of the old ruler, when he had lost his power in the game and had been put up in the Tree like a fruit:

... The state of the tree loomed large in their thoughts, because it came about at the same time the head of One Hunaphu was put in the fork. The Xibalbans said among themselves: 'No one is to pick the fruit, nor is anyone to go beneath the tree', they said. They restricted themselves, all of Xibalba held back. It isn't clear which is the head of One Hunaphu; now it's exactly the same as the fruit of the tree. Calabash came to be its name, and much was said about it.

And here is the account of a maiden, the daughter of a lord named Blood Gatherer. And this is when a maiden heard of it, the daughter of a lord. Blood Gatherer is the name of her father, and Blood Moon is the name of the maiden.

And when he heard the account of the fruit of the tree, her father retold it. And she was amazed at the account: I'm not acquainted with that tree they talk about. It's fruit is truly sweet! they say, I hear, she said. Next, she went all alone and arrived where the tree stood. It stood at the Place of Ball Game Sacrifice. What? Well! What's the fruit of this tree? Shouldn't this tree bear something sweet? They shouldn't die, they shouldn't be wasted. Should I pick one? said the maiden ...

This Tree came about at the same time as the Head was put in the Fork. When was this? Perhaps when the precession had moved the Sun so much earlier in the year compared to the time of Orion that the Beak of Black Raven no longer came at St John's Day (175).

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
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 Bh*ādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 (Porcupine) ALGENIB PEGASI	*2	*3	*4	ANKAA = α Phoenicis (5.0) ~~ALPHARD (α Hydrae)~~	*6 (= 398 - 392)
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 (Julian equinox) + 84 = 24 weeks. Hyadum II rose heliacally in MARCH 21 (80, 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 this 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 (day number 267 at heliacal Acrux) - 88 = 179 (= 80 + 99 = 84 + 95), and this was a week after the solstice when the Sun as Father Light 'died' - as well as the vegetation of spring: ... And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more. And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while ...

Another clue has been given for us by the sex exchanges of Atea and Fa'a-hotu (Make-fruitful), because it was Ru - their last offspring - who divided the year into quarters, presumably by inserting a beam (a spirit level) across (†):

... It was this Ru who explored the whole earth and divided it into north, south, east, and west ...