284. By now it has become
fairly obvious that we can use the right ascension
day numbers at the time of rongorongo to
make shortcuts, so to say, to the time of
the Bull.
For instance should JULY 16
have been when Sirius
returned to visibility again, after having
been too close to the Sun for direct
observation,
...
The eye is the symbolic site of subjection.
Valeri observes that: The two sentiments
that permit the transcendence of the self
are, according to Hawaiians, desire and
respect. One and the other are called kau
ka maka, literally, 'to set one's eyes
on' ... To see (ike) in Hawaiian (as
in French or English) is 'to understand',
but it is also 'to know sexually'.
Witness to the order, the world of forms
generated by the chief, the eye, is the
sacrifice of those who violate that order.
The left eye of the slain tabu-transgressors
is swallowed by Kahoali'i, ceremonial
double of the king and living god of his
sacrificial rites. Like the sun, chiefs of
the highest tabus - those who are called
'gods', 'fire', 'heat', and 'raging blazes'
- cannot be gazed directly upon without
injury. The lowly commoner prostrates before
them face to the ground, the position
assumed by victims on the platforms of human
sacrifice. Such a one is called makawela,
'burnt eyes' ...
16 days after day
181 (JUNE 30) and at the time of rongorongo
Ga5-7 would have been at right ascension day *181
= 63 + 118 = 117 + 64 (= 9 * 13 + 2 * 32 = 9
* 7 + 2 * 59).
I.e., 2 * (59 - 32) = 54 =
90 - 6 * (13 - 7).
|
JULY 15 |
*SIRIUS |
17 (*118 = 4 * 29½) |
18 (199) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga5-6 |
(118)
Ga5-7 |
Ga5-8 (118) |
Ga5-9 |
|
no star listed (180) |
π Virginis
(181.0), θ Crucis (181.5) |
12h (182.6)
ο Virginis
(182.1), η Crucis (182.5) |
ALCHITA
(The Southern Tent) = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the
Horse) = δ Centauri
(183.1),
MINKAR
(Beak) = ε Corvi
(183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
|
Sept 17 (260) |
18 (*181) |
19 |
20 |
|
°Sept 13 |
14 (*177) |
15 |
16 |
|
'Aug 21 |
22 (*154) |
23 |
24 (236) |
|
"Aug 7 |
8 (*140) |
9 |
10 (222) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JAN 14 |
15 (*300) |
16 (*118 + *183) |
17 (*366 - *64) |
|
DZANEB
(Tail) = ω
Piscium (362.4), γ² Oct.
(362.8) |
η
Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi
(363.1),
32 Piscium
(363.2),
π Phoenicis
(363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6),
τ Phoenicis
(363.9) |
θ
Oct. (364.4) |
Al
Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear
Spout)
0h (365.25)
CAPH (Hand) = β Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH
(Navel of the Horse) = α Andromedae
(0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct.
(0.8) |
|
March 18 |
19 (78) |
Equinox |
0h (*366) |
|
3-14 (73) |
°March 15 |
16 (*361) |
17 |
|
'Febr
19 (*336) |
20 |
21 |
22 (53) |
|
"Febr
5 (*322) |
6 |
7 (403) |
8 (39) |
 |
In other words, when
reading a rongorongo text (if designed to
have
the glyphs in parallel with right
ascension days) it was possible to use
the Gregorian calendar days in order to find
out the corresponding dates *64 right
ascension days earlier:
|
true heliacal |
Sept 18 |
*181 |
261 = 80 + 181 |
time of rongorongo |
|
APPARENT HELIACAL |
JULY 16 |
181 + 16 |
197 = 261 - 64 |
TIME OF THE BULL |
|
Lockyer's classification: |
|
location of star |
time of observation |
relation to sun |
definition |
|
rising (eastern horizon) |
morning |
true heliacal |
sun rising too |
|
apparent heliacal |
sun will soon be up |
|
evening |
true heliacal |
sun setting too |
|
apparent heliacal |
sun has just gone down |
|
setting (western horizon) |
evening |
true heliacal |
sun setting too |
|
apparent heliacal |
sun has just gone down |
|
morning |
true heliacal |
sun rising too |
|
apparent heliacal |
sun will soon be up |
Here the difference 80 - 64 = 16 right
ascension days corresponds to a shift
from true heliacal to apparent Sun risings.
Furthermore, according to Metoro the glyph type
which I have named
vai probably was used to indicate sweet water
(etc):
|
 |
|
|
vai |
*181 |
|
Vai.
Water, liquid, juice. 1. Vai
tagata, semen, sperm (also:
takatea). 2. Vai kava,
saltwater, sea, ocean. Vanaga.
(Sweet) water.
Vai-kura = blood.
Barthel. 1. Water, liquid,
fluid, sap, juice, gravy, fresh
water as differing from tai
seawater; hakavai to
dissolve, to liquefy, to melt. P
Pau.:
ana-vai, a brook.
Mgv.:
vai, water. Mq.:
vai, water, liquid,
juice. Ta.:
vai, sweet water,
sap, juice.
Vaihu (vai-u),
milk. T Mq., Ta.:
vaiu, milk.
Vaipuga (vai-puna),
spring water. P Mgv.:
vaipuna, water which
springs from among stones. Mq.:
vaipuna, spring
water. Ta.:
vaipuna, a spring.
Vaitahe (vai-tahe
1), river. 2. Pau.:
Vai, to exist. Ta.:
vai, to be, to exist.
Vaiora, to survive.
Sa.:
vaiola, the spring
'water of life?' Ma.:
waiora, water of
life.
Vaitoa (vai-toa
2), sugar. Mgv.:
vaito, id.
Vaituru (vai-turu
1), water conduit.
Vaivai, weak. PS Mq.:
vaivai, soft,
pleasant, agreeable. Sa., To.:
vaivai, weak. Pau.:
Vaiho, to set down,
to place. Ta.:
vaiiho, to place.
Ma.:
waiho, to set down.
Pau.:
Hakavaivai, to delay.
Ta.:
vaivai, to rest a
bit. Ta.:
Vaianu, a plant. Mq.:
Vaimata, tears. Ha.:
waimaka, id.
Vaitahe, a flood.
Sa.:
vaitafe, a river.
Ha.:
waikahe, running
water, flood.
Vaitupu, spring
water. To.:
vaitubu, well water.
Unuvai, to drink water;
hipu unuvai, drinking
glass. Churchill. Sa., Fakaafo,
To., Fu., Niuē,
Uvea, Nukuoro, Ta., Rar.,
Tongareva, Mq., Mgv., Fotuna,
Nuguria, Vaté: vai,
water. Rapanui: vai,
juice, liquid, water. Aniwa:
vai, tavai, water.
Ma., Ha.: wai, id.
Sikayana: wai, wuai,
id. Vi.: wai, water.
Rotumā: vai, voi,
id. Churchill 2. |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
(118) Ga5-7 |
Gb2-27 |
Gb3-5 |
Gb3-25 |
Gb4-2 |
Gb4-23 |
Gb8-11 |
|
*SIRIUS |
6 |
After 4 * 29½ nights the high
summer person was running away into the past and in front was
the sweet water to be delivered by Sirius.
At left in Gb2-27 (→π)
is my glyph type hipu (bottle
gourd):
|
DEC 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
JAN 1 |
|
HANGA HOONU |
OROMANGA |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-27 |
Gb2-28 (54) |
Gb2-29 |
Gb2-30 (285) |
Gb2-31 |
|
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ
Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi
(346.5) |
SCHEAT AQUARII = δ Aquarii
(347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ
Piscis Austrini (347.4),
FOMALHAUT (Mouth of the Fish) =
α Piscis Austrini,
τ Gruis (347.8) |
FUM AL SAMAKAH (Mouth of the
Fish) = β Piscium
(348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο
Andromedae (348.9) |
Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 (Fore
Spout) /
Purva Bhādrapadā-26 (First of
the Blessed Feet) /
House-13 (Pig)
SCHEAT PEGASI = β Pegasi,
π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ
Gruis (349.4),
MARKAB PEGASI = α Pegasi
(349.5) |
23h (350.0)
υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei
(350.6), ι Gruis (350.9) |
|
March 2 |
3 |
4
(*348) |
5 (64) |
6 (430) |
|
°Febr 26 |
27 |
28 (*344) |
°March 1 (60) |
2 |
|
'Febr 3 |
4 |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
7 (403) |
|
"Jan 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (388) |
24 (*309) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JUNE 28 |
29 (*100) |
SIRIUS (true heliacal) |
JULY 1 (182) |
2 |
|
ν
Hydrae (163.1) |
no star listed (164)
ALTAIR (α Aquilae)
|
Wings-27 (Snake)
η
Oct. (165.4),
ALKES (Shallow Basin) = α
Crateris
(165.6) |
ANA-TIPU-4 (Upper-side-pillar -
where the guards stood)
MERAK = β Ursae Majoris
(166.2),
DUBHE (Bear) = α Ursae Majoris
(166.7) |
11h (167.4)
χ
Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ²
Hydrae (167.3) |
|
... He had given
one of them something to chew,
but as usual it fell down
through him, where the entrails
had been removed. Whenever they
swallowed something, they had
chewed a little, it fell right
through them. The Moon now said
to her: 'Look here! My poor
cousin, the entrail-snatcher, he
will surely come in to take away
thy entrails, but now listen how
to act. Thou must begin to blow
and at the same time to thrust
thy hands in under the front
flap of thy fur coat, holding
them so that they resemble a
bear, then he must take himself
off. Do thus, whenever thou art
on the point of smiling!' Thus
he told her to act.
Finally, at one
time, he could really be heard
to enter to them, he, the poor
cousin of the Moon, the
entrail-snatcher, carrying a
dish and a large knife, in order
to try to snatch the entrails of
the human being. And look! At
the window his wife stood and
kept on saying: 'She smiles!'
The entrail-snatcher began to
dance a drum dance, with
ridiculous movements, and they
only looked at him, while he
sang: My little dogs, I get them
food, / My little dogs, I get
them food, / ha-ahing, ha-ahing,
ha-ahing. While he acted thus,
his poor wife all along stood at
the window saying: 'She smiles,
she smiles, she smiles!' She was
tremendously busy telling her
husband that she smiled. At last
she could hardly let be smiling
when looking at him, but she
placed her hands under the front
part of her fur coat and blew
violently, as the Moon had told
her to do. And indeed he took
himself off, the
entrail-snatcher, over there,
saying: 'One with blubber (i.e.,
a bear) is heard!' |
|
Aug 31 |
Sept 1 (*164) |
2 (245) |
3 |
4 |
|
°Aug 27 |
28 |
29 (*161) |
30 (242) |
31 |
|
'Aug 4 (216) |
'Aug 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (*140) |
|
"July 21 |
7-22 |
23 (204) |
24 (*125) |
25 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
(100) Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
(104) Ga4-20 |
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