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288. Once again. I had been convinced by the date (Tangaroa Uri 15) given in Manuscript E for the day (or rather night) when the 'double-canoe' of the King and the Queen had arrived, viz. in day 288:

... 75) ko te miro o Ava rei pua. // i te angahuru marima o te raa.o tangaroa uri.i te po. // ana.he ea a Nonoma.mai roto i te hare.ki haho. // mimi.he rangi mai a Ira.kia Nonoma.e ui tau mi // ro.he tahuti he oho. a Nonoma.he onga i te hikinga // heru.i ka ui atu ne ko te miro.i te motu o haho.e // hakapiri ro a.ārurua.

... and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua (landed). On the fifteenth day of the month of October Nonoma left the house during the night to urinate outside. At this point Ira called out to Nonoma, 'Look at the canoe!' Nonoma ran, he quickly went to Te Hikinga Heru (a ravine in the side of the crater Rano Kau) and looked around. There he saw the double canoe way out near the (offshore) islets, and the two (hulls of the canoe) were lashed together.

CLOSE TO THE SUN:
SEPT 20 21 (*184) EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 (184) Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
Heart-5 (Fox)

σ SCORPII (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = 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 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow)  = 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) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
Nov 23 24 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27 28
°Nov 19 20 21 (325) 22 (*246) 23 24
'Oct 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 (= 17 + 14) 'Nov 1
"Oct 13 14 Tagaroa Uri 15 (288) 16 (*209) 17 (290 = 331 - 41) 18
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 21 22 (*1 = 184 - 183) 23 24 (*368) JULIAN EQUINOX 26 (85)
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2) Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)

no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 (The Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)

no star listed (69)
May 24 (*64) 25 26 (329 - 183 = 146) 27 (*432) 28 (513 = 19 * 27) 29
°May 20 (*60) 21 22 23 (*428) 24 25
'April 27 28 (*403) 29 30 (*40 = 67 - 27) 'May 1 (*41) 2
"April 13 4-14 (104) 15 (*25) 16 17 (*392) 18 (473)
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5

... 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 ...

Page 75) in Manuscript E could perhaps have indicated this was a point ¼ away from the beginning of a cycle covering 10 * 30 = 300 days. 288 - 75 = 213 would turn into 214 if there was a day zero at the beginning:

... And excluding Nga Kope Ririva - which did not belong to Hau Maka but to Taanga - brings the number down from 24 to 23. That is to say that the beginning of a time enumeration was like 0. Time flows and not until its first measure has been completed in full can there be 1 notched into the wood ...

Furthermore, 360 / 300 = 12 / 10 = 288 / 240.

JULY 5 (*106) 6 7 8 9 (190)
Ga4-23 Ga4-24 Ga4-25 (108) Ga4-26 Ga4-27
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)

ο¹ Centauri (173.8) GIAUZAR = λ Draconis (174.0), ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8)
Sept 7 8 9 (*172) 10 11 (254)
°Sept 3 4 5 (*168) 6 7 (250)
'Aug 11 12 (*144) 13 14 15 (227 → π)
"July 28 29 (*130) 30 31 "Aug 1 (213)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JAN 4 5 (*290) 6 7 (372) 8
CROSS-BARS (X) ο Gruis, Snowball Nebula = NGC7662 Andromedae (355.0), τ Oct. (355.3) no star listed (356) ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium (357.4), λ Andromedae (357.9)
ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (Bucket Rope) = τ Pegasi (353.6) κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9)
March 9 10 (*354) 11 12 13 (72)
°March 5 6 (*350) 7 8 9 (68)
'Febr 10 (41) 11 12 13 (*329) 2-14
"Jan 27 28 29 (*314) 30 31 (396)
Ca7-2 (170) Ca7-3 Ca7-4 Ca7-5 Ca7-6 Ca7-7 (175)
o te marama eono
29 June (180) 30 (Sirius) 1 July 2 3 4 (185)
Sept 7 (250) 8 9 10 11 12 (255)
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 = 4 * 43.2)

GREDI (α Capricorni)

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)

... I was fashinated, when I happened to stumble on this Swedish TV program, because my 'once upon a time' was now and 214 (= 2 * 107) was surely no coincidence. She knew what she was doing. Let's therefore count: 214 * 7 (potatoes) + 213 (beans) = 1711. So what? Probably because 1711 = 59 * 29 ...

... Youkahainen tries to overcome the ancient sage by asking cosmological riddles, but Vainamoinen 'sings' the Lapp step by step into the bog up to his throat, and sings his magic formulae 'backwards' to free him only when the Lapp has promised him Aino, his only sister. There was also the tale of Vainamoinen searching in the dead giant's belly for three lost runes. These, unless they are treated as 'just so stories', look very much like 'erratic boulders' deposited in Finland by the glacial movement of time. For once, it is possible to trace the archaic formation back to Egypt. A young Egyptian called Setna (or Seton Chamwese) wanted to steal the magic book of Thot from the corpse of Nefer-ka Ptah, one of the great Egyptian gods, who was often portrayed as a mummy. Ptah, however, was awake and asked him: 'Are you able to take this book away with the help of a knowing scribe, or do you want to overcome me at chec[-]kerb[-]oards? Will you play Fifty-Two?' Setna agreed, and the board with its 'dogs' (pieces) being brought up, Nefer-ka Ptah won a game, spoke a formula, laid the checkerboard upon Setna's head and made him sink into the ground up to his hips. On the third time, he made him sink up to his ears, then Setna cried aloud for his brother, who saved him ...

From 2-14 (in the Sun calendar of Julius Caesar) to "August 1 (213) in the light from the Full Moon there were 213 - 45 ('February 14) = 168 days = 182 (= 365 - 183) - 14:

Counting the tresses of Pachamama (the World Mother) from left to right:

1

29

90 = 107 - 17

1

26

78

2

30

2

26

3

31

3

26

4

34

214 - 180

4

25

104

5

31

90 = 107 - 17

5

26

6

30

6

27

7

29

7

26

Total = 396 = 214 + 182

When the canoe of Ira was seen outside the 3 islets of Easter Island the date was Te Maro 1.

... [E:17] On the twenty-fifth day [80 + 25 = 115] of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ...

The Explorers (excepting Makoi who stayed on the island) set sail for home again 196 - 13 = 183 (= 366 / 2) days after they had left Hiva:

°June 1 (152) 36 °July 8 (189) 135 °Nov 21 (325) 9 °Dec 1 (335)
Vaitu Nui 25 Te Maro 1 Tangaroa Uri 15 Tangaroa Uri 25
"April 25 (115, *400) "June 1 (152) "Oct 15 (288) "Oct 25 (298)
APRIL 2 (92) MAY 9 (129) SEPT 22 (EQUINOX) OCT 2 (275)
(13) Ga1-12 (50) Ga2-19 (49) (186) Ga7-16 (185) (196) Ga7-26 (195)
5h (*76.1) Castor (*113.4) Antares (*249.1) "April 26 (116, *401)

Posssibly they had set sail in Vaitu Nui 25 in order reach Easter Island after 37 right ascension days because in the Gregorian calendar there were 37 days from °June 1 to the day when Castor had risen heliacally in "July 8 (189).

Kiore hiva (Castor castor)

Kiore. Rat. Vanaga. Rat, mouse; kiore hiva, rabbit. P Pau., Mgv.: kiore, rat, mouse. Mq.: kioē, íoé, id. Ta.: iore, id. Churchill.
Hiva. Name of the country from where, according to tradition, came the Polynesian immigration of Hotu Matu'a; nowadays, this name designates any continent or foreign country: tagata Hiva, foreigner, person from the mainland. Vanaga. Strange, alien, foreign; a stranger; kuhane hiva, Holy Ghost; hakahiva: mata hakahiva, to look back (? hakahira). Mq., Mgv.: hiva, iva, a stranger, a person from another district or country. Pau.: pure-hiva, a butterfly. Churchill. H.: 1. Entirely black, as of pigs offered to the gods, a desirable blackness contrasting with uli and 'ele'ele, which have pejorative connotations. 2. Choice.  3. A term qualifying coconuts and kava. Polo hiwa, dark, glistening black, as clouds or tapa. Ua hala i ke ao polohiwa a Kāne, passed to the dark clouds of Kāne (death). Hiwa hiwa, precious, beloved, esteemed, petted, darling, indulged; favorite. Ka Mesia, ka hiwahiwa a ke Akua, the Messiah, the chosen of God. Ho'o hiwa hiwa to honor, adorn, decorate; to display, as the flag; to treat as a favorite; festive. He mea ho'ohiwahiwa i ke akua, a thing to honor the gods. 'O ka mea ho'ohiwahiwa i kāna kauā mai kona wā 'u'uku mai, he who delicately brings up his servant from his childhood. Wehewehe.

From °June 1 to "June 1 (Te Maro 1) there were *37 (= *41 - *4) right ascension days.

Furthermore, The Gregorian calendar had been launched by the Pope in his day 288

... The Julian calendar day Thursday, 4 October 1582 was followed by the first day of the Gregorian calendar, Friday, 15 October 1582 (the cycle of weekdays was not affected) ...

and from °October 15 (288) to "October 15 (288) there were 325 - 288 = 37 right ascension days.

The idea seems to be that the Gregorian calendar was used in Hiva (= in 1582 AD) whereas heliacal Antares determined where once upon a time the southern spring equinox had been (viz. in SEPTEMBER 22). The 'double-canoe' of the Sun year had its pair of 'hulls' lashed together in day 265 = spring equinox on Easter Island - where the summer 'hull' began and the winter 'hull' was terminated.

From there to heliacal Antares at the time of Bharani there were *64 - *41 = *23 (= 288 - 265) right ascension days.

However, when Makoi received his task from Ira to name places on Easter Island it was no longer Te Maro 1 but Te Maro 10:

Unforgotten are they, these three.

kai viri kai viri.ko raua ana a totoru.

And therefore this is the (right) land lying there;

peira tokoa te kainga e moe mai era

this is Te Pito O Te Kainga, which also received its name from the dream soul.

ko te pito o te kainga i nape ai e toona kuhane.

The canoe continued its exploration and in a sweep sailed on to Hanga Te Pau.

hokoou.he rarama he oho te vaka he vari ki hanga.te pau

They went ashore and took

he tomo ki uta.he too

the food with them.

i te kai ki uta.

They pulled the canoe onto the beach and left it there.

hee totoi i te vaka ki uta he hakarere.

Ira sat down with all the other (companions)

he noho a ira anake.

and spoke to Makoi:

he ki a Ira.ka ki era kia Makoi.

'You shall mark the land for me and make it known (by its name)!'

maau e tuki e haite te kainga.

After that, Ira spoke these words:

he ki hokoou a Ira.ka ki era.

'This is the digging stick (? ko koko), Kuukuu.

kokoko e Nguukuu e.

You shall work the land for me and plant the yam roots!'

maau e keukeu e oka te uhi.

Makoi named the place Hanga Te Pau, 'the landing site of Ira'.

he nape mai a Makoi.i te ingoa. ko hanga te pau ko te tomonga o Ira.

So that they would remember (? he aringa, literally, 'as face'), the open side of Hanga Te Pau

he aringa.ko mua a hanga te pau.

was given this name.

i nape ai te ingoa.

Ira got up. They all climbed to the top of the hill.

he ea.a Ira.he iri he oho ki runga anake.

They climbed up on the tenth day of the month of June 'Maro'.

i te angahuru o te ra o te maro i iri ai.

It seems reasonable to assume the time difference from the first day of June (Te Maro) up to and including the 10th day of June corresponded to the difference between the dates Tangaroa Uri 15 and Tangaroa Uri 25, when the 'double-canoe' (equinox) arrived respectively the Explorers went home to Hiva.

But a deeper explanation could have been dependent upon the 3 Belt stars in Orion (Tau-toru):

MAY 20 (140) 21 22 23 (*63) 24 (144 = 12 * 12)
Ga3-1 (60) Ga3-2 Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5
AL TARF (The End) = β Cancri (124.3)

RAS ALGETHI (α Herculis)

χ Cancri (125.2), BRIGHT FIRE = λ Cancri (125.4) AVIOR = ε Carinae (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) ο Ursae Majoris (127.4) Pushya-8 (Nourisher)

υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2)

July 23 (204) 24 (*125) 25 26 27 (208)
°July 19 (200) 20 (*121) 21 22 / 7 23 (204)
26 (177 = 6 * 29½) 'June 27 28 29 (*100) Sirius
"June 12 13 (*84)

Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai A Te Taanga

14 (165 + 365)

Te Pu Mahore

Maro 15 (18 * 29½)

Te Poko Uri

16

Te Manavai

Makoi got up and began to familiarize himself with the (new) land. (This took place) on the fifteenth day of the month of June ('Maro'). He went toward the sheer face of the rocks (titi o te opata), was astonished (aaa), came up to the middle (of the outer rim of the crater), and stood at the very edge.

He looked down and saw the 'Pu Mahore of Hau Maka' (on the coast) and said, 'There it is, the hole of the mahore fish of Hau Maka!'

If the 15th day of Te Maro corresponded to "June 14 it could easily be explained by assuming a day zero was also counted.

He turned his face and looked toward the back (i.e., in the direction of the crater). No sooner had he seen how the dark abyss opened up (below him), when a fragrant breeze came drifting by. Again Makoi said, 'This is the dark abyss of Hau Maka'. He turned around, walked on in utter amazement, and arrived at the house. He spoke to Ira, 'Hey you, my friends! How forgetful we (truly) are. This place is adequate (? tau or 'beautiful'), the dark abyss lies there peacefully!' Ira replied, 'And what should that remind us of up here?' All arose and climbed up. They went on and arrived; they all had a good look (at the inside of the crater). They returned home and sat down. Night fell, and they went to sleep.

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON
NOV 19 20 21 (325) 23 (*246 = 6 * 41) 23
GREDI = α Capricorni (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), ALSHAT (The Sheep) = ν Capricorni (307.9) Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 (Lucky One of the Slaughterers) / Ox / Herd Boy-9 (Buffalo)

DABIH = β Capricorni (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), SADIR (Hen's Breast) = γ Cygni (308.4), PEACOCK = α Pavonis (308.7)

KHUFU

MINTAKA (δ Orionis)

OKUL = π Capricorni (309.6), BOS = ρ Capricorni (309.9)

ARNEB (α Leporis)

KHAFRE

ALNILAM (ε Orionis)

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

HEKA (λ Orionis)

MENKAURE

ALNILAK (ζ Orionis)

ROTTEN MELON = ε Delphini, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

PHAKT (α Columbae)

Jan 22 23 24 (*309) 25 (390) 26
°Jan 18 (384) 19 20 21 (*306) 22
'Dec 26 (360) 27 28 29 30 (*284)
"Dec 12 13 14 (348) 15 16 (*270)
Last 4 of the first 7 places Makoi named:

Possibly these places were alluding also to the change from the Julian spring equinox to the Gregorian spring equinox:

... When the Pope rearranged the day for spring equinox from number 84 ('March 25) to number 80 (ºMarch 21) the earlier Julian structure was buried, was covered up (puo). At the same time the Pope deliberately avoided to correct the flow of Julian calendar days for what he may have regarded as 4 unneccesary leap days prior to the Council of Nicaea. Thus his balance sheet for days was in order. The day numbers counted from the equinox were increased with 4 and this was equal to allowing the 4 'unneccessary' leap days to remain in place. But he had moved spring equinox to a position which was 4 days too early compared to the ancient model ... These '4 unneccessary leap days' (prior to the Council of Nicaea) were equal in number to the precessional distance in time between the Pope and the time of rongorongo. The Gregorian calendar could therefore be easily understood by the Easter Islanders. The Pope had created a 'crooked calendar' but since his time the precession had fixed it ...

MAY 25 (5-25) 26 (*266) 27 28 (348)
Ga3-6 Ga3-7 Ga3-8 Ga3-9 (68)
Āshleshā-9 (Embrace) / Willow-24 (Stag)

π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ Hydrae (129.6), AL MINHAR AL SHUJĀ = σ Hydrae, MUSEIDA = π² Ursae Majoris (129.9)

RAS ALHAGUE (α Ophiuchi)

Al Nathrah-6 (Gap)

BEEHIVE (Exhalation of Piled-up Corpses) = ε Cancri, η Pyxidis (130.4), XESTUS = ο Velorum (130.5), ζ Pyxidis (130.7), ASCELLUS BOREALIS = γ Cancri, β Pyxidis (130.9)

Extended Net-26a (Ox) / Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu-12 (Southeast Star in the Crab)

η Hydrae (131.0), ASCELLUS AUSTRALIS = δ Cancri (131.4), KOO SHE (Bow and Arrow) = δ Velorum (131.6), α Pyxidis (131.8), ε Hydrae (131.9)

ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4)
July 28 29 (*130) 30 31 (212)
°July 24 25 26 (*127) 27 (208)
'July 1 2 3 (*104) 4 (185)
"June 17

Te Kioe Uri

18

Te Piringa Aniva

19 (*90)

Te Pei

Te Maro 20 (171 = 185 - 14)

Te Pou

NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOV 24 25 (*249) 26 27 (331)
ROTANEV = β Delphini, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN = α Delphini, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) μ², μ¹ Oct. (313.2), DENEB CYGNI (Tail of the Swan) = α Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8) Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 (Good Fortune of the Swallower) / Dhanishta-24 (Most Famous) / 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)

BATEN ALGIEDI (Belly of the Goat) = ω Capricorni (315.8)
Jan 27 28 (393) 29 (*314) 30
°Jan 23 24 25 (*310) 26
'Dec 31 'Jan 1 2 3 (*288)
"Dec 17 18 19 (*273) 20 (354)

When it grew light, Makoi arose again. He went off to further explore the area. He went along and came to the 'dark rat'. He looked around and said: 'Here we are at the dark rat of Hau Maka'. He gave it the name Te Kioe Uri A Hau Maka. He went on and came to Te Piringa Aniva. When he arrived there, he looked around and gave the name Te Piringa Aniva. He went on and came to Te Pei, looked around, and said, 'Here it is!' So he gave the name Te Pei A Hau Maka. He went on, all alone he went on, and came to Te Pou. When he arrived there, he looked around and again said, 'Here it is!' and gave the name Te Pou A Hau Maka.

For some reason nothing was said about Te Manavai, which in the journey of the kuhane came between Poko Uri and Te Kioe Uri.

... The dream soul climbed up and reached the rim of the crater. As soon as the dream soul looked into the crater, she felt a gentle breeze coming toward her. She named the place 'Poko Uri A Hau Maka O Hiva'.  The dream soul continued her search for a residence for King Matua. The dream soul of Hau Maka reached (the smaller crater) Manavai and named the place 'Te Manavai A Hau Maka O Hiva'.  The dream soul went on and reached Te Kioe Uri. She named the place 'Te Kioe Uri A Hau Maka O Hiva' ...

... Manavai Hollow where rainwater accumulates; anciently, small, round gardens, preferably situated in low shady spots, where the mahute tree was grown. Vanaga. 1. Brain. 2. Valley, ravine, river, torrent, brook; manavai miro, orchard, Mq.: manavai, valley, brook. Ta.: anavai, river, brook. It scarcely appears that these are fully coordinate. In Tahiti anavai has a clear etymology, ana meaning the bed of a stream. In Rapanui and in the Marquesas mana most readily associates with maga, as water in a forked bed. Churchill ...

However, Manuscript E seems to offer an explanation in the way Makoi remembered how he documented the name: ... I wrote (ta) Te Manavai A Hau Maka on the surface of a banana leaf (kaka), and this is how I left it ...