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305. Once again. Probably the time of the Bull (Puaka Tamaroa) was regarded as 64 precessional days earlier than the time of rongorongo. There were 2 * 16 = 32 'dogs' in chess and Easter Island was named 'the 8th island' in Manuscript E. 64 / 8 = 8 = 32 / 4.

Varu. 1. To cut one's hair (te puoko). 2. To shave. 3. To paint, to put on make-up: he varu te kiea. Varu a-roto, to have diarrhoea. Vanaga. 1. Eight. 2. To shave, to remove the beard, to shear, to clip, to rasp, a plane. Varuvaru, to peel, to remove the bark, to plane, to scrape, to shear. Churchill.

Adhil had been at the Sun in FEBRUARY 4, which was 320 days after 0h (80)

and at the time of rongorongo the precession had moved Sun time from day 400 to Tehetu'upú 27, which was 7 * 7 * 7 = 343 days after 0h, because the precessional distance down to the time of the Bull ought to have been 64 (time of the Bull) - 41 (time of Bharani) = 23 right ascension days.

The Girdle of Virgo (Mizar) was at Hora Iti 29 (*161) when Adhil was at the Full Moon (half a year away).

... Antares, visible in the morning sky of December-January, came to stand for summer heat; hence the saying, 'Rehua cooks (ripens) all fruit'. The generally accepted version of the Rehua myth, according to Best, is that Rehua had two wives, the stars on either side of Antares. One was Ruhi-te-rangi or Pekehawani, the personification of summer languor (ruhi), the other Whaka-onge-kai, She-who-makes-food-scarce before the new crops can be harvested ...

*202.4 (Mizar) - *41.4 (Bharani) = *161 (Hora Iti 29) = *343 (Tehetu'upú 27) - *182.

The Girdle of Andromeda (Mirach) was 16 right ascension days after 0h, which meant at the place where Regulus (the little king) culminated - in contrast to Mizar which was where the other star king Sadalmelik culminated. *340 (Mirach) - *161 (Mizar) = *179 (= *182 - *3).

There were 3 days from Hora Iti 26 (when the Explorers went to Ahu Akapu) to Hora Iti 29 (when they went on to Pu Pakakina), i.e. from honu in Ga5-25 to honu in Ga5-28:

JAN 30 31 (396) FEBR 1 2 (33) 3 4 (*320) 45 59
Gb7-12 (193) Gb7-13 Gb7-14 Gb7-15 Gb7-16 Gb7-17 (427)
no star listed (14) 1h (15.2)

β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)

Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish) / Revati-28 (Prosperous) / 1-iku (Field Measure)

MIRACH (Girdle) = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9)

REGULUS (α Leonis)

ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18) ADHIL (Garment's Train) = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7)
April 4 5 (460 = 396 + 64) 6 7 8 (*383) 9 (99)
°March 31 °April 1 (91) 2 (*377) 3 4 5 (460)
'March 8 9 10 11 (*355) 12 13 (72)
"Febr 22 (53) TERMINALIA 24 (420) Tehetu'upú 25 26 27 (*343)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
AUG 1 (214 = 31 + 183) 3 (*135) 4 (*501) 5 6
13h (197.8)

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)

APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9) AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 (Lofty) / Chitra-14 (Bright One) / Horn-1 (Crocodile) / Sa-Sha-Shirū-20 (Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar)

MIZAR (Girdle) = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7)

SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)

*161 = *202.4 - 41.4

Oct 4 (277) 5 6 7 (*200) 8 9 8 * 13 = 104
°Sept 30 (273) °Oct 1 2 3 (*196) 4 5
'Sept 7 (250) 8 9 10 (*173) 11 12
"Aug 24 (236) 25 26 27 28 29 (*161)
Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 (135) Ga5-26 Ga5-27 (→ 364) Ga5-28

Ahu. 1. Funerary monument with niches holding the skeletons of the dead. 2. Generic term for a grave, a tomb merely enclosed with stones. 3. Stone platform, with or without graves. 4. Elevated seat, throne. 5. Swollen; to swell up: ku-ahu-á tooku va'e, my foot is swollen; ananake te raá e-tagi-era te ûka riva mo toona matu'a ka-ahu ahu-ró te mata, every day the daughter cried for her parents until her eyes were quite swollen. Vanaga.

1. To transfer, to transplant, to take up by the roots. 2. To puff up, to swell, a swelling, protuberance; gutu ahu, swollen lips; ahuahu, to swell, plump, elephantiasis, dropsy; ahuahu pupuhi, amplitude; manava ahuahu, indigestion. 3. Paralysis. 4. A carved god of dancing, brought forth only on rare occasions and held of great potency. Ahuahu, inflammation. Ahukarukaru (ahu 2 - karukaru), dropsy. Churchill.

Hora Iti 26

Ahu Akapu

(2 days)

Aka. 1. Anchor: he-hoa te aka, to drop anchor. 2. Root of certain plants (banana tree, taro, sugar-cane). 3. To be paralyzed by surprise. Vanaga.

1. Root; aka totoro, to take root. P Pau., Mq.: aka, root. Ta.: aa, id. 2. (āka) anchor. 3. Causative (haka). Churchill.

Hora Iti 29

Pu Pakakina

(1 month)

 

On the twenty-sixth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went from Papa O Pea to Ahu Akapu. They all went and reached Ahu Akapu. They looked around and gave the name 'Ahu Akapu A Hau Maka'. They also saw (all of) Te Pito O Te Kainga, looked around, and gave (the whole island) the name 'Te Pito O Te Kainga A Hau Maka'. [E:31] They made camp and rested at Ahu Akapu for two days.

On the twenty-ninth day of the month of August ('Hora Iti') they went to Pu Pakakina. They arrived, remained there, and gave the name 'Pu Pakakina A Ira'. They remained one month in Pu Pakakina.

MAY 20 (80 + 60) 21 22 23 (*63)
Ga3-1 Ga3-2 (aaa) Ga3-3 Ga3-4 (63)
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)

 *85 = (*126.4 - *41.4)

ο Ursae Majoris (127.4)

 *86 = (*127.4 - *41.4)

July 23 (177 + 27 = 204) 24 25 26 (148 + 59)
°July 19 (200 = 177 + 23) 20 21 22
Mayan: (205 - 15 = 190) 191 192 (*112 = *86 + *26)
'June 26 (6 * 29½) 27 28 29 (180 = 192 - 12)
"June 12 (163 = 177 - 14) 13 (*84 = *125.4 - *41.4) 14 (165 + 365) Te Maro 15 (18 * 29½)

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!' 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 ...

... This mythical bird is Itzam-Yeh, Classic prototype of Wuqub-Kaqix, 'Seven-Macaw', of Popol Vuh fame. In that story, in the time before the sky was lifted up to make room for the light, the vainglorious Seven-Macaw [= Ursa Major] imagined himself to be the sun. Offended by his pride, the Hero Twins humbled him by breaking his beautiful shining tooth [possibly Thuban which shone closely above our Ursa Major] with a pellet from their blowgun. This pot shows One-Ahaw aiming at the bird as he swoops down to land in his tree. As Itzam-Yeh lands on his perch, the text tells us he is 'entering or becoming the sky'.

... The star which at the time of Seven-Macaw (the 7 stars of Ursa Major) had pointed out the position at the center of the Whirlpool was Alioth (ε Ursae Majoris) ... In 3149 BC the stars were positioned 70 right ascension days earlier than at the time of rongorongo. Therefore η Andromedae (at Legs, the place of the Wolf) would have risen with the Sun in 91 (April 1) - 70 = 21 January (= 32 days after the solstice). At that time of the year Alioth would have been close to the Full Moon in day 21 + 183 = 204 (23 July) ...

... The date in the year 3149 BC, when the false sun bird Itzam-Yeh (alias Seven-Macaw) had been defeated, was 28 May and at the time of rongorongo the alpha-star of the Bull (Aldebaran) rose heliacally in May 28 (148) ...