333. Once again. All the Rei 'canoes' on the G tablet are on its side a and their number is 12:
There was Tane (associated with trees - i.e. with land) and there was Tagaroa (a kind of fish being - i.e. associated with the sea). ... three lines are drawn east and west, one across the northern section indicates the northern limit of the Sun (corresponding with the Tropic of Cancer) about the 15th and 16th days of the month Kaulua (i.e., the 21st or 22nd of June) and is called ke alanui polohiwa a Kane, the black-shining road of Kane. The line across the southern section indicates the southern limit of the Sun about the 15th or 16th days of the month Hilinama (December 22) and is called ke alanui polohiwa a Kanaloa, the black-shining road of Kanaloa. The line exactly around the middle of the sphere is called ke alanui a ke ku'uku'u, the road of the spider, and also ke alanui i ka Piko a Wakea, the way to the navel of Wakea (the Sky-father) ... Land was in the north and sea in the south. Easter Island was far down in the south and therefore their month Tagaroa Uri (October) was a spring month (similar to April up in the north). ... The first god's house in the temple was the body of Ta'aroa's own person, and it became a model for all other god's houses. One day Ta'aroa let himself go into a trance and his spirit stood away in space while his body floated in the sea, then he said to his daughters: 'Oh, girls! How many canoes are there at sea?' And the daughters replied: 'It is like one, it is like one!' Then Ta'aroa's spirit said: 'Who can it be?' And they answered: 'It is thyself assuredly!' ... There was only one body floating in the sea and the creator of the G text may have inserted 11 more Rei glyphs in order to underline the vast dimension of this vast original 'person' floating in the sea. 218 (Ga8-15) - 30 (Ga1-30) = 188 (= 365 - 6* 29½). Or counted inclusive: 189 = 7 * 27.
Day 265 corresponded to the southern spring equinox and counted from day 79 (rather than from the date of Gregory XIII) the body of Tagaroa could be measured as 186 right ascension days, i.e. the season when there would be good sailing conditions with fishing - as observed from the stars close to the Full Moon (Hotu) on Easter Island.
Hotu arrived in his double-canoe in Tagaroa Uri 15 (288) although 9-22 (265, equinox) was 23 days earlier, but this could have reflected the number of days the precession had moved the stars ahead (as determined from the Sun calendar) since the time of the Bull. *64 (Hyadum II) - *41 (Bharani) = *23. Easter Island was said to be the Eighth land (→ beyond the 7 corresponding to the number of the Earth Turtle) and indeed Easter Island (ca 27º S) was south of the Tropic of Capricorn. There were 12 - 7 = 5 Rei glyphs in line Ga8. When Hotu had arrived they could have turned his canoe upside down in order to make a dark shelter for the nights ahead. ... The most vivid description of hut interiors is given by Eyraud ... who slept in them several nights: Imagine a half open mussel, resting on the edge of its valves and you will have an idea of the form of that cabin. Some sticks covered with straw form its frame and roof. An oven-like opening allows its inhabitants to go inside as well as the visitors who have to creep not only on all fours but on their stomachs. This indicates the center of the building and lets enter enough light to see when you have been inside for a while. You have no idea how many Kanacs may find shelter under that thatch roof. It is rather hot inside, if you make abstraction of the little disagreements caused by the deficient cleanliness of the natives and the community of goods which inevitably introduces itself ... But by night time, when you do not find other refuge, you are forced to do as others do. Then everybody takes his place, the position being indicated to each by the nature of the spot. The door, being in the center, determines an axis which divides the hut into two equal parts. The heads, facing each other on each side of that axis, allow enough room between them to let pass those who enter or go out. So they lie breadthwise, as commodiously as possible, and try to sleep ...
... Sky (rangi) and Earth (papa) lay in primal embrace, and in the cramped, dark space between them procreated and gave birth to the gods such as Tane, Rongo and Tu. Just as children fought sleep in the stifling darkness of a hare paenga, the gods grew restless between their parents and longed for light and air. The herculean achievement of forcing Sky to separate from Earth was variously performed by Tane in New Zealand and the Society Islands, by Tonofiti in the Marquesas and by Ru (Tu) in Cook Islands ... ... Atea took a third husband, Fa'a-hotu, Make Fruitful. Then occurred a curious event. Whether Atea had wearied of bringing forth offspring we are not told, but certain it is that Atea and her husband Fa'a-hotu exchanged sexes. Then the [male] eyes of Atea glanced down at those of his wife Hotu and they begat Ru. It was this Ru who explored the whole earth and divided it into north, south, east, and west ... If the northern summer ended with September and October was the first month of winter, then it had to be the opposite south of the equator and the Full Moon defining Easter (as in Easter Island) should be in October. Day 288 (October 15) was 15 days more than day 273 (= 3 * 91). ... 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) ...
265 (Ga7-31) + 15 = 280 (Ga8-12): θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8) Another name for Hotu (the Full Moon) was Omotohi (Sucking Finished - i.e. having reached its maximum size), and in Ca7-24 (→ 72 * 4 = 288), the last glyph in the 4th Moon period we can see the 'straw' has broken: ... This island was once a great land. The reason it became so small is because Uoke lifted the earth with a (mighty) pole and then let it sink (into the sea). It was because of the very bad people of Te Pito O Te Henua that Uoke lifted the land (and let it crumble) until it became very small. From the uplifted Te Pito O Te Henua, (they) came to the landing site of Nga Tavake, to Te Ohiro. In Rotomea (near Mataveri) they disembarked and climbed up to stay at Vai Marama (a waterplace near Mataveri). During the next month, they moved on to Te Vare (on the slope of the crater Rano Kau). When they saw that the (land-) lifting Uoke also approached (their present) island, Nga Tavake spoke to Te Ohiro: 'The land is sinking into the sea and we are lost!' But Te Ohiro warded off the danger with a magic chant. In Puku Puhipuhi, Uoke's pole broke, and, in this way, at least Nga Tavake's landing site remained (of the formerly great land) ... |
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