... What happens after (or happened, or will happen sometime, for this myth is written in the future tense), is told in the Völuspa, but it is also amplified in Snorri's Gylfaginning (53), a tale of a strange encounter of King Gylfi with the Aesir themselves, disguised as men, who do not reveal their identity but are willing to answer questions: 'What happens when the whole world has burned up, the gods are dead, and all of mankind is gone? You have said earlier, that each human being would go on living in this or that world.' So it is, goes the answer, there are several worlds for the good and the bad. Then Gylfi asks: 'Shall any gods be alive, and shall there be something of earth and heaven?' And the answer is:

'The earth rises up from the sea again, and is green and beautiful and things grow without sowing. Vidar and Vali are alive, for neither the sea nor the flames of Surt have hurt them and they dwell on the Eddyfield, where once stood Asgard. There come also the sons of Thor, Modi and Magni, and bring along his hammer. There come also Balder and Hoder from the other world. All sit down and converse together. They rehearse their runes and talk of events of old days. Then they find in the grass the golden tablets that the Aesir once played with.

Two children of men will also be found safe from the great flames of Surt. Their names, Lif and Lifthrasir, and they feed on the morning dew and from this human pair will come a great population which will fill the earth. And strange to say, the sun, before being devoured by Fenrir, will have borne a daughter, no less beautiful and going the same ways as her mother.'

Then, all at once, concludes Snorri's tale wryly, a thunderous cracking was heard from all sides, and when the King looked again, he found himself on the open plain and the great hall had vanished ...

Tane had pushed with his arms in the north and with his legs in the south, all the way up to high summer. He had been stretching tall - his dimensions were straight and vertical - in contrast to the smooth undulating water of the sea and the rough surface of the earth.

Tane had raised the sky roof high, making an opening ('door') for spring light to enter, and at midsummer (noon) he was exhausted and sleepy and through his opening water entered and fell down as rain.

At the time of Bharani (the birth place - the female organ of reproduction) the Sun would have reached Antares at a date which was around 41 precessional days earlier than the corresponding date at the time of rongorongo. North of the equator the rebirth of Mother Nature occurred before midsummer and south of the equator the other (ké) rebirth of Mother Nature also occurred before midsummer - but half a year later in the year. Anciently Aldebaran marked spring equinox north of the equator and Antares (the other Aries) the spring equinox which was south of the equator.

1. Other; different; different being; hare ké, a different house; e-ké-ro-á... e-ké-ro-á... there are some who... and others who...; me'e ké, something distinct, different: te puaka ina oona kuhane; me'e ké te tagata, he hakari oona, he kuhane, an animal has no soul; man is different, he has a body, and a soul; matu'a ké, the other relatives. 2. Ké te kairua, person who turns up for meals at other people's homes. 3. Used in exclamations: hahau ké! what a cool breeze!; hana ké! how hot! takeo ké! how cold! Vanaga.

Other, distinct, different, diverse, otherwise; koona ke, elsewhere; tagata ke, some one else; mea ke, contrary, distinct, otherwise; hakake, feint, stratagem, to feign; hagake, to act contrary. T Pau.: ke, different. Mgv.: ke, another, other, else, different, of partial comparative value. Mq.: ke, é, to be different, changed, no longer the same. Ta.: e, different, strange, other. Churchill.

E, adv. and ppr. Haw., from, away, off, by, through, means of; also, adverbially, something other, something strange, new; adj. contrary, opposed, adverse, other, foreign. Sam.: e, ppr. by, of; ese, other different, strange. Ta., e, ppr. by, through, from; adv. away, off; adj. different, strange, distant; ee, strange. N. Zeal., ke, strange, different. Malg., eze, of, by.

Greek, έκ, έξ, from out of, from, by, of; έκει, in that place, opp. to ένθαδε, in some other place than that of the speaker, thither; έκας, afar off. Lat., e, ex, out of, from. Liddell and Scott (Gr.-Engl. Dict., s. v.) say: 'The root of έτ-ερος is said to be the same as Sanskr. ant-aras, Goth. auth-ar, Germ. and-er, Lat. alt-er, aut, French aut-rui, our eith-er, oth-er, itara = alius, also in Sanskrit.' Whatever the root of ant-aras, auth-ar, alter, it seems to me that έκας shows nearer kindred to the Polynesian e, ke, ee, ese, eze, than to forms so developed as ant-ar, ant-ara, &c. (Fornander)

When Aries took over after Taurus - i.e. when western civilization had to be rebuilt again after the devastation caused by the Santorini explosion around 1650 BC - Aldebaran was no longer rising with the Sun at the equinox, and the distance from Bharani (*41) to Aldebaran (*68) was 27 days. Likewise did Antares no longer rise with the Sun at the southern equinox but in day 265 + 27 = 292 (= 4 * 73 = 365 - 73).

However, by using the faulty Gregorian calendar - not corrected for the 4 extra precessional days before the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD - the date Tagaroa Uri 15 had to be 4 days earlier in the C text than at day 292. Counted from 0h this became 292 - 4 = 288 (= 2 * 144 = 12 * 24 = 8 * 36 = 4 * 72 = 360 - 72), which was in full agreement with the date Gregory XIII had decided to use for launching his 'crooked canoe' (calendar):

SEPTEMBER 20	*21 (184)**	EQUINOX	23	24	25 (268)

Ga7-14	Ga7-15 (184)	Ga7-16	Ga7-17	Ga7-18	Ga7-19
		ANTARES
November 23	24	25 (329 = 325 + 4)	*26 (250)**	27	28
°November 19	20	21 (325)	*22 (246)**	23	24
'October 27 (300)	28	*29 (222)**	30	31 (= 17 + 14)	'November 1
"October 13	14	Tagaroa Uri 15	*16 (209)**	17 (290 = 331 - 41)	18

... The canoes of Ava Rei Pua and of Hotu were seen near the (off-shore) islets. On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri) the canoe of Hotu and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua landed. On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri), 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. He ran and returned to the front of the house. He arrived and called into the house: 'Hey you! This canoe has arrived during the night without our noticing it!' Ira asked Nonoma, 'Where is the canoe, which you say is lying out there (in the water)?' Nonoma's voice came back: 'It is out there (in the water) close to the (offshore) islets! There it lies, and the two (hulls) are lashed together.' The four of them (corrected for 'the six of them') went out and picked up leaves (on branches) to give signals. They picked them up, went and arrived at Te Hikinga and saw the canoe. Raparenga got up, picked up the leaves, took them in his hands, and waved, waved, waved, waved ...

The Explorers returned home 10 days later, and this, we can read in the C text, corresponded to the time of tagata rogo:

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
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
ºSept 16	17	18	19	20	21 (264)	EQUINOX
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MINKAR (Beak) = ε Corvi	PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis	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 'Aug 24	(264 = 237 + 27) (237 = 242 - 5)	EQUINOX 26	23 (266) 27	JULY 22 (π) 28 (240)	*25 (5 + 183)** 29	(59 + 183 + 27) *30 (242 = 11 22)**
"Aug 10	11	12	13	14	15 (227)	16
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ºMarch 16	17	18	19 (78)	20	21 (0h)	22
SIRRAH (Navel of the Horse)	ALGENIB PEGASI				ANKAA
March 21 (0h) 'Febr 22	22 TERMINALIA	23 24	24 (83) 25	JULIAN EQUINOX 26	26 27	27 28 (59)
"Febr 8	9	10	11	12	13	14 (45)

57
	Ca3-13 (64)	Ca3-14	Ca3-15	Ca3-16
	kiore i te henua	tapamea - tagata hoi hatu	ki te ariki	kiore i te henua
	CLOSE TO THE SUN:
	November 23	24	25 (329)	26
	"October 13 (286)	14	*Tagaroa Uri 15*	16
			ANTARES
	CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
	May 24	25 (145)	26	27
	"April 13	14 (104)	15	16
	HYADUM II	AIN


Ca3-17	Ca3-18	Ca3-19	Ca3-20 (71)
tapamea - tagata rima iri	te henua te hokohuki	te kava	te kiore i te henua
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
November 27	28	29 (333)	30
"October 17	18	19 (292)	20
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
May 28 (148)	29	30	31
"April 17 (107)	18	19	*20 (20)**
ALDEBARAN

time of the Goat

Ca3-21	Ca3-22 (73)	Ca3-23	Ca3-24	Ca3-25
tagata tuu rima ki ruga	te maitaki	te henua	Rei hata ia	tagata rogo
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
"October 21	22 (295)	*23 (216)**	24	*Tagaroa Uri 25*
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
MARCH 29 (88)	*HASSALEH (73)**	HAEDUS I	HAEDUS II	CURSA
June 1 (152)	2	3	4	5
°May 28 (148)	29	30	31	°June 1 (152)
'May 5 (125)	6	7	8	9
"April 21 (111)	22	23	24	*Vaitu Nui 25 (115)*

... The Explorers left Easter Island for their journey home 10 days after Hotu had arrived. I.e. they had stayed on Easter Island from "June 1 (152) to "October 25 (298) = 146 days. Counting from their departure from Hiva to their departure from Easter Island gives as a result the significant number 183 (= 366 / 2 = 298 - 115) ...

Dates according to Manuscript E - Explorers:
Departure from Hiva	Sea voyage	Arrival
*Vaitu Nui 25 (115)*	152 - 115 = 37 days	*Maro 1 (152)*
"April 25 (115)	*(72 - 35) - (41 - 4) = 0*	°June 1 (152)
*CURSA (76)**	*(72 - 35) - (41 - 4) = 0*	*CURSA (76)**
*Dates according to Manuscript E - Hotu A Matua:*
Departure from Hiva	Sea voyage	Arrival
*Hora Nui 2 (245)*	288 - 245 = 43 days	*Tangaroa Uri 15 (288)*
°Sept 2 (245 = 152 + 93)	249 - 169 = 80	*Oct 15 (249 = 76 + 173)*
*ZOSMA, COXA (169)**	249 - 169 = 80	*ANTARES (249)**

North of the equator the Scorpion was characterized by his long curved tail ending in a sharp point, but the Polynesians could here see a ferocious Shark with a long snout.

mago

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.

... The handsome shark Fa'a-rava-i-te-ra'i, Sky-shade, is there in his pool and close by is Pirae-tea, White Sea-swallow (Deneb in Cygnus) in the Living-waters of Tane ... (Makemson)

... Here, in a very condensed form, is a typical Fijian myth of the origin of the current ruling clan (mataqali): A handsome, fair-skinned stranger, victim of an accident at sea, is befriended by a shark who carries him ashore on the south coast of Viti Levu. The stranger wanders into the interior where he is taken in by a local chieftain, whose daughter he eventually marries. From this union springs the line of Noikoro ruling chiefs, the narrator of the story being the tenth descendant on that line. He and his clansmen are called 'The Sharks' (Na Qio) ... It is all as in the Hawaiian proverb: 'A chief is a shark that travels on land'... (Islands of History)

... Further to the east, there is Tama, whose addition 'an evil fish with a long nose' is explained by Juan Tepano to mean 'a shark' (he niuhi ME:58) [niuhi tapaka'i = hammerhead shark according to Vanaga] and may be connected with the youngest son of Hotu Matua (TP:54) ...

... The first and third sons rule over important points along the northern and southern shores. Their domains can be said to represent the noon and the midnight sides of the island and, as such, are in contrast with each other. On the other hand, the words of the king to his second and fourth sons refer to contrasting types of behavior. It is Miru's task to watch over his people, while Hotu Iti is compared to a dangerous shark. My informants explained niuhi tapaka'i as como diablo and called it an attribute for an hombre valiente. Englert was not familiar with the word, but I suspect that it is related to TON. tapakaki 'to run swiftly', and I suggest the translation 'swift (?) shark', which seems an appropriate metaphor for a brave man ... (Barthel 2)