... The next three days his servants keep working the bellows.

On the first day of their labour // He himself, smith Ilmarinen, // Stooped him down, intently gazing, // To the bottom of the furnace, // If perchance amid the fire // Something brilliant had developed.

From the flames there rose a crossbow, // Golden bow from out the furnace; // 'Twas a gold bow tipped with silver, // And the shaft shone bright with copper.

And the bow was fair to gaze on, // But of evil disposition // And a head each day demanded, // And on feast-days two demanded, // He himself, smith Ilmarinen, // Was not much delighted with it, // So he broke the bow to pieces, // Cast it back into the furnace.

The next day, Ilmarinen looks anew,

And a boat rose from the furnace, // From the heat rose up a red boat, // And the prow was golden-coloured, // And the rowlocks were of copper.

And the boat was fair to gaze on, // But of evil disposition; // It would go to needless combat, // And would fight when cause was lacking,

Ilmarinen casts the boat back into the fire ...

OCT 19	20 (293)	21 (*214)
Ga8-9	Ga8-10	Ga8-11 (214)
η Sagittarii (276.9)	KAUS MEDIUS = δ Sagittarii, κ Lyrae (277.5), TUNG HAE (Heavenly Eastern Sea) = η Serpentis (277.7), SHAOU PIH (Minor Minister) = φ Draconis (277.8), KWEI SHE = χ Draconis (277.9) ALGOL	φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS = ε Sagittarii (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), AL  ATHFAR (The Talons of the Falling Eagle) = μ Lyrae (278.6) *237.0 = *278.4 - *41.4
	Purva Ashadha-20 Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket
Dec 22	23 (357)	CHRISTMAS EVE
°Dec 18 (*272)	19	20 (350 + 4. *270*)
'Nov 25 (*249)	26 (330)	27
"Nov 11 (*235)	12 (316)	13
NAKSHATRA DATES:
APRIL 20 (*30)	21 (111)	22 (477)
FURUD = ζ Canis Majoris (94.9)	Well-22 (Tapir) / Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8 (Back of the Mouth of the Twins) δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR = μ Gemini, MIRZAM (The Roarer) = β Canis Majoris (95.4), CANOPUS (Canopy) = α Carinae (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) *54.0 = *95.4 - *41.4 *50.0* = *91.4* - *41.4*	No star listed (96)
June 23 (*94)	ST JOHN'S DAY (*460)	25 (176)
°June 19	20 (*91)	SOLSTICE
'May 27	28 (*68 = *64* + *4*)	29 (149)
"May 13 (133)	14 (*54 = *50* + *4*)	15 (500)
Ga1-30	Ga2-1	Ga2-2
... Midsummer is the flowering season of the oak, which is the tree of endurance and triumph, and like the ash is said to 'court the lightning flash'. Its roots are believed to extend as deep underground as its branches rise in the air - Virgil mentions this - which makes it emblematic of a god whose law runs both in Heaven and in the Underworld ... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

... The Pythagoreans make Phaeton fall into Eridanus, burning part of its water, and glowing still at the time when the Argonauts passed by. Ovid stated that since the fall the Nile hides its sources. Rigveda 9.73.3 says that the Great Varuna has hidden the ocean. The Mahabharata tells in its own style why the 'heavenly Ganga' had to be brought down. At the end of the Golden Age (Krita Yuga) a class of Asura who had fought against the 'gods' hid themselves in the ocean where the gods could not reach them, and planned to overthrow the government. So the gods implored Agastya (Canopus, alpha Carinae = Eridu) for help. The great Rishi did as he was bidden, drank up the water of the ocean, and thus laid bare the enemies, who were then slain by the gods. But now, there was no ocean anymore! Implored by the gods to fill the sea again, the Holy One replied: 'That water in sooth hath been digested by me. Some other expedient, therefore, must be thought of by you, if ye desire to make endeavour to fill the ocean ...