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14. However, there was another star named The End, and this one was indeed located inside the Cancer constellation, viz. Al Tarf (β).

The creator of the G text has clearly identified this star as important, for it was placed as the 1st glyph in the 3rd line:

 

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Ga1-1

Ga2-1 (31)

Ga3-1 (60)

AIN (*65)

CANOPUS (*95)

AL TARF (*124)

... Several of the early missionaries comment with a fine sense of humor upon the mistake the islanders made in calling the cow when first seen a bird. This is the word which led the good missionaries into the error of their own ignorance. Manu is as wholesale in its signification as our word animal, it is generic. In the paucity of brute mammalia the first missionaries found this general term most frequently used of birds, and it was their and not a Polynesian mistake to translate manu into bird. In the material here collected it will be seen that the significations animal and bird are widely extended. In the Paumotu insects are included; the same is true of Mota, where manu signifies beetle as well as bird. Nor is its applicability restricted to earth and air; it reaches into the sea as well. Samoa uses i'amanu (fish-animal) for the whale ...

manu kake

AL TARF

Kake. Kakea, to come near, to embark. P Pau.: kake, to climb, to ascend. Mgv.: kake, the arrival of shoals of spawning fish. Mq.: kake, to climb up a valley. Ta.: ae, to climb, to ascend. Churchill. Mgv.: kake, to strike on an ocean reef. Ta.: ae, to strand. Churchill. Sa.: a'e, upward, to go up; sa'e, to elevate one leg, as in the act of falling in a club match; 'a'e, to ascend, to rise. To.: hake, upward, to ascend. Fu.: ake, up, to ascend; sake, ro raise the leg at one in derision or mockery; kake, to climb, to ascend. Niuē: hake, up, going up. Uvea: ake, up; kake, to go up. Ma.: ake, upward; kake, to climb, to ascend. Mq.: ake, on high, upward; kake, to ascend. Mgv.: ake, upward. Bukabuka: ake, up. Ta.: ae, up, to go up, to ascend, to climb. Ha.: ae, to raise, to lift up, to mount. Fotuna: no-jikijiake, to lift up; no-tukake, to stand upright. Nukuoro: kake, to go up. Nuguria: kake, up; hanage, northwest. Rapanui: kake a, to go abroad. Vi.: thake, upward; thaketa, to dig or lift up. Churchill 2.

... Night came, midnight came, and Tuu Maheke said to his brother, the last-born: 'You go and sleep. It is up to me to watch over the father.' (He said) the same to the second, the third, and the last. When all had left, when all the brothers were asleep, Tuu Maheke came and cut off the head of Hotu A Matua. Then he covered everything with soil. He hid (the head), took it, and went up. When he was inland, he put (the head) down at Te Avaava Maea. Another day dawned, and the men saw a dense swarm of flies pour forth and spread out like a whirlwind (ure tiatia moana) until it disappeared into the sky. Tuu Maheke understood. He went up and took the head, which was already stinking in the hole in which it had been hidden. He took it and washed it with fresh water. When it was clean, he took it and hid it anew. Another day came, and again Tuu Maheke came and saw that it was completely dried out (pakapaka). He took it, went away, and washed it with fresh water until (the head) was completely clean. Then he took it and painted it yellow (he pua hai pua renga) and wound a strip of barkcloth (nua) around it. He took it and hid it in the hole of a stone that was exactly the size of the head. He put it there, closed up the stone (from the outside), and left it there. There it stayed ...

 

Ga1-16

Ga1-17

Ga1-18

Ga1-19

Ga1-20

Ga1-21

June 9 (*80)

10

11

12

13 (*84)

June 14 (165)

ELNATH

APRIL 7

APRIL 8

CRAB NEBULA

HEAVENLY GATE

SOUTH GATE OF THE WOLF

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Ga1-21

Ga2-22 (52)

Ga3-1 (60) Ga3-20 (229 - 150)

June 14 (*85)

July 15 (*116)

July 23 (*124) Aug 11 (*143)

APRIL 11 (*21)

MAY 12 (*52)

MAY 20 (*60)

JUNE 8 (*79)

YANG MUN

(SOUTH GATE OF THE WOLF)

"Nov 3 (*227)

POLLUX (β) + MARS

May 14 AD 2023

AL TARF (β) + MARS

 

ALTERF (λ) + MARS

June 14 AD 2023

"Dec 4 (*258)

"Dec 12 (*266)

*285 ("Dec 31)

79 - 21 = 2 * 29 = 64 - 6 = 58

The last glyph on side a of the G tablet is number 229, and 2 * 29 = 58 = 300 - 242 (number of glyphs on side b of the G tablet).

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...

Where will our planet Mars be in AD 2023 at the time when the Sun will reach Al Tarf (*124)?

August 11 (*143) - *124 = *19 and *124 - *116 (July 15) = *8. Fiddling around with possible date inputs and at the same time seeing where Mars would be heading I discovered that May 31 AD 2023 appears to be when Mars would reach M44:

Venus, we can see, would be following not far afterwards.

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*7

*18

Ga1-21

Ga2-22 (52)

Ga3-1 (60) Ga3-20 (79)

June 14 (*85)

July 15 (*116)

July 23 (*124) Aug 11 (*143)

APRIL 11 (*21)

MAY 12 (*52)

MAY 20 (*60)

JUNE 8 (*79)

YANG MUN

(SOUTH GATE OF THE WOLF)

"Nov 3 (*227)

POLLUX (β) + MARS

May 14 AD 2023

16 AL TARF (β) + MARS

May 31 AD 2023

13 ALTERF (λ) + MARS

June 14 AD 2023

"Dec 4 (*258) *7

"Dec 12 (*266)

*18

*285 ("Dec 31)

79 - 21 = 2 * 29 = 64 - 6 = 58

The last glyph on side a of the G tablet is number 229, and 2 * 29 = 58 = 300 - 242 (number of glyphs on side b of the G tablet).

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...

But in the clear view from Easter Island the sky looks different, and I perceived it was necessary to adjust the date to June 3:

 

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*7

*18

Ga1-21

Ga2-22 (52)

Ga3-1 (60) Ga3-20 (79)

June 14 (*85)

July 15 (*116)

July 23 (*124) Aug 11 (*143)

APRIL 11 (*21)

MAY 12 (*52)

MAY 20 (*60)

JUNE 8 (*79)

YANG MUN

(SOUTH GATE OF THE WOLF)

"Nov 3 (*227)

POLLUX (β) + MARS

May 14 (*54) AD 2023

19 AL TARF (β) + MARS

June 3 (*74) AD 2023

10 ALTERF (λ) + MARS

June 14 (*85) AD 2023

32
"Dec 4 (*258) *7

"Dec 12 (*266)

*18

*285 ("Dec 31)

79 - 21 = 2 * 29 = 64 - 6 = 58 = 30 + 32 - 4

The last glyph on side a of the G tablet is number 229, and 2 * 29 = 58 = 300 - 242 (number of glyphs on side b of the G tablet).

... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years) ...

The idea of a final (end, exit, terminal) could be visualized by bees representing the souls of the not yet reborn.

... Another day dawned, and the men saw a dense swarm of flies pour forth and spread out like a whirlwind (ure tiatia moana) until it disappeared into the sky ...

... From a religious point of view, the high regard for flies, whose increase or reduction causes a similar increase or reduction in the size of the human population, is interesting, even more so because swarms of flies are often a real nuisance on Easter Island, something most visitors have commented on in vivid language. The explanation seems to be that there is a parallel relationship between flies and human souls, in this case, the souls of the unborn. There is a widespread belief throughout Polynesia that insects are the embodiment of numinous beings, such as gods or the spirits of the dead, and this concept extends into Southeast Asia, where insects are seen as the embodiment of the soul ...

In MAY 20 the meadows would begin to produce flowers in abundance and then a new generation of life would be created by the insects drawn to all these flowers.

The ancient name of M44, however, was not Beehive but Praesaepe:

... According to my Latin dictionary prae-saepe is basically an enclosure (saepe) in front (prae). One of its special meanings is a manger or a crib, another is a stable (pen, box). The painting below is by Giotto: