158. Thus we should consider it as
quite remarkable to find the planet Mars visible at the Chinese
station referring to the Crow
(Net)station
in January 5 AD 2023, at the
beginning of side a on the G tablet.
... There was no water in the village.
The lakes and rivers were dry. Raven and Crow, two young
girls who were having their first menstrual courses, were
told to go and draw water from the ocean. Finding the
journey too long, Raven decided just to
urinate into her basket-bucket.
She decieved no one and was severly scolded. Crow returned
much later but with drinking water ...
|
Mars
AD 2023 |
Jan
5 |
370
= 354 + 16 |
*290 |
AIN (*65) → Crow |
MARCH 22 (81 ↔ 65 + 16) |
Jan 20 |
385 = 370 +
15 |
*305 |
HYADUM II (*64) |
MARCH 21 (80 ↔ 64 + 16) |
Febr 4 |
365 + 31
+ 4 = 400 |
*320 |
ALDEBARAN (*68) |
MARCH 25
(JULIAN EQUINOX) |
April 4 |
94 |
*14 |
ξ
ORIONIS (*92) |
APRIL 18
(108) |
April 19 |
109 |
*29 |
ALHENA (*103) |
APRIL 29
(119) |
April
25 |
115 |
*35, *400 |
Ξ ARIETIS
(*107) |
MAY 2 (123 ↔
187 - 64) |
... The Sacred Book of the
ancient Maya Quiche, the famous Popol Vuh
(the Book of Counsel) tells of Zipacna, son of
Vucub-Caquix (= Seven Arata). He sees
400 youths dragging
a huge log that they want as a ridgepole for
their house. Zipacna alone carries the tree
without effort to the spot where a hole has been
dug for the post to support the ridgepole. The
youths, jealous and afraid, try to kill Zipacna
by crushing him in the hole, but he escapes and
brings down the house on their heads. They are
removed to the sky, in a 'group', and the
Pleiades are called after them ... |
0h (80) |
MARCH 22 |
23 (82) |
24 |
25 (84) |
26 (*370) |
NO GLYPH |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
Ga1-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(229 + 136) |
Gb5-13 (365 + 1) |
Gb5-14 |
Gb5-15 |
Gb5-16 (140) |
(450 - 80 = 370) |
PLACE OF THE SUN: |
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri
(64.2)
Jan 20 AD 2023 (385
→ 354 + 31) MARS |
Net-19 (Crow)
AIN (Eye) =
ε
Tauri,
θ¹
Tauri,
θ²
Tauri (65.7)
Jan 5 AD 2023 (370
→ 354 + 15) MARS |
No star listed (66) |
No star listed (67) |
Rohini-4 (The Red
One)
/
Pidnu-sha-Shame-4
(Furrow of Heaven)
/
ANA-MURI-2 (Rear
pillar - at the foot
of which was the
place for tattooing)
ALDEBARAN = α Tauri
(68.2),
THEEMIN = υ² Eridani
(68.5)
Sept 7 AD 2022 (250
→ 235 + 15) MARS
Febr 4 AD 2023 (400
→ 260 + 40) MARS |
No star listed (69) |
|
May 24 |
25 (145) |
26 |
27 |
5 Imix 9 Kumk'u |
29 |
°May 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (144) |
25 |
'April 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
'May 1 (121) |
2 |
"April 13 |
14 (104) |
15 |
16 (→
1½ * 314) |
17 (107, 472) |
18 |
THE NAKSHATRA
VIEW: |
SEPT 20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
EQUINOX |
23 |
24 |
25 (450 - 182) |
Heart-5 (Fox)
σ Scorpii (247.0),
HEJIAN = γ Herculis
(247.2), ψ Ophiuchi
(247.7( |
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1),
KAJAM (Club) = ω
Herculis
(248.3), χ Ophiuchi
(248.5),
SHE LOW (Market
Tower) = υ Ophiuchi,
Tr. Austr. (248.7),
ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
Al Kalb-16 (The
Heart)
/
Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest)
/
ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance
pillar)
ANTARES = α Scorpii
(249.1),
MARFIK (Elbow) = λ
Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi
(249.5), ω
Ophiuchi
(249.8)
Dec 7 AD 2023 (*261
→ 9 * 29) MARS |
γ
Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr.
(250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) |
HAN = ζ Ophiuchi
(251.0) |
ζ Herculis, η Tr.
Austr. (252.1), η
Herculis, β Apodis
(252.5) |
|
Nov 23 (327) |
24 |
25
(*249) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
°Nov 19 |
20 |
21 (*245) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
'Oct 27 (300) |
28 |
29 (*222) |
30 |
31 |
'Nov 1 |
"Oct 13 (286) |
14 |
15 (*208) |
16 |
17 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ga7-14 (183) |
Ga7-15 |
Ga7-16 |
Ga7-17 |
Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 (370 - 182) |
... Nut, whom the
Greeks sometimes
identified with
Rhea, was goddess of
the sky, but it was
debatable if in
historical times she
was the object of a
genuine cult. She
was Geb's twin
sister and, it was
said, married him
secretly and against
the will of Ra.
Angered, Ra had the
couple brutally
separated by Shu and
afterwards decreed
that Nut could not
bear a child in any
given month of any
year. Thoth,
Plutarch tells us,
happily had pity on
her. Playing
draughts with the
Moon, he won in the
course of several
games a
seventy-second part
of the Moon's light
with which he
composed five new
days. As these five
intercalated days
did not belong to
the official
Egyptian calendar of
three hundred and
sixty days, Nut was
thus able to give
birth successively
to five children:
Osiris, Haroeris
(Horus), Set, Isis
and Nepthys ...:
|
Equally remarkable is it to find the planet Mars visible
at JUNE 10 (10 / 6 = day
161 →
φ
→ Fibonacci → Golden Mean)
...
Fibonacci: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 ... →
1.618033998 ... = φ = (1 + √5) / 2 ...
in the sky of August 13
(225 = 161 + 64) - according to my assumed era of
rongorongo.
Which 'as if by coincidence will happen to' occur in April 25 AD 2025:
Mars
AD 2025 |
|
Aug 11
(223) |
J2000 RA:
8h16m30.90s |
ALTERF (β
Cancri) *143.4 |
JUNE 8 (159 =
223 - 64) |
April 25 (115, 400)
AD 2025 |
Aug
13 (225 = 161 + 64) |
J2000
RA: 8h22m52.75s |
UKDAH '145.4 |
JUNE 10 (161
= 115 + 46) |
06m21.85s / 1440 * 365.25 = 1.614 |
June
10 (161) AD 2025 |
Aug
17 (229) |
J2000 RA:
9h54m59.60s |
Heaven's Record *149.3 |
JUNE
14 (165) |
|
Aug
20 (232 = 225 + 7) |
J2000 RA:
10h08m22.30s |
REGULUS *152.7 |
JUNE
17 (168, *88) |
|
Sept
7 (250 = 223 + 27) |
J2000 RA:
11h16m35.70s |
Φ LEONIS →
vertical center *170.0 |
JULY
5 (186, *106) |
13m22.70s /
1440 * 365.25 = 3.393 |
June
26 (177) AD 2025 |
Aug
29 (241 = 177 + 64) |
J2000 RA:
10h44m16.18s |
*161.8 |
JUNE 26 (177) |
July
3 (184) AD 2025 |
Sept
6 (249 = 225 + 24) |
J2000 RA:
11h14m14.40s |
COXA (θ
Leonis) → horizontal center *169.4 |
JULY 4 (185 = 249 -
64) |
29m58.22s /
1440 * 365.25 = 7.602 |
Phoenician
qoph
→ Greek phi
Φ (φ)
Phoenician
teth
→
Greek theta
Θ (θ) |
And in June 26 AD
2025 the planet Mars
is bound to be at the location
corresponding to
241 (*161) a
week before the
arrival of the
Hips (Coxa) of
Leo at Θ Leonis.
Thus the date in the Golden Age
of the Bull - JUNE 26 (177 = 6 * 29½) - will completerly agree with the date in AD 2025.
DEC 7 |
8 |
9 (7 * 7
* 7) |
10 |
11 (345) |
12
(*266) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gb2-6 |
Gb2-7 |
Gb2-8 |
Gb2-9
(35) |
Gb2-10 |
Gb2-11
(266) |
CLOSE TO
THE FULL
MOON: |
BUNDA
(Foundation)
/ KAKKAB
NAMMAΧ
(Star of
Mighty
Destiny) |
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ
Oct. (330.7) |
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 (Luckiest of
the Lucky) /
Emptiness-11 (Rat)
TSIN =
36 Capricorni
(325.2),
ALPHIRK (The Flock) =
β
Cephei
(325.7),
SADALSUD =
β
Aquarii,
ξ
Gruis (325.9) |
No star listed (326) |
CASTRA = ε Capricorni
(327.2),
BUNDA = ξ Aquarii
(327.5)
SIRIUS (α Canis Majoris) |
Mahar sha hi-na
Shahū-26 (Western One in the
Tail of the Goat)
NASHIRA
=
γ
Capricorni
(328.0),
ν
Oct. (328.3), AZELFAFAGE
=
π¹
Cygni,
κ
Capricorni (328.7) |
Arkat sha hi-na
Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the
Tail of the Goat)
ENIF (The Nose) =
ε
Pegasi, ERAKIS =
μ
Cephei
(329.2),
46 CAPRICORNI,
JIH (the Sun)
=
κ
Pegasi
(329.3),
ι
Piscis Austrini (329.4),
λ
Capricorni (329.6),
ν
Cephei (329.7),
DENEB ALGIEDI =
δ
Capricorni
(329.8)
*288.0 = *329.4 - *41.4 |
Febr 9
(40) |
10 |
(343 +
64) |
(408 =
43 +
365) |
13 |
All
Hearts'
Day |
... On
February
9 the
Chorti
Ah K'in,
'diviners',
begin
the
agricultural
year.
Both the
260-day
cycle
and the
solar
year are
used in
setting
dates
for
religious
and
agricultural
ceremonies,
especially
when
those
rituals
fall at
the same
time in
both
calendars.
The
ceremony
begins
when the
diviners
go to a
sacred
spring
where
they
choose
five
stones
with the
proper
shape
and
color.
These
stones
will
mark the
five
positions
of the
sacred
cosmogram
created
by the
ritual.
When the
stones
are
brought
back to
the
ceremonial
house,
two
diviners
start
the
ritual
by
placing
the
stones
on a
table in
a
careful
pattern
that
reproduces
the
schematic
of the
universe.
At the
same
time,
helpers
under
the
table
replace
last
year's
diagram
with the
new one.
They
believe
that by
placing
the
cosmic
diagram
under
the base
of God
at the
center
of the
world
they
demonstrate
that God
dominates
the
universe.
The
priests
place
the
stones
in a
very
particular
order.
First
the
stone
that
corresponds
to the
sun in
the
eastern,
sunrise
position
of
summer
solstice
is set
down;
then the
stone
corresponding
to the
western,
sunset
position
of the
same
solstice.
This is
followed
by
stones
representing
the
western,
sunset
position
of the
winter
solstice,
then its
eastern,
sunrise
position.
Together
these
four
stones
form a
square.
They sit
at the
four
corners
of the
square
just as
we saw
in the
Creation
story
from the
Classic
period
and in
the
Popol
Vuh.
Finally,
the
center
stone is
placed
to form
the
ancient
five-point
sign
modern
researchers
called
the
quincunx
...
|
°Febr 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (*324) |
9 |
10 (41) |
'Jan 13
(378) |
14 |
15
(*300) |
16 |
17 |
18 (383) |
"Dec 30
|
31 |
"Jan 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
4 |
CLOSE TO
THE SUN: |
JUNE
7 (*78) |
8 |
9 |
JUNE
10 (161) |
11 |
12 |
The Knot
(Ukdah) |
5 Imix 9 Kumk'u
Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)
ψ Leonis (146.4),
RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis
(146.6)
*105.0 = *146.4 - *41.4 |
VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae
(147.9) |
Star-25 (Horse) /
ANA-HEU-HEU-PO-5 (Pillar where
debates were held)
ALPHARD (The Horse)
=
α
Hydrae
(142.3),
ω
Leonis (142.6),
τ¹
Hydrae (142.7) |
Al Tarf-7 (The End)
ψ
Velorum (143.3),
ALTERF =
λ
Leonis,
τ²
Hydrae (143.4),
ξ
Leonis (143.5)
*102.0 = *143.4 - *41.4 |
A Hydrae
(144.1)
VEGA (α Lyrae)
|
Creation of our present world
UKDAH (Knot) =
ι
Hydrae
(145.4),
κ
Hydrae (145.5),
SUBRA =
ο
Leonis
(145.8)
*104.0 = *145.4 - *41.4
ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA
April 25 AD 2025 (115)
MARS (*35) |
Aug 10 |
11 |
12 |
13
(*145) |
14 |
15 (227) |
°Aug 6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
9 |
10 |
11
(*143) |
'July 14 |
15 |
16 |
17
(*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
"June 30 |
"July 1 |
2 |
3 (*104) |
4 |
5 (186) |
The synodic cycle of
Mars had been measured as
780 days, i.e. approximately
as 2 *
365 + 50 days.
Therefore, when Mars in AD 2025 will be visible at the place for
JUNE 10 (161, *81) in April 25 (115, *35), viz. at the
place for the Creation of our present world, at the
right ascension line for *145 according to my assumed
era for rongorongo, it should mean Mars ought to have
been visible at a place close to the right ascension line for *145 - *50
= *95 two years earlier, in April 25 AD 2023, viz. at
Canopus (*95):
But that was not the case,
for in April 25 AD 2023
Mars was instead visible at *35 (ξ Arietis), 60 right
ascension days earlier than Canopus.
Like the path of
trickster
Raven the path of
the planet Mars was
not
straightforward (as
the Crow flies).
Instead of finding
Mars together with
the Sun at Gb6-14
(396) we will find
Mars together with
the Sun at Ga6-13
(152):
APRIL
21 (111) |
22 (*32) |
23 |
*186 |
|
|
|
Gb6-14 (396
= 111 + 285) |
Gb6-15 (168) |
Gb6-16 → 366 |
|
|
|
Ga2-1
(80 + 31 =
111) |
Ga2-2 (32) |
Ga2-3 |
PLACE OF THE SUN: |
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 |
No star listed (96) |
β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0)
Sept 17 AD 2024 (226, *146)
MARS |
... It inaugurates the most accurate
solar calendar known to the ancient world, with 365¼
days per year. It declares the deceased princess
Berenike a goddess and creates a cult for her, with
women, men, ceremonies, and special 'bread-cakes' ...
|
ST JOHN'S
DAY (175 →
350 / 2) |
June
25 |
26
(177 → 354 /
2) |
°June 20
(*91) |
21
(Solstice) |
22 |
'May
28 (*68 =
*95 - *27) |
29 |
30 (150) |
"May
14 (*54 =
*95 - *41) |
15 (365
+ 135 = 500) |
16 (136) |
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW: |
OCT
20 (111 +
182 = 293) |
21 (*214) |
22 (295) |
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) |
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 |
KAUS BOREALIS =
λ
Sagittarii
(279.3)
Dec 7 AD 2023 (*261 → 9 * 29)
MERCURY
Jan 13 AD 2024 (300 + 78 = 378 → Saturn)
MARS |
Purva
Ashadha-20
Elephant
tusk, fan,
winnowing
basket |
|
Dec
23 (*277) |
CHRISTMAS
EVE (175 +
183) |
25 (359 =
177 + 182) |
°Dec
19 (*273) |
20 |
21
(Solstice) |
'Nov
26 (*250) |
27 |
28 |
"Nov
12 (*236) |
13 |
14 |
|
|
|
Ga8-10 |
Ga8-11 (214) |
Ga8-12 (295
- 80 = 215) |
April 25 (365 + 115 = 480) - 384 / 2 = 288
→ October 15 (288). And
APRIL 21 (111) - FEBRUARY 20 (51) = 60:
FEBR 17 (48, 413) |
18 (350 + 64) |
19 |
20 (*336) |
21 (417 = 365 +
52) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb7-30 (→ 365 +
75) |
Gb7-31 (212) |
Gb8-1 (229 + 213) |
Gb8-2 (2 * 107 =
214) |
Gb8-3 (444) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb4-13 (↔ 14 *
29½) |
Gb4-14 (↔ 336 +
78) |
Gb4-15 (154 + 181) |
Gb4-16 (336 ↔ 4 *
84) |
Gb4-17 (108) |
PLACE OF THE SUN: |
ξ¹ Ceti
(32.1) |
γ, δ
Trianguli (33.0),
χ
Persei (33.2),
10 Trianguli
(33.5),
θ
Arietis (33.3),
MIRA (Astonishing) = ο Ceti
(33.7) |
No star listed (34) |
ξ
Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4),
12 Trianguli
(35.8),
ξ² Ceti
(35.9)
*360.0 = *35.4 - *41.4
April 25 AD 2023 (115)
MARS (*35) |
σ Ceti (36.9) |
April 22 (112) |
23 |
24 (*399) |
25 (480, 115) |
26 (*36) |
°April 18 (108) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (116 - 4) |
'March 26 (85) |
27 |
28 (*372 → 12 *
31) |
29 (*8) |
30 (454) |
"March 12 |
13 |
3-14
(73) |
15 |
16
(*360) |
|
THE NAKSHATRA
VIEW: |
AUG 18 (230 → 2 * 115) |
19 (33 weeks) |
20 (*152) |
21 |
22 (234) |
Neck-2 (Dragon)
ASELLUS TERTIUS (3rd Ass Colt) =
κ
Bootis,
κ
Virginis,
14 Bootis
(214.8) |
Al Ghafr-13 (The Cover)
/
Svāti-15 (Very Good)
/
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a pillar to stand
by)
15 Bootis
(215.2),
ARCTURUS = α Bootis
(215.4),
ASELLUS SECUNDUS (2nd Ass Colt) =
ι
Bootis
(215.5),
SYRMA (Train of the Virgin's Robe) = ι Virginis,
λ
Bootis (215.6),
η
Apodis (215.8)
*174.0 = *215.4 - *41.4 |
ι Lupi,
18
Bootis
(216.3),
KHAMBALIA
(Crooked-Clawed) = λ Virginis (216.4),
υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis
(216.8)
*175.0 = *216.4 - *41.4
KHAMBALIA
(*216.4)
Oct 23 AD 2023 (296)
MARS (*216) |
ASELLUS PRIMUS (1st Ass Colt) =
θ
Bootis
(217.8) |
τ
Lupi,
δ
Oct. (218.1),
Φ
Virginis
(218.7)
FOMALHAUT (α Piscis
Austrini)
|
... In the evening of October 23
(*216), in the midst between October 21 (April 21 +
6 mån) and October 25 (April 25 + 6 mån), was the
Crooked-Clawed. In the Era of Bharani that would
have been 100 days before the "December solstice ... |
Oct 21 (*214 → 2
* 107) |
22 (295) |
23 |
24 |
25 (298 = 115 + 183) |
°Oct 17 (*210) |
18 (291) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
'Sept 24 |
25 (268) |
26 |
27 (*190) |
28 |
"Sept 10 |
11 (254) |
12 (355 - 100) |
13 |
14 (*177 = *354 /
2) |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga6-10 (150 → 2 *
75) |
Ga6-11 |
Ga6-12 (152) |
Ga6-13 |
Ga6-14 (335 -
101) |
|
|
*225
|
|
*107 |
|
Ga2-1 (80
+ 31 = 111) |
Gb4-16
(336 ↔ 4 * 84) |
Gb8-2
(443 = 229 + 2 * 107) |
CANOPUS
(*95) |
305 |
Ξ ARIETIS
(*400, *35) |
0 |
Ξ ARIETIS
(*400, *35) |
St John's
Day (175 → 350 / 2) |
April 25 (480, 115) |
April 25 (480, 115) |
... Once upon a time there was an
old woman who owned a great potato field (mara)
where she planted her potatoes in spring and
harvested them in autumn. She was famous all around
for her many varieties of wonderful potatoes, and
she had enough of them to sell at the market place.
She planted her potatoes 7 in a
row, placing her foot in front of her as a measure
from one potato to the next. Then she marked the
place with a bean - which would also give
nourishment to the surrounding potatoes. Next she
changed variety and planted 7 more followed by
another bean, and this was the pattern she followed
until all her 214 varieties had been put down in
their proper places. She had drawn a map which she
followed and from where each sort of potato could be
located at the proper time for its harvest. I was
fashinated, when I happened to stumble on this
Swedish TV program, because my 'once upon a time'
was now and 214 (=
2 * 107) was surely no coincidence. She knew
what she was doing. Let's therefore count: 214 * 7
(potatoes) + 213 (beans) = 1711. So what? Probably
because 1711 = 59 * 29 ...
This is confusing. Timespace travel is not easy. But
fact is that in Roman times the sky should in
principle be rising at the horizon in the east where the
Sea Beast (Fish, Cetus) was pushing the Ram
(Land, Aries) up (at the 'First Point in
Aries'):
There is only a single ξ
Arietis but 3 such in Cetus.
Similarly we could claim that Land had in the Golden Age
of the Bull emerged where
Canopus (Agasthya) had laid all the enemies bare by drinking
all the waters of the Sea. *95 (Canopus) - *35 (ξ
Arietis) = *60.
First Sky was pushed up with Air rushing in between Sea
and Sky. Then, two months later,
Land would reemerge into Air, up
into view from the Sea.
... This [σ
Sagittarii] has been identified with
Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the
Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of
the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied
by Aquarius, Capricornus,
Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the
same space in the sky that Aratos designated as
Water ...
To simplify all this confusing information there are
helpful myths:
... At length there appeared beside
them the gable and thatched roof of
the house of
Tonganui, and not only the house, but a huge piece of
the land attached to it. The brothers wailed, and beat
their heads, as they saw that Maui had fished up land,
Te Ika a Maui, the fish of Maui. And there were
houses on it, and fires burning, and people going about
their daily tasks. Then Maui hitched his line round one
of the paddles laid under a pair of thwarts, and picked
up his maro, and put it on again.
'Now while I'm away,' he said, 'show
some common sense and don't be impatient. Don't eat food
until I come back, and whatever you do don't start
cutting up the fish until I have found a priest and made
an offering to the gods, and completed all the necessary
rites. When I get back it will be all right to cut him
up, and we'll share him out equally then. What we cannot
take with us will keep until we come back for it.'
Maui then returned to their village.
But as soon as his back was turned his brothers did the
very things that he had told them not to. They began to
eat food, which was a sacrilege because no portion had
yet been offered to the gods. And they started to scale
the fish and cut bits off it. When they did this, Maui
had not yet reached the sacred place and the presence of
the gods. Had he done so, all the male and female
deities would have been appeased by the promise of
portions of the fish, and Tangaroa would have been
content. As it was they were angry, and they caused the
fish of Maui to writhe and lash about like any other
fish. That is the reason why this land, Aotearoa,
is now so rough and mountainous and much of it so
unuseful to man. Had the brothers done as Maui told them
it would have lain smooth and flat, an example to the
world of what good land should be. But as soon as the
sun rose above the horizon the writhing fish of Maui
became solid underfoot, and could not be smoothed out
again. This act of Maui's, that gave our people the land
on which we live, was an event next in greatness to the
separation of the Sky and Earth ...
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