Sopdet

Sopdet
Sopdet in red dress, with star on her head
Name in hieroglyphs
M44N14X1
H8
[1][2][a]
SymbolSirius; dog (Ptolemaic/Roman)
ConsortSah (Orion); Osiris
OffspringSopdu (Venus); Horus

Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian goddess. Known to the Greeks as Sothis, she was conflated with Isis as a goddess and Anubis as a god.

  1. ^ Hill (2016).
  2. ^ Vygus (2015), p. 1774.
  3. ^ a b Vygus (2015), p. 1222.
  4. ^ Vygus (2015), p. 1239.
  5. ^ Vygus (2015), p. 1872.
  6. ^ Vygus (2015), p. 1925.
  7. ^ Vygus (2015), p. 1237.


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