From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt"

SOPED (Sepd, Sopedu, Sopdu)

To return to the Denderah Decan Zero Or 37 - Grand Temple Decan 37 (Circle of Eight), Aset (Ast, Eset, Isis), or List of Netjeru.

    Sepd, as seen that Decan 37 is called Soped or known as Sirius, (Egyptian Sepdet or Septet) we see
a tall triangular figure or sign, which is unknown to me.    Although here it is represented as Sepd,
and since next is the bread loaf, Egypt. t,
and then it ends in a star, ‘gate.’
    We therefore see [Sepd-t], possibly the stars Sirius and Mirzam in Canis Major.
    As seen on "http://www.egyptologyonoline.com/ astronomy.html" a claim is made that "The god Sah (Orion on Denderah Decan 21 - Grand Temple Decan 36) was the personification of the constellation later known as Orion.    Sah was described as 'the glorious soul of Osiris' and formed a divine triad with the dog star Sopdet (Sepdet or Sirius on Denderah Decan 22 - Grand Temple Decan 35) and their son Soped (Soped, Sepd on Denderah Decan 37 - Grand Temple Decan 37), god of the 'eastern border'."

    Of note is Sopedu (Sopdu) the Egyptian god of the eastern frontier (eastern desert).    Depicted either in the form of a falcon or as a Asiatic warrior with the Bedouin crowned with tall plumes.    He was also the god of the Sinai Peninsula and of the turquoise mines in the Sinai.    In the Pyramid Texts he took on an astral aspect.    Impregnating Isis in her manifestation as the star Sirius, whose appearance in July heralded the annual inundation of the Nile.    Isis subsequently gave birth to the composite deity Sopedu-Horus.    His primary cult center was at Saft el-Henna in the northeastern Nile delta.

---

    This file was created on June 18, 2005.

Return to the Table of Contents or the Zodiac of Denderah