Aries and its Decan Constellations.
Perseus
On Denderah Zodiac seen above Pisces, Perseus is seen as a male figure with his left hand on the head or behind the head of an animal, which some say is a ram (with a long tail), others see a gazelle, but looks much like a dog or wolf. Whether it is held by its ears ready for slaughter is unknown. |
 As seen above Perseus is seen holding a knife and animal by its ears as if ready for slaughter, on the Grand Temple located above Decan 20, between a headless figure (possibly Pegasus) and a figure standing on a swan (Cygnus).
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One source claims of Perseus, "Beyond the fish’s mouth (east fish of Pisces) is a man holding a ram (Gr. Gorgon) by its ears, as if preparing to sacrifice it." See notes in Pegasus for more information.
In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 116 "In the Denderah Zodiac His (Perseus) name is Kar Knem, he who fights and subdues."
As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/ imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, "Above Aquarius is the figure of a man (Perseus), about to slit the throat of a gazelle, while just below him is a headless human figure (Pegasus) on all fours. The headless being is above Capricorn as well as above Aquarius. The man is the god Anti. Anti was accused of beheading Hathor in the Jumilhac papyrus. His punishment was to be skinned alive and he became associated with the flayed skin or 'imyut' fetish, a symbol of the god Anubis. Egyptian gods' flesh was gold and their bones were silver. Having no flesh, Anti was associated with silver. On this ceiling, he is positioned over the decan Seret (Denderah Decan 1), which is the only decan whose metal is silver. Just below him is what looks like a headless animal, but which has human hands and feet. It may possibly be Anti's skin. Brugsh believed the Egyptians called the sign of Capricorn, 'Skin'."
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