Cancer and its Decan Constellations.
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Decan 20-21
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Decan 21 seen below the temple axis or Lepus is a male figure with a hawk head, and no crown except he has two stars above his head. He also has two stars aligned vertically under his left hand. There is a connection here with Grand Temple Decan 36 in the male figure with the hawk head (cobra sun disk crown, a usual sign for Ra) also has two stars above it.
The hieroglyphics below shows Of interest is the Denderah Zodiac figure Piscis Austrinus is known as Aar, a stream. In another source they claim that the hieroglyphic characters under Orion read Oar, which Orion was anciently spelt Oarion. This hieroglyph is below and between Lepus and the small bird (Egyptian Sahu) at the right heel of Orion. Note that the Grand Temple Decan 36 has the name of Sah. Also see Denderah Decan 22. Cyril Fagan comments on the name in Grand Temple Decan 36, "The glory of the southern skies S3h (Sah), the 'Toe,' but known to us as the mighty constellation of Orion. In the celestial diagrams Sah is shown as a human figure, wearing the hdt (hedjet) or white crown of the south and standing in his boat welcoming the rising of Isis-Sirius, who issues at his toe." |
As compared to Denderah Decan 21, there is a connection with the male figure with a hawk head and two stars above it. ![]() Grand Temple Decan 36 is a male figure with a hawk head wearing a circular Cobra on his head which forms a sun disk crown flanked by uraeus, and above it are two stars. Also see Grand Temple Decan 8 and 36. Ra has the circular Cobra on his head. As god of the sun, he usually is seen as a hawk-headed man, a falcon god. His cult center was Annu (Heb. "On," Greek Heliopolis, which is modern "Cairo."). Also compare to Denderah Decan 13 - Grand Temple Decan 8 Ra netjer-aa-neb-pet, means "Ra, the great God, Lord of Heaven." Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Ra-Hor-akhuti) means "Ra, who is Horus of the Horizons."
This Decan was called
As seen on "http://www.creatures-kbc.com/ae_senmut_sah.htm" by Ken Bakeman poses that the hieroglyphs on Senmuts' Tomb the name Sah is an approximate phonetic equivalent of
Its deity is called Maat Hor, Isis, also Maat-heru.
Associated with CANIS MAJOR,
One note about the Denderah Zodiac is that there is seen at this point a huge gap associated with Grand Temple Decan 1 (connected to Denderah Decan 20) through Grand Temple Decan 37 to Decan 36 (which is associated with Denderah Decan 21). |