Leo and its Decan Constellations.
CorvusOn Denderah Zodiac below the rear end of Leo, Corvus is named in some sources as the Egyptian as in the Greek Her-na, "the enemy broken (breaking up)."
Corvus is an image of a woman seated on a chair, holding up a child in her left hand and imparting with her right hand some kind of knowledge. Some sources claim that it has 9 stars representing apostasy. In "The Dawn of Astronomy" a study of the temple-worship and mythology of the Ancient Egyptians by J. Norman Lockyer, New York, The McMillian Company 1897, as seen on page 292, "Many goddesses are represented by the Egyptians as Isis (the rising star-goddess) nursing Horus (the rising sun-god). Many of the goddesses are thus portrayed. I may mention Renen-t, Serk-t, Ra-t, Amen-t as instances." The hieroglyphs beneath her chair probably belong to the Denderah Decan 14 directly below it. |
![]() On the Denderah Zodiac we see Leo, with Coma Berenices at and holding its tail, Hydra the serpent is at its feet with Corvus, the crone at the end of the serpent's tail. This bird of prey is trying to devour him.
![]() As seen above on the Grand Temple located above Decan 3-4 is an area that has been damaged, which may include the figures for the unseen Centaurus, Bootes, Corvus and Crater. |
As to Corvus one source states, "The compressed serpent tells us that the virtuous experience was not received by wandering in the wilderness, it was received as stories told by the ‘Old Crow’ earlier in the cycle of life. This matriarchal story teller is shown as the Crone below the back feet of Leo on the Denderah."
In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 168-169 "... now we have Oreb, the Raven. Her-na is its (Corvus) name in the Denderah Zodiac. Her, means the enemy; and Na, means breaking up or failing. That is to say, this scene represents the breaking up of the enemy."
As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/
imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, "The falcon behind her is not identified; however, if the woman represents Coma Berenices, the bird could be Corvus. |