• It also marks the top of the Northern Cross.
• It is a supergiant, which are solar system is moving at a speed of 250 km per second toward Deneb in our orbit around the galaxy.
• Some claim it means the "tail of the hen."
  • Arabic Dhanab ad-Dajajah, "Tail of the hen."
• As the brightest star Deneb also means "The Lord or Judge to Come."
  • Judge.
    • Hebrew dayan, dah-yawn', from Heb. diyn, deen, or (Gen. 6:3) Heb. duwn, doon, a primary root to rule, by implication to judge, thus a judge or advocate, judge.
      • Other words are:
        • Hebrew Diynay, dee-nah'ee, justice.
        • Hebrew shaphat, shaw-fat'.
        • Hebrew peliyliy, pel-ee-lee.
  • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 91 "Deneb, the Judge."
  • Rolleston and in the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 79 "(Hebrew) Deneb, the Lord or Judge to come."
• Other names for Deneb: Deneb Cygni, Deneb el Adige, Arided', Aridif', Gallina, Arriaph', Arion', El Rided, Al Ridf, Sudr, Den'neb Adige, De'nebadige'ge, Dha'nab al Dajajah.
  • Another source states that Deneb is also called Adige.
    • In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 91 "Deneb, the Judge also called Adige, meaning flying swiftly."
    • Rolleston and in the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 79 "Adige, flying swiftly."    "Arided, He shall come down."
    • Swiftly.
      • Hebrew meherah, meh-hay-raw'. feminine of Heb. maher, mah-hare', Heb. mahar, maw-har', hurrying, quickly, swiftly, soon, speedily, suddenly, thus swiftly.
      • Hebrew ye'aph, yeh-awf' from Heb. ya'aph, yaw-af', a primary root to tire (as if wearisome flight), thus fatigued (adv. utterly exhausted), swiftly.
      • Hebrew qal, kal, contraction from Heb. qalal, kaw-lal', thus light (by implicatio) rapid (also adv.), light, swift (-ly).
    • Quickly.
      • Hebrew mahar, maw-har', a primary root properly to be liquid or flow easily, to hurry, promptly, make speed, suddenly, swift.
      • Greek tachos, takh'-os, from the same as Gr. tachus, takh-oos', swift, thus a brief space (of time), in haste, quickly.

• It is the bill of the swan, or (in the beak), thus meaning "beak of the hen."
• Arabic Min'har al Dajajah, "Beak of the hen."
• Albireo is a optical double star.
• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 91 "Second brightest star Albireo (Arabic) flying quickly."
  • Quickly.
    • Hebrew mahar, maw-har', a primary root properly to be liquid or flow easily, to hurry, promptly, make speed, suddenly, swift.
    • Greek tachos, takh'-os, from the same as Gr. tachus, takh-oos', swift, thus a brief space (of time), in haste, quickly.
• Other names for Albireo: Min'har al Dajajah, Hie'rizim.

• Sadr marks the intersection of the two lines of stars that made up the body and wings of the swan (or the upright and transverse arms of the cross).
• Arabic As-Sadr, "The breast."
• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 91 "g Sadr (Hebrew), who returns as in a circle."
• Rolleston and in the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 79 "Sadr, who returns as in a circle."
• Other names for Sadr: Sadar, Sadir, Sadr al Dajajah ("the breast of the hen").

• Marks the middle of the northwestern wing of Cygnus.

• Arabic Al-Janah, "The wing."
• Under Leo in the Corvus star names we find the star g Gienah which is Arabic for "wing."
  • Other names for Corvus g Gienah: Ghurab, Janah Ghurab al Aiman, relevant to the Raven.
• Other names for Gienah: Gienah Cygni, Al Janah.

• The tip of the southeastern wing of the swan.

• This is midway along the neck of the swan.

• Marks the tip of the northwestern wing.

• Other names for Ruch'ba: Rukbat al Dajajah, Al Rukbah al Dajajah, w3 Ruk'bat al Dajajah.

• In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 92 "The two stars in the tail, now marked in the maps as p¹ and p², are named Azel, who goes and returns quickly; and Fafage, gloriously shining forth."
  • p¹ Azel which means "He Who Goes and Returns Quickly."
    • Also called Azel faf'ag'e.
    • Rolleston and in the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 79 "Azel, who goes and returns."
    • Other names for Azel: Adelf'alfa'res, 'Azal al Daja'jah, Azel faf'age, Azelfa'ge.
  • p² Fafage which means "The Glorious Shining Forth."
    • Rolleston and in the "Gospel of the Stars," by Joseph Seiss, page 79 "Fafage, glorious, shining forth."

    Other stars not shown here are:
k, q, c, m, u, x, s, and t, to round out the 18 stars of Cygnus.

    Of interest is Cygnus is one of the first sources of detected radio emission and also for the famous Cygnus X-ray source now thought to be the product of matter sprialling into a black hole.    The Veil Nebula and the North American Nebula are also in Cygnus and two open clusters, M29 and M39 .

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