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In Greek and Roman mythology and religion, Sirius (/ ˈ s ɪ r ɪ ə s /, SEE-ree-əss; Ancient Greek: Σείριος, romanized: Seírios, lit. 'scorching' pronounced) is the god and personification of the star Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, the brightest star in the night sky and the most prominent star in the constellation of Canis Major (or the Greater Dog). [1]
An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer's Uranometria, 1603 (US Naval Observatory Library). In Greek mythology, Orion (/ ə ˈ r aɪ ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων; Latin: Orion) [1] was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
Together, the three brightest stars of the northern winter sky—Sirius, Betelgeuse (top right), and Procyon (top left)—can also be understood as forming the Winter Triangle. Sopdet is the consort of Sah, the personified constellation of Orion near Sirius. Their child Venus [1] was the hawk god Sopdu, [8] "Lord of the East". [11]
Sah was a god in Ancient Egyptian religion, representing a constellation that encompassed the stars in Orion and Lepus, [1] as well as stars found in some neighbouring modern constellations. [2] [3] His consort was Sopdet known by the ancient Greek name as Sothis, [4] the goddess of the star Sirius.
Sopdet is the consort of Sah, the personified constellation of Orion near Sirius. Their child Venus [ 12 ] was the hawk god Sopdu , [ 13 ] "Lord of the East". [ 14 ] As the bringer of the New Year and the Nile flood, she was associated with Osiris from an early date [ 13 ] and by the Ptolemaic period Sah and Sopdet almost solely appeared in ...
In ancient Egypt, the stars of Orion were regarded as a god, called Sah. Because Orion rises before Sirius, the star whose heliacal rising was the basis for the Solar Egyptian calendar, Sah was closely linked with Sopdet, the goddess who personified Sirius. The god Sopdu is said to be the son of Sah and Sopdet.
Sopdu (also rendered Septu or Sopedu) was a god of the sky and of eastern border regions in the religion of Ancient Egypt. [1] He was Khensit's husband.. As a sky god, Sopdu was connected with the god Sah, the personification of the constellation Orion, and the goddess Sopdet, representing the star Sirius.
God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) Oceanus: God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Φοίβη (Phoíbē) Phoebe