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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.
Egyptian astronomy started in prehistoric times, in the Predynastic Period. In the 5th millennium BCE, the stone circles at Nabta Playa may have made use of astronomical alignments. By the time the historical Dynastic Period began in the 3rd millennium BCE, the 365 day period of the Egyptian calendar was already in use, and the observation of ...
The sky goddess Nut and human figures representing stars and constellations from the star chart in the tomb of Ramses VI. The Book of Nut (original title: The Fundamentals of the Course of the Stars) is a collection of ancient Egyptian astronomical texts focusing on mythological subjects, cycles of the stars of the decans, and the movements of the moon, sun, and planets on sundials.
'Diagonal star table' from the late 11th Dynasty coffin lid; found at Asyut, Egypt. Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim. The decans (/ ˈ d ɛ k ən z /; Egyptian bꜣktw or baktiu, "[those] connected with work" [1]) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in the ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each, both for ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Nun, the embodiment of the primordial waters, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra into the sky at the moment of creation. Part of a series on Ancient Egyptian religion Beliefs Afterlife Creation myths Isfet Maat Maa Kheru Mythology Numerology Osiris myth Philosophy Soul Practices Canopic ...
The context for this is the Egyptian belief that Ra (the sun god) was given birth to by Nut (the sky goddess). Nut was pictured as a naked female spread across the sky, and identified with the Milky Way – the legs formed by the bifurcation at Deneb in Cygnus , and the head by the swelling at Gemini .
The Ancient Egyptian texts barely reference this episode, offering only a subtle hint that it was Nut's father, not her husband as Plutarch proposed, who was responsible for the pregnancy. Another ancient Egyptian text describes the moment as occurring "when the sky was full with gods, unknown to men, while the great Ennead slept." [14]
Ancient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the world. The Pyramid Texts , tomb wall decorations, and writings, dating back to the Old Kingdom (c. 2700–2200 BCE) have provided the majority of information regarding ancient Egyptian creation myths. [ 1 ]