Sopdet
Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian goddess. Known to the Greeks as Sothis, she was conflated with Isis as a goddess and Anubis as a god.
| Sopdet | |||||
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Sopdet in red dress, with star on her head | |||||
| Name in hieroglyphs | |||||
| Symbol | Sirius; dog (Ptolemaic/Roman) | ||||
| Consort | Sah (Orion); Osiris | ||||
| Offspring | Sopdu (Venus); Horus | ||||
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