Sothis
Sothis is the deified form of the star of the same name. She appears mainly in human form.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 2400 BCE
- Attested period
- -2400 – 300
- Historical notes
- Worshiped from the Old Kingdom period through Roman times.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Amen-Re, Menhit, Astarte, Bastet, Sekhmet, Tefnut, Meretseger, Hathor, Mehet-Weret, Wadjet, Nekhbet, Neith, Satet, Mestjet, Renenutet, Weret-hekau, Anuket, Ma'at, Mut, Horus, Atum, Isis, Serapis, Osiris, Harpocrates
- consort of
- Orion
- syncretized with
- Sopdet
Mentioned by
- Menhit
- Astarte
- Bastet
- Sekhmet
- Tefnut
- Meretseger
- Hathor
- Mehet-Weret
- Wadjet
- Nekhbet
- Neith
- Satet
- Mestjet
- Renenutet
- Weret-hekau
- Anuket
and 8 more
Sources
Source passages
“Satet and Anuket, who were linked with the Nile cataracts and the inundation. Other such goddesses include Sothis, the deified form of the star of the same name, and Maat, the personification of cosmic order, who was connected with the eye because she was said to be the daughter of Ra.”
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“she who is beside her Lord as Sothis is beside Orion”
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“Isis's mourning of Osiris was seen as causing the Inundation with her tears, and associated her with Sothis, the star that rises in connection with the Inundation. Solid evidence of the festival being a celebration of Sopdet comes in the Ptolemaic period, though there are earlier references.”
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