Sothis

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ancient Egyptian goddess astral deity personification

Sothis is an ancient Egyptian goddess personifying the star Sirius, associated with the Nile’s inundation and often linked with the goddess Isis.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Isis-Sothis in Greco-Roman period	1
Sothic cycle	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian goddess ⓘ astral deity ⓘ personification ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sopdet ⓘ Spdt ⓘ
associatedWith	Nayrouz ⓘ surface form: Egyptian New Year Coptic calendar ⓘ surface form: Egyptian calendar Nile inundation ⓘ Sirius ⓘ Sothis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sothic cycle agricultural renewal ⓘ annual flooding of the Nile ⓘ fertility ⓘ rebirth ⓘ
astronomicalIdentity	Sirius ⓘ surface form: Sirius A
astronomicalRole	heliacal rising marked Egyptian New Year ⓘ
celestialBody	Sirius ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
culture	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
depictedAs	star on a standard ⓘ woman wearing cow horns and solar disk ⓘ woman with a five-pointed star on her head ⓘ
domain	Nile ⓘ sky ⓘ stars ⓘ
equatedWith	Sothis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isis-Sothis in Greco-Roman period
familyRelation	consort of Sah ⓘ mother of Sopdu in some traditions ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasEgyptianName	Sopdet ⓘ
hasGreekName	Sothis self-link ⓘ
identifiedWith	Isis ⓘ
influenced	Coptic calendar ⓘ surface form: Egyptian civil calendar
linkedWith	Isis ⓘ Osiris ⓘ surface form: Osiris through Isis
notableCultCenter	Heliopolis ⓘ Memphis ⓘ
personifies	Sirius ⓘ
role	calendar goddess ⓘ goddess of the Nile flood ⓘ goddess of the star Sirius ⓘ
symbol	cow horns and solar disk ⓘ dog or jackal ⓘ five-pointed star ⓘ star on a standard ⓘ
worshipPeriod	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Middle Kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic period Roman period in Egypt ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sothis → associatedWith → Sothis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sothic cycle

Sothis → equatedWith → Sothis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isis-Sothis in Greco-Roman period

Sothis → hasGreekName → Sothis self-link ⓘ

Isis → linkedToDeity → Sothis ⓘ