Per-Sopdet
𓏚𓊪𓂧𓏏𓇼𓁐      𓏚𓏏𓁐       𓊹𓏚𓇼𓏏𓆇    𓋴𓏚𓂧𓏏𓇼​𓁐

MDC : spdt
Gardiner: 
Budge: Sepdet
Transliteration: Sepdet
Coptic: Soti/ⲥⲟϯ
Hebrew:
Greek: Sôthis/Σῶθις
Demotic: Satjet/ sTt ?
English: 
Kemetic:
Alt: 
Pronounced: Sōpdet, sepdet
IPA : ˈsaptʼat > ˈsaptʼaʔ > ˈsaptʼə > (5th BCE Attic Greek) sɔ̂ː.tʰis , (1st CE Egyptian Greek) ˈso.tʰis , (4th CE Koine Greek) ˈso.θis , (10th CE Byzantine Greek-15th CE Constantinopolitan)ˈso.θis ; (modern Egyptological)  sɛpdɛt, sopdɛt
Meaning: The Egyptian name for the star Sirius. 'She who is sharp'

​Home: constellation of Orion 
Temple:




Nome:


Consort
Sah (constellation of Orion)

Children
Sopdu (Horu Sopdu) (son)

Parents


Siblings
Sometimes called Wesir/ Osiris Brother 

Priest names
Hm nTr

Features
She is depicted as a women with a 5 pointed star atop her head, most of the time wearing a tall crown similar to the White Crown of Upper Egypt. Early on she was worshiped as a cow-goddess. 



Symbols
Stars
Cows


Roles
She stands for Sirius the brightness star in the night sky. Sirius (heliacal) rises in the July-August sky, the Nile River begins its annual flood, and so the ancient Egyptians connected the two. She is also the goddess of the fertility of the soil. 

Hybrid gods
Auset-Sopdet/ Isis-Sothis

Connection to other gods
Auset/ Isis (in ref to the triad, Sopdet's husband Sah was related to Wesir/Osirus and her son Sopdu Heru/ Horus. 


Celebrations
She brings in the New Year

Offering items
star objects 


Protects




Other names


Epitaphs
it nTrw--Father of the gods