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Sopedu the Astralflaik
Sopdet
The
Common CelinoxOwner: Sekhmet
Age: 2 weeks, 1 day
Born: April 12th, 2026
Adopted: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Adopted: April 12th, 2026
Statistics
- Level: 1
- Strength: 10
- Defense: 10
- Speed: 10
- Health: 10
- HP: 10/10
- Intelligence: 13
- Books Read: 13
- Food Eaten: 0
- Job: Unemployed
As the personification of the most important star of ancient Egypt, Sirius, Sopdet was so popular that her worship lasted throughout all of Egyptian history, from Predynastic times to the Graeco-Roman Period. The Egyptian New Year and the annual flooding of the Nile corresponded with the rise of this star.
Not just a goddess of the waters of the inundation, Sopdet had another link with water - she was believed to cleanse the bodies of the dead to purify them before entering the afterlife. Many texts mention the connection between Sopdet and regeneration.
In texts Sopdet is mentioned to take the hand of the deceased and lead them to ascend to the sky - Sopdet drt’f (“Sopdet shall take his hand.”) Another text states how the deceased is reborn with the help of Sopdet: “She had caused the deceased to fly up to the sky in the company of his brothers, the gods.”
The Pyramid Texts say that the spirit of the pharaoh unites with the goddess Sopdet, who then gives birth to the morning star (Venus, known to the ancient Egyptians as the god Sopedu.)
Orion and Sirius—Sah and Sopdet—come to be strongly associated with Osiris and Isis. In a 4th century B.C.E. papyrus, Isis asserts that she is Sopdet, who will unswervingly follow Osiris in his manifestation as Orion in heaven.
The daughter of Osiris, Sopdet's husband was Sah, and their son Sopedu.
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❖ Story by Sekhmet with information from these sources
❖ Background photo from Hasmik Ghazaryan Olson
❖ Profile by Balloon
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