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Reminds me of some research I was doing a while back into the symbolism of stars.
2 years ago
1 score
Reason: Original
Reminds me of some research I was doing a while back into the symbolism of stars.
Dog star Sirius / Isis-Sothis / Horus
"Herr Gruson and Brugsch Pasha proved, by a comparison of the astronomical evidence and Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, that the ancient people whose literature has been so wonderfully preserved in those writings knew, deified, and worshipped the Zodiacal Light. The name given by them to the god symbolical of the light was Sopt, which is the masculine form of that Isis-Sothis adored at Pithom, and is identical with the deity of the constellation Sirius, the symbol for which is a triangle, and the triangle is similarly the hieroglyph for the god ; indeed, he is called " Horus of the Triangle," or Horus-Sothis. He was forerunner or messenger of the sun, because the Zodiacal Light appears before sunrise, and many texts were quoted by Brugsch from the vast collection of inscriptions he had made from Egyptian monuments or manuscript, showing that the triangle was the herald or manifestation of the approaching sun-god. The shimmering light preceding dawn has for symbol the triangle and the sun" (Offord).
2 years ago
1 score