Sah (
sꜣḥ) was a
god in
Ancient Egyptian religion, representing a constellation that encompassed the stars in
Orion and
Lepus,[1] as well as stars found in some neighbouring modern constellations.[2][3]
His consort was
Sopdet known by the ancient Greek name as Sothis,[4] the goddess of the star
Sirius. Sah came to be associated with a more important deity,
Osiris, and Sopdet with Osiris's consort
Isis.[5]
^Belmonte, J. A (2003). Ad astra per aspera et per ludum: European archeoastronomy and the orientation of monuments in the Mediterranean basin - A map of the ancient Egyptian firmament (by Maravelia, A.-A. (BAR International Series, 1154) ed.). Oxford. pp. 31–38.
^Belmonte, J.A (2003). Calendars, symbols and orientations: Legacies of astronomy in culture - The Ramesside star clocks and the ancient Egyptian constellations (Blomberg, M., Blomberg, P., Henrikson, G. (Stockholm, 2003) ed.).