Sopdu

Sopdu was an ancient Egyptian god of the Eastern Desert.

Background

He was known as "Lord of the foreign countries" (see Hyksos ) and gave them under the rule of the Egyptian king. Main cult was the place hat - nebes in the 20th Lower Egyptian nome. In addition Sopdu is called as vanquisher of Apophis and " Lord of the northeastern rebels of Hathor Temple ". His worship is occupied in Edfu and the border areas of Nubia.

Sopdu formed as the son of Sopdet and Sah comparable with Osiris, Isis and Horus triad.

In the Pyramid Texts Sopdu is called as the morning star Venus. Sopdu is shown falk varied and was also the name of Behedeti and training, which is why it merged in the late period to Hor - Sopdu.

Title

In the Middle Kingdom, the teeth of the deceased be equated with Sopdu that had come before him after death. Also Sopdu was one of the four gods that paved the holy shrine and inducer of rowing out of the groove when the lesson starts before Sehtpenes - hour.

During the Greco-Roman period Sopdu was considered Chronokrat the period Schemu I in the Sothis calendar, the beginning of the harvest. Due to the seasonal shift wandered his day in the civil calendar of 29 Achet IV over 16 Peret III until 25 Schemu I.

' Sopdu ' mean ' The Sharp ' or ' The peaks '.