Sothis

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Thus to the Egyptians this star Sothis was "the Lady of the Beginning."

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The legs of Sothis are stablished, and I am born in their state of rest.”

From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Wilson, Epiphanius

Sothis, the Dog Star, fixed the beginning of the Egyptian New Year,   467-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

The seven great gods were followed by the twelve gods of the second rank, Thoth, Anubis, Chunsu, &c., in reigns of gradually diminishing length through a certain number of Sothis periods.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The Egyptians called it Sothis, and regarded it as the star of Isis, just as the Babylonians deemed the planet Venus the star of Astarte.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir