Sopedu

**Sopedu**


 * Other Names:**

Septu, Sopdu


 * Hieroglyphics:**

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 * Titles:**

“Lord of the East”

“The Scorcher”

"Eastern Horus"

“Sharp of Teeth”


 * Family:**

His mother was thought to be Sopdet. Sometimes Sopedu was considered to be the son of Isis and Osiris.

Sopedu was the personification of the heat of the summer sun. The effects of the scorching of the sun led many ancient cultures to see it as war -like, and the Egyptians were no different in this respect, with Sopedu consequently being seen as a war god. Because the sun rises in the east, Sopedu was referred to as "Lord of the East." The god who guarded the borders of Egypt from invaders, Sopedu protected the teeth of the deceased and guarded the Egyptian turquoise mines. Sopedu "of the shining plumes" was thought to be a cosmic falcon, the "oldest of beings." He was also associated with the planet Venus, thought by the Egyptians to be a star.

Sopedu was depicted as a crouching falcon. Sometimes he was pictured as a bearded Asiatic warrior with long hair and two falcon feathers on his head, carrying an axe or spear, wearing a beaded girdle. A glided wooden image of Sopedu was found in Tutankhamen’s tomb.


 * Feast and Holy Days:**

June 17 (Procession of Sopedu the Warrior)

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