Sothis

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It seems that the priests comprised the whole duration of the world in twenty-five Sothis periods, i. e. in 36,525 Egyptian years.

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

The more precise fixing of new year's day was accomplished through observation of the time of the so-called heliacal rising of the dog-star, Sirius, which bore the Egyptian name Sothis.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

Her soul resided in Sothis on the Dog-star.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

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