Also called Soped, Lord of the East, the Sharp One.
Their story
Sopdu was the guardian of Egypt's eastern border and the routes into the Sinai, where turquoise was mined. He was said to be the son of Sah and Sopdet, Orion and Sirius. The Pyramid Texts link him with the king's rebirth and with his teeth, called sharp like his name. His centre was at Saft el-Henna in the eastern Delta.
Best times to give to them
- dawn
- before travel eastwards
What they like being given
- bread
- water
- incense
How to honour them
- Ask him to guard your home's boundaries.
How they can help you
- protection of borders
- safe journeys
- steadfastness
Symbols
- crouching falcon
- Asiatic warrior with a pointed beard and two plumes
Sources
- Pyramid Texts
- Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Khonsu The Traveller, the moon who heals
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen