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Additionally, five days were added to the end of the Egyptian Calendar each year, and these days had their own decan in addition to have a specific deity rule over each individual day. | Additionally, five days were added to the end of the Egyptian Calendar each year, and these days had their own decan in addition to have a specific deity rule over each individual day. | ||
==Identity of the decans== | |||
Studying the decans in a practical sense is complicated because the actual stars that were observed by the Egyptians and regarded as decans are mostly not known. Many scientists have attempted to determine which stars might be decans, but these theories have failed to gain broad support from their peers. Some decans have been conclusively identified. In his 2022 book, ''[[Cult of the Stars]]'', [[Travis McHenry]] states that without further sources being revealed from the Middle Kingdom Period, the stellar identities of the decans are likely to remain unknown; however, he also proposes that a few decans can be identified with a high degree of certainty: | |||
* [[Sopdet]] - [[Sirius]] | |||
* [[Sah]] - Stars in Orion | |||
* [[Khau]] - The Pleiades | |||
* [[Tepy-a Sopdet]] - Procyon and Gomeisa | |||
==List of decans== | ==List of decans== | ||