Sirius in fiction below)—and even if such were eventually discovered, with an estimated age of 230 million years the system is too young to have fostered the development of life or a complex biosphere. Sirius AB is the alpha star of the constellation Canis Major (the great dog, sometimes styled as Orion's hunting dog), whence its cognomen "the dog star". The most commonly used proper name of this star comes through the Latin "Sirius", from the Greek Σείριος ("Seirios", "glowing" or "scorcher"). The ancient Greeks observed that the appearance of Sirius heralded the hot and dry "dog days" of summer, and feared that
Ancient of Days Father] bestowing rulership upon the Son of Man [God the Son, Jesus] , a separate entity. Among ancient Christian pseudepigrapha, one Book of Enoch states that he who is called “Son of man,” who existed before the worlds were, is seen by Enoch in company with the “Ancient of Days” In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the title "Ancient of Days" belongs to Adam, the oldest and earliest man, who is also identified with the archangel Michael. Ancient of Days Ancient of Days is a name for God in the Book of Daniel: in the original Aramaic