Sobek
Sign in to saveSobek (), also known as Suchus (), was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex history and nature. He is associated with the Nile crocodile and is usually represented as a crocodile or crocodile-headed humanoid. Sobek was also associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with apotropaic qualities, invoked especially for protecting others from the dangers presented by the Nile.
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Sobek was an ancient Egyptian god depicted as a crocodile or human with a crocodile head, who was believed to embody pharaonic power, fertility, and military strength while also protecting people from the dangers of the Nile River. He mattered to ancient Egyptians because they invoked him both to harness his aggressive power and to guard themselves and others from the hazards of living along the Nile.
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- Egyptian
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- Sobek
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- Sobek, often depicted with the head of a crocodile and a crown composed of ram horns, a sun disk, and feathered plumes.
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- Faiyum, Crocodilopolis, Kom Ombo
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- crocodile
- Deity.parents
- Set/Khnum and Neith
- Deity.siblings
- Tutu and Shemanefer
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- Renenutet or Meskhenet
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Sobek (), also known as Suchus (), was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex history and nature. He is associated with the Nile crocodile and is usually represented as a crocodile or crocodile-headed humanoid. Sobek was also associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with apotropaic qualities, invoked especially for protecting others from the dangers presented by the Nile.
==History== Sobek enjoyed a longstanding presence in the ancient Egyptian pantheon, from the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2686–2181 BCE) through the Roman period (). He is first known from several different Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom, particularly from spell PT 317. The spell, which praises the pharaoh as the living incarnation of the crocodile god, reads: