Sobek

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Sobek
TitleThe Crocodile god
Cult CenterCrocodilopolis
GenderMale - Crocodile
Patron - Dominionfertility of the Nile - patron of the Pharaoh's army
Dedicated templesKom Ombo
Appearanceman with the head of a crocodile
crocodile
wearing plumed headdress with a horned sun disk

  • He was worshipped in cities that depended on water, oasis of Fayum
  • He assisted in the birth of Horus
  • In the Legend of Osiris he catches and rescued The Four sons of Horus in a net, as they emerged from the waters of the Nile in a lotus blossom
  • God of the Nile,
  • Cult flourished in the Middle Kingdom 12th and 13th Dynasty - when capital of Egypt was in Fayum
  • In the Ptolemaic Period he gained importance again and was seen as the Egyptian incarnation of Petsuchos

  • Page last updated: 15 Feb 2008
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