Sobek, often depicted with the head of a crocodile and a crown composed of ram horns, a sun disk, and feathered plumes.
Major cult center
Faiyum, Crocodilopolis, Kom Ombo
Symbol
crocodile
Parents
Set/Khnum and Neith[1]
Consort
Renenutet[2] or Meskhenet[citation needed]
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S
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Sobek (also called Sebek or Sobki, Coptic: Ⲥⲟⲩⲕ, romanized: Souk) was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex and elastic history and nature.[3] He is associated with the Nile crocodile or the West African crocodile and is represented either in its form or as a human with a crocodile head. Sobek was also associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with apotropaic qualities, invoked especially for protection against the dangers presented by the Nile. Sobek has been famed for having been revered by the first female Pharaoh by the Nebty name Sat-Sekhem-Nebet-Tawy Sobekneferu, present both in the female Pharaoh's nomen, Sobekneferu (sbk-nfrw - Beauty of Sobek), and her praenomen Kasobekre (The Ka of Sobek-Ra).
^"Gods of Ancient Egypt: Sobek". www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk.
^Francoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie-Coche (trans. David Lorton). (2004). Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [hereafter: Gods and Men].
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