Sobek

Sobek
Sobek
	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
Consort	Renenutet or Meskhenet[citation needed]

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.

^ "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].
^ Zecchi 2010, pp. 3–4.

[1] "Gods of Ancient Egypt: Sobek". www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk.

[2] 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].

[FOOTNOTEZecchi20103–4-3] Zecchi 2010, pp. 3–4.

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