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Sobek

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Sobek
The Nile, The Airmy an Militar, Fertility
Name in hieroglyphs
S29D58V31
I3

or
I4
Major cult centrerCrocodilopolis, Faiyum, Kom Ombo
Symbolcrocodile
Personal Information
ParentsChnoumis an Neith
SiblinsAnubis

Sobek (cried Sebek, Sochet, Sobk, an Sobki an aw), an in Greek, Suchos (Σοῦχος) wis an auncient Egyptian deity wi a complex an fluid naitur.[1] He is associatit wi the Nile crocodile an is either representit in its furm or as a human wi a crocodile head. Sobek wis associatit wi pharaonic pouer, fertility, an militar prowess an aw, but served addeetionally as a pertective deity wi apotropaic qualities, invoked pairticularly for pertection against the dangers presentit bi the Nile river.

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  1. Zecchi, 3-4.