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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83" title="سوبيك – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سوبيك" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Себек – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Себек" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Собек – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Собек" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A6%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%81%E0%BD%BC%E0%BC%8D" title="སུའོ་པོ་ཁོ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="སུའོ་པོ་ཁོ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobec" title="Sobec – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sobec" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Себек – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Себек" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek_(mytologie)" title="Sobek (mytologie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sobek (mytologie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobec" title="Sobec – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sobec" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek_(%C3%A4gyptische_Mythologie)" title="Sobek (ägyptische Mythologie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sobek (ägyptische Mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BA" title="Σομπέκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σομπέκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%DA%A9" title="سوبک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوبک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobac" title="Sobac – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sobac" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EB%B2%A0%ED%81%AC" title="세베크 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="세베크" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%AF" title="Սեբեկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սեբեկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3bek" title="Sóbek – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sóbek" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%9B" title="סבכ – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סבכ" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="სებეკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სებეკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suchus" title="Suchus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Suchus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebeks" title="Sebeks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Sebeks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobekas" title="Sobekas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Sobekas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szobek" title="Szobek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szobek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Собек – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Собек" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="സോബെക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സോബെക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="სებეკი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="სებეკი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83" title="سوبيك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سوبيك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%9B" title="ꯁꯣꯕꯦꯛ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯁꯣꯕꯦꯛ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%AF" title="セベク – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="セベク" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B2bec" title="Sòbec – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sòbec" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebek" title="Sebek – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sebek" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobeque" title="Sobeque – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sobeque" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA" title="Себек – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Себек" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek" title="Sobek – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Sobek" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a 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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ancient Egyptian deity</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Ancient Egyptian deity. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Sobek_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Sobek (disambiguation)">Sobek (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Sebek" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Sebek_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Sebek (disambiguation)">Sebek (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;background-color: #DECD87;">Sobek</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sobek.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sobek.svg/250px-Sobek.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="528" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sobek.svg/330px-Sobek.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sobek.svg/440px-Sobek.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="840" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Sobek, often depicted with the head of a crocodile and a crown composed of ram horns, a sun disk, and feathered plumes.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">hieroglyphs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><table class="mw-hiero-table mw-hiero-outer" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td> <table class="mw-hiero-table"><tbody><tr> <td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_S29.png?58979" height="38" title="S29 [s]" alt="s" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_D58.png?12f84" height="35" title="D58 [b]" alt="b" /></td><td><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_V31.png?70ebb" height="11" title="V31 [k]" alt="k" /><br /><img class="skin-invert" style="margin: 1px;" src="/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_I3.png?eb071" height="12" title="I3" alt="I3" /></td> </tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major cult center</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Faiyum" title="Faiyum">Faiyum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumenu" title="Sumenu">Crocodilopolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kom_Ombo" title="Kom Ombo">Kom Ombo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data">crocodile</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DECD87;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Set_(deity)" title="Set (deity)">Set</a>/<a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian god)">Tutu</a> and Shemanefer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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title="Amenhotep, son of Hapu">Amenhotep, son of Hapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesemi" title="Amesemi">Amesemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Am-heh" title="Am-heh">Am-heh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amu-Aa" title="Amu-Aa">Amu-Aa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anat" title="Anat">Anat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andjety" title="Andjety">Andjety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhur" title="Anhur">Anhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anput" title="Anput">Anput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anuket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apedemak" title="Apedemak">Apedemak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apesh" title="Apesh">Apesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqen" title="Aqen">Aqen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arensnuphis" title="Arensnuphis">Arensnuphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_(deity)" title="Ash (deity)">Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors of Maat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a></li></ul> <p><b>B</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baalat_Gebal" title="Baalat Gebal">Baalat Gebal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babi_(mythology)" title="Babi (mythology)">Babi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banebdjedet" title="Banebdjedet">Banebdjedet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beset" class="mw-redirect" title="Beset">Beset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li></ul> <p><b>C</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities of the underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_Ferryman" title="Celestial Ferryman">Celestial Ferrymana</a></li></ul> <p><b>D</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysus-Osiris" title="Dionysus-Osiris">Dionysus-Osiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedefhor" title="Djedefhor">Djedefhor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duamutef" class="mw-redirect" title="Duamutef">Duamutef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duau_(god)" title="Duau (god)">Duau</a></li></ul> <p><b>G</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities of the underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gengen-Wer" title="Gengen-Wer">Gengen-Wer</a></li></ul> <p><b>H</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapi_(Nile_god)" title="Hapi (Nile god)">Hapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Hapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmachis" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmachis">Harmachis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpocrates" title="Harpocrates">Harpocrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsomtus" title="Harsomtus">Harsomtus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatmehit" title="Hatmehit">Hatmehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauron" title="Hauron">Hauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedetet" title="Hedetet">Hedetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjhotep" title="Hedjhotep">Hedjhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemsut" title="Hemsut">Hemsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henet" title="Henet">Henet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henkhisesui" title="Henkhisesui">Henkhisesui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqaib#Legacy" title="Heqaib">Heqaib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqet" title="Heqet">Heqet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermanubis" title="Hermanubis">Hermanubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus" title="Hermes Trismegistus">Hermes Trismegistus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heru-ur" class="mw-redirect" title="Heru-ur">Heru-ur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heryshaf" title="Heryshaf">Heryshaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesat" title="Hesat">Hesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchai" title="Hutchai">Hutchai</a></li></ul> <p><b>I</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iabet" title="Iabet">Iabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iah" title="Iah">Iah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iat" title="Iat">Iat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igai_(deity)" title="Igai (deity)">Igai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihy" title="Ihy">Ihy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhemu-sek" title="Ikhemu-sek">Ikhemu-sek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imentet" title="Imentet">Imentet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep#Deification" title="Imhotep">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imsety" class="mw-redirect" title="Imsety">Imsety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipy_(goddess)" title="Ipy (goddess)">Ipy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irer" title="Irer">Irer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishtar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishtar">Ishtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iusaaset" title="Iusaaset">Iusaaset</a></li></ul> <p><b>J</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_Ammon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter Ammon">Jupiter Ammon</a></li></ul> <p><b>K</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kagemni_I" title="Kagemni I">Kagemni I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet">Kebechet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khensit" title="Khensit">Khensit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-Amentiu" title="Khenti-Amentiu">Khenti-Amentiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-kheti" title="Khenti-kheti">Khenti-kheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khereduankh" title="Khereduankh">Khereduankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherty" title="Kherty">Kherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolanthes" title="Kolanthes">Kolanthes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis" title="Kothar-wa-Khasis">Kothar-wa-Khasis</a></li></ul> <p><b>M</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maahes" title="Maahes">Maahes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Maat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafdet" title="Mafdet">Mafdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed" title="Medjed">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meret" title="Meret">Meret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meretseger" title="Meretseger">Meretseger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montu" title="Montu">Montu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a></li></ul> <p><b>N</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nebethetepet" title="Nebethetepet">Nebethetepet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebtuwi" title="Nebtuwi">Nebtuwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehebkau" title="Nehebkau">Nehebkau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehmetawy" title="Nehmetawy">Nehmetawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemty" title="Nemty">Nemty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Neper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Nepit</a></li></ul> <p><b>P</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pakhet" title="Pakhet">Pakhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perit_(goddess)" title="Perit (goddess)">Perit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petbe" title="Petbe">Petbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptahhotep" title="Ptahhotep">Ptahhotep</a></li></ul> <p><b>Q</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qebehsenuef" class="mw-redirect" title="Qebehsenuef">Qebehsenuef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qebui" title="Qebui">Qebui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qed-her" title="Qed-her">Qed-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qetesh" title="Qetesh">Qetesh</a></li></ul> <p><b>R</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhyt#Deity" title="Rekhyt">Rekhyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rem_(mythology)" title="Rem (mythology)">Rem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpet" title="Renpet">Renpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpetneferet" title="Renpetneferet">Renpetneferet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repyt" title="Repyt">Repyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resheph" title="Resheph">Resheph</a></li></ul> <p><b>S</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sah_(god)" title="Sah (god)">Sah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" title="Sebiumeker">Sebiumeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedjem" title="Sedjem">Sedjem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seker" title="Seker">Seker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serket" title="Serket">Serket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seshat" title="Seshat">Seshat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai" title="Shai">Shai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shed_(deity)" title="Shed (deity)">Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shehbui" title="Shehbui">Shehbui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesmetet" title="Shesmetet">Shesmetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shezmu" title="Shezmu">Shezmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sobek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdet" title="Sopdet">Sopdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdu" title="Sopdu">Sopdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souls_of_Pe_and_Nekhen" title="Souls of Pe and Nekhen">Souls of Pe and Nekhen</a></li></ul> <p><b>T</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ta-Bitjet" title="Ta-Bitjet">Ta-Bitjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatenen" title="Tatenen">Tatenen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taweret" title="Taweret">Taweret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayt" title="Tayt">Tayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teka-her" title="Teka-her">Teka-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian god)">Tutu</a></li></ul> <p><b>U</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unut" title="Unut">Unut</a></li></ul> <p><b>W</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadj-wer" title="Wadj-wer">Wadj-wer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weneg_(Egyptian_deity)" title="Weneg (Egyptian deity)">Weneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepset" title="Wepset">Wepset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepwawet" title="Wepwawet">Wepwawet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werethekau" title="Werethekau">Werethekau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wosret" title="Wosret">Wosret</a></li></ul> <p><b>Y</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yam_(god)" title="Yam (god)">Yam</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#decd87;;border:1px solid #decd87;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Category:Egyptian_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Egyptian legendary creatures">Creatures</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhekh" title="Akhekh">Akhekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx#Egypt" title="Sphinx">Criosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hieracosphinx" title="Hieracosphinx">Hieracosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(fish)" title="Medjed (fish)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpopard" title="Serpopard">Serpopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_animal" title="Set animal">Set animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">Sphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uraeus" title="Uraeus">Uraeus</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#decd87;;border:1px solid #decd87;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Characters</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Djedi" title="Djedi">Djedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djadjaemankh" title="Djadjaemankh">Djadjaemankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rededjet" title="Rededjet">Rededjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubaoner" title="Ubaoner">Ubaoner</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#decd87;;border:1px solid #decd87;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Locations</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaru" title="Aaru">Aaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhet_(hieroglyph)" title="Akhet (hieroglyph)">Akhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benben" title="Benben">Benben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duat" title="Duat">Duat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Manu" title="Land of Manu">Land of Manu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Indestructibles" title="The Indestructibles">The Indestructibles</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#decd87;;border:1px solid #decd87;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_symbols" title="Category:Ancient Egyptian symbols">Symbols and objects</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">Ankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anra_scarab" title="Anra scarab">Anra scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atef" title="Atef">Atef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartouche" title="Cartouche">Cartouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowroid" title="Cowroid">Cowroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_mummy" title="Corn mummy">Corn mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_and_flail" title="Crook and flail">Crook and flail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_of_justification" title="Crown of justification">Crown of justification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">Deshret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djed" title="Djed">Djed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian obelisk">Egyptian obelisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pool" title="Egyptian pool">Egyptian pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Horus" title="Eye of Horus">Eye of Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Ra" title="Eye of Ra">Eye of Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjet" title="Hedjet">Hedjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemhem_crown" title="Hemhem crown">Hemhem crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennu" title="Hennu">Hennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus_on_the_Crocodiles" title="Horus on the Crocodiles">Horus on the Crocodiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocephalus" title="Hypocephalus">Hypocephalus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imiut_fetish" title="Imiut fetish">Imiut fetish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepresh" title="Khepresh">Khepresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menat" title="Menat">Menat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modius_(headdress)" title="Modius (headdress)">Modius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebu">Nebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemes" title="Nemes">Nemes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshmet" title="Neshmet">Neshmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pschent" title="Pschent">Pschent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" title="Scarab (artifact)">Scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seqtet_boat" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Thelema" title="Thelema">Thelema</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="background:transparent;"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pyramidi_aavikolla.png/20px-Pyramidi_aavikolla.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Pyramidi_aavikolla.png/40px-Pyramidi_aavikolla.png 1.5x" data-file-width="45" data-file-height="45" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Ancient_Egypt" title="Portal:Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egypt portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output 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language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Σοῦχος</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Soûchos</i></span>), was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_deities" title="Ancient Egyptian deities">ancient Egyptian deity</a> with a complex and elastic history and nature.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi20103–4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi20103–4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is associated with the <a href="/wiki/Nile_crocodile" title="Nile crocodile">Nile crocodile</a> (or 'sacred crocodile') and is often represented as a crocodile-headed humanoid, if not as a crocodile outright. Sobek was also associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, but served additionally as a protective deity with <a href="/wiki/Apotropaic_magic" title="Apotropaic magic">apotropaic qualities</a>, invoked especially for protecting others from the dangers presented by the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sobek enjoyed a longstanding presence in the ancient Egyptian pantheon, from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Old Kingdom of Egypt">Old Kingdom of Egypt</a> (c. 2686–2181 BCE) through the Roman period (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 30 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">BCE</span></span>–350 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">CE</span></span></span>). He is first known from several different <a href="/wiki/Pyramid_Texts" title="Pyramid Texts">Pyramid Texts</a> of the Old Kingdom, particularly from spell PT 317.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA199_199]_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA199_199]-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA200_200]_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA200_200]-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spell, which praises the <a href="/wiki/Pharaoh" title="Pharaoh">pharaoh</a> as the living incarnation of the <a href="/wiki/Nile_crocodile" title="Nile crocodile">crocodile</a> god, reads: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><a href="/wiki/Unas" title="Unas">Unis</a> is Sobek, green of plumage, with alert face and raised fore, the splashing one who came from the thigh and tail of the great goddess in the sunlight ... Unis has appeared as Sobek, <a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a>'s son. Unis will eat with his mouth, Unis will urinate and Unis will copulate with his penis. Unis is lord of semen, who takes women from their husbands to the place Unis likes according to his heart's fancy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAllenManuelian2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksid6VBJeCoDdTUCpgPA60_60][httpsbooksgooglecombooksid6VBJeCoDdTUCpgPA15_The_Pyramid_Texts_of_Unis]_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAllenManuelian2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksid6VBJeCoDdTUCpgPA60_60][httpsbooksgooglecombooksid6VBJeCoDdTUCpgPA15_The_Pyramid_Texts_of_Unis]-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The origin of his name, <i>Sbk</i><sup id="cite_ref-WB_IV,_95_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WB_IV,_95-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_language" title="Egyptian language">Egyptian</a>, is debated among scholars, but many believe that it is derived from a causative of the verb "to impregnate".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurray2004[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidWWI7-qA3pQACpgPA107_107][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidWWI7-qA3pQACpgPA92_Religion]_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurray2004[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidWWI7-qA3pQACpgPA107_107][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidWWI7-qA3pQACpgPA92_Religion]-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg/220px-Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg/330px-Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg/440px-Statue_of_Sobek_Ashmolean.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1907" data-file-height="1878" /></a><figcaption>This statue of Sobek was found at <a href="/wiki/Amenemhat_III" title="Amenemhat III">Amenemhat III</a>'s mortuary temple (which was connected to his <a href="/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">pyramid</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hawara" title="Hawara">Hawara</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Faiyum" title="Faiyum">Faiyum</a>), serving as a testament to this king's devotion to Sobek. <a href="/wiki/Ashmolean_Museum" title="Ashmolean Museum">Ashmolean Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Egyptian_-_Statue_of_a_Crocodile_with_the_Head_of_a_Falcon_-_Walters_22347_-_Right_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1715" data-file-height="1003" /></a><figcaption>This <a href="/wiki/Late_Period_of_ancient_Egypt" title="Late Period of ancient Egypt">Late Period</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 400–250 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">BCE</span></span></span>) statue shows Sobek bearing the falcon head of Re-Harakhti, illustrating the fusion of Sobek and <a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Re</a> into Sobek-Re. <a href="/wiki/Walters_Art_Museum" title="Walters Art Museum">Walters Art Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Though Sobek was worshipped in the Old Kingdom, he truly gained prominence in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2055–1650 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">BCE</span></span></span>), most notably under the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Dynasty_of_Egypt" title="Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt">Twelfth Dynasty</a> pharaoh, <a href="/wiki/Amenemhat_III" title="Amenemhat III">Amenemhat III</a>. Amenemhat III had taken a particular interest in the <a href="/wiki/Faiyum" title="Faiyum">Faiyum</a> of Egypt, a region heavily associated with Sobek. Amenemhat and many of his dynastic contemporaries engaged in building projects to promote Sobek – projects that were often executed in the Faiyum. In this period, Sobek also underwent an important change: he was often fused with the falcon-headed god of divine kingship, <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a>. This brought Sobek even closer with the kings of Egypt, thereby giving him a place of greater prominence in the Egyptian pantheon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi201037–52_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi201037–52-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fusion added a finer level of complexity to the god's nature, as he was adopted into the <a href="/wiki/Divine_triad" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine triad">divine triad</a> of Horus and his two parents: <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi20103_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi20103-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kom_Ombo,_Sobek_0319.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0319.JPG/250px-Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0319.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0319.JPG/330px-Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0319.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0319.JPG/500px-Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0319.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2244" /></a><figcaption>This relief from the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo" title="Temple of Kom Ombo">Temple of Kom Ombo</a> shows Sobek with typical attributes of kingship, including a <a href="/wiki/Was-sceptre" title="Was-sceptre">was-sceptre</a> and royal kilt. The <a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">ankh</a> in his hand represents his role as an Osirian healer and his crown is a solar crown associated with one of the many forms of <a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sobek first acquired a role as a <a href="/wiki/Solar_deity" title="Solar deity">solar deity</a> through his connection to Horus, but this was further strengthened in later periods with the emergence of Sobek-Ra, a fusion of Sobek and Egypt's primary sun god, <a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a>. Sobek-Horus persisted as a figure in the <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a> (1550–1069 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">BCE</span></span>), but it was not until the last dynasties of Egypt that Sobek-Ra gained prominence. This understanding of the god was maintained after the fall of Egypt's last native dynasty in <a href="/wiki/Ptolemaic_Kingdom" title="Ptolemaic Kingdom">Ptolemaic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Egypt" title="Roman Egypt">Roman Egypt</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 332 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">BCE</span></span> – 390 <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">CE</span></span></span>). The prestige of both Sobek and Sobek-Ra endured in this time period and tributes to him attained greater prominence – both through the expansion of his dedicated cultic sites and a concerted scholarly effort to make him the subject of religious doctrine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010153_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010153-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010154_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010154-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cult_centers">Cult centers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cult centers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The entire <a href="/wiki/Faiyum" title="Faiyum">Faiyum</a> region – the "Land of the Lake" in Egyptian (specifically referring to <a href="/wiki/Lake_Moeris" title="Lake Moeris">Lake Moeris</a>) – served as a cult center of Sobek.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010153_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010153-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most Faiyum towns developed their own localized versions of the god, such as Soknebtunis at Tebtunis, Sokonnokonni at Bacchias, and Souxei at an unknown site in the area. At Karanis, two forms of the god were worshipped: Pnepheros and Petsuchos. There, mummified crocodiles were employed as cult images of Petsuchos.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA99_99][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA97_The_Local_Scope_of_Religious_Belief]_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA99_99][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA97_The_Local_Scope_of_Religious_Belief]-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA151_151][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA151_151][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA159_159][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA159_159][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA160_160][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA160_160][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1499" data-file-height="1565" /></a><figcaption>This Roman period box shows a king making an offering to a solar form of Sobek. It is thought that this box could have been used in such offering rituals. <a href="/wiki/Walters_Art_Museum" title="Walters Art Museum">Walters Art Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sobek Shedety, the patron of the Faiyum's centrally located capital, <a href="/wiki/Crocodilopolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Crocodilopolis">Crocodilopolis</a> (or Egyptian "Shedet"), was the most prominent form of the god. Extensive building programs honoring Sobek were realized in Shedet, as it was the capital of the entire Arsinoite <a href="/wiki/Nome_(Egypt)" title="Nome (Egypt)">nome</a> and consequently the most important city in the region. It is thought that the effort to expand Sobek's main temple was initially driven by <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Ptolemy II">Ptolemy II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010153_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi2010153-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specialized priests in the main temple at Shedet functioned solely to serve Sobek, boasting titles like "prophet of the crocodile-gods" and "one who buries of the bodies of the crocodile-gods of the Land of the Lake".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the Greco-Roman period, the settlements Bakchias, <a href="/wiki/Medinet_Madi" title="Medinet Madi">Narmouthis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soknopaiou_Nesos" title="Soknopaiou Nesos">Soknopaiou Nesos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tebtunis" title="Tebtunis">Tebtunis</a> and Theadelphia at the edges of the Faiyum provide numerous <a href="/wiki/Papyrus" title="Papyrus">papyri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ostracon" title="Ostracon">ostraca</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epigraphy" title="Epigraphy">inscriptions</a> that relate to temples and priests of Sobek and his local incarnations: The sources from these five settlements are central to study cult practice, temple economy and social networks of priestly families under Roman rule.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside the Faiyum, <a href="/wiki/Kom_Ombo" title="Kom Ombo">Kom Ombo</a>, in southern Egypt, was the biggest cultic center of Sobek, particularly during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Kom Ombo is located about 30 miles (48 km) north of Aswan and was built during the Graeco-Roman period (332 BCE – 395 CE).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple at this site was called the "Per-Sobek", meaning the "house of Sobek".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Character_and_surrounding_mythologies">Character and surrounding mythologies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Character and surrounding mythologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sovk_(Suchus,_Cronos,_Satrune),_N372.2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Sovk_%28Suchus%2C_Cronos%2C_Satrune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg/250px-Sovk_%28Suchus%2C_Cronos%2C_Satrune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Sovk_%28Suchus%2C_Cronos%2C_Satrune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg/330px-Sovk_%28Suchus%2C_Cronos%2C_Satrune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Sovk_%28Suchus%2C_Cronos%2C_Satrune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg/500px-Sovk_%28Suchus%2C_Cronos%2C_Satrune%29%2C_N372.2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Sovk (Suchus, Cronos, Satrune); by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Champollion" title="Jean-François Champollion">Jean-François Champollion</a>; 1823–1825; <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a> (New York City)</figcaption></figure> <p>Sobek is, above all else, an aggressive and animalistic deity who lives up to the vicious reputation of his patron animal, the large and violent <a href="/wiki/Nile_crocodile" title="Nile crocodile">Nile crocodile</a> / <a href="/wiki/West_African_crocodile" title="West African crocodile">West African crocodile</a>. Some of his common epithets portray this nature succinctly, the most notable of which being: "he who loves robbery", "he who eats while he also mates", and "pointed of teeth".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA199_199]_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA199_199]-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he also displays grand benevolence in more than one celebrated myth. After his association with <a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a> and consequent adoption into the <a href="/wiki/Triad_(Egyptian_religion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triad (Egyptian religion)">Osirian triad</a> of <a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a>, and Horus in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Middle Kingdom of Egypt">Middle Kingdom</a>, Sobek became associated with Isis as a healer of the deceased Osiris (following his violent murder by <a href="/wiki/Set_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Set (mythology)">Set</a> in the central <a href="/wiki/Osiris_myth" title="Osiris myth">Osiris myth</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZecchi20103_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZecchi20103-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, though many scholars believe that the name of Sobek, <i>Sbk</i>, is derived from <i>s-bAk</i>, "to impregnate", others postulate that it is a participial form of the verb <i>sbq</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-WB_IV,_95_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WB_IV,_95-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an alternative writing of <i>sAq</i>, "to unite", thereby meaning <i>Sbk</i> could roughly translate to "he who unites (the dismembered limbs of Osiris)".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA200_200]_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA200_200]-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is from this association with healing that Sobek was considered a protective deity. His fierceness was able to ward off evil while simultaneously defending the innocent. He was thus made a subject of personal piety and a common recipient of <a href="/wiki/Votive_offerings" class="mw-redirect" title="Votive offerings">votive offerings</a>, particularly in the later periods of ancient <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian history">Egyptian history</a>. It was not uncommon, particularly in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, for crocodiles to be preserved as <a href="/wiki/Animal_mummy" title="Animal mummy">mummies</a> to present at Sobek's cultic centers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sobek was also offered mummified crocodile eggs, meant to emphasize the cyclical nature of his solar attributes as Sobek-Ra.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA225_225]_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA225_225]-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Likewise, crocodiles were raised for religious reasons as living incarnations of Sobek. Upon their deaths, they were mummified in a grand ritual display as sacred, but earthly, manifestations of their patron god. This practice was executed specifically at the main temple of <a href="/wiki/Crocodilopolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Crocodilopolis">Crocodilopolis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA202_202]_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA202_202]-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These mummified crocodiles have been found with baby crocodiles in their mouths and on their backs. The crocodile is one of the few reptiles seen to diligently care for their young, and often transports its offspring in this manner. The practice of preserving this aspect of the animal's behavior via mummification is likely intended to emphasize the protective and nurturing aspects of the fierce Sobek, as he protects the Egyptian people in the same manner that the crocodile protects its young.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, a local monograph called the <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Faiyum" title="Book of the Faiyum">Book of the Faiyum</a></i> centered on Sobek with a considerable portion devoted to the journey made by Sobek-Ra each day with the movement of the sun through the sky. The text also focuses heavily on Sobek's central role in creation as a manifestation of <a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a>, as he is said to have risen from the primal waters of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Moeris" title="Lake Moeris">Lake Moeris</a>, not unlike the <a href="/wiki/Ogdoad_(Egyptian)" title="Ogdoad (Egyptian)">Ogdoad</a> in the traditional creation myth of <a href="/wiki/Hermopolis" title="Hermopolis">Hermopolis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many varied copies of the book exist and many scholars feel that it was produced in large quantities as a "best-seller" in antiquity. The integral relationship between the <a href="/wiki/Faiyum" title="Faiyum">Faiyum</a> and Sobek is highlighted via this text, and his far reaching influence is seen in localities that are outside the Faiyum as well; a portion of the book is copied on the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Egypt" title="Upper Egypt">Upper Egyptian</a> (meaning southern Egyptian) <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo" title="Temple of Kom Ombo">Temple of Kom Ombo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sobek_as_crocodile.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sobek as a crocodile on a shrine"><img alt="Sobek as a crocodile on a shrine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Sobek_as_crocodile.svg/170px-Sobek_as_crocodile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Sobek_as_crocodile.svg/255px-Sobek_as_crocodile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Sobek_as_crocodile.svg/340px-Sobek_as_crocodile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sobek as a crocodile on a shrine</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sobek-Ra.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sobek-Ra with a sun disk"><img alt="Sobek-Ra with a sun disk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sobek-Ra.svg/120px-Sobek-Ra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sobek-Ra.svg/250px-Sobek-Ra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="769" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sobek-Ra with a sun disk</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krokodilsstatue.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sobek in his crocodile form; 1991-1802 BCE; Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst (Munich, Germany)"><img alt="Sobek in his crocodile form; 1991-1802 BCE; Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst (Munich, Germany)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Krokodilsstatue.jpg/170px-Krokodilsstatue.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Krokodilsstatue.jpg/255px-Krokodilsstatue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Krokodilsstatue.jpg/340px-Krokodilsstatue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2283" data-file-height="1370" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sobek in his crocodile form; 1991-1802 BCE; <a href="/wiki/Staatliche_Sammlung_f%C3%BCr_%C3%84gyptische_Kunst" title="Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst">Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst</a> (<a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, Germany)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mummified crocodiles of various ages, in honor of Sobek. Crocodile Museum, Temple of Kom Ombo"><img alt="Mummified crocodiles of various ages, in honor of Sobek. Crocodile Museum, Temple of Kom Ombo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg/250px-The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg/330px-The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg/500px-The_Crocodile_Museum_0288_b1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mummified crocodiles of various ages, in honor of Sobek. Crocodile Museum, <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo" title="Temple of Kom Ombo">Temple of Kom Ombo</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mummified crocodiles, in the Crocodile Museum"><img alt="Mummified crocodiles, in the Crocodile Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg/250px-The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg/330px-The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg/500px-The_Crocodile_Museum_0283_d1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3040" data-file-height="2026" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mummified crocodiles, in the Crocodile Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kom_Ombo,_Sobek_0372.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A wall relief from Kom Ombo showing Sobek with solar attributes"><img alt="A wall relief from Kom Ombo showing Sobek with solar attributes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0372.JPG/103px-Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0372.JPG" decoding="async" width="103" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0372.JPG/155px-Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0372.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0372.JPG/207px-Kom_Ombo%2C_Sobek_0372.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2217" data-file-height="3636" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A wall relief from <a href="/wiki/Kom_Ombo" title="Kom Ombo">Kom Ombo</a> showing Sobek with solar attributes</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Sobek and Amenhotep III; 1550-1292 BCE; calcite; Luxor Museum (Luxor, Egypt)"><img alt="Statue of Sobek and Amenhotep III; 1550-1292 BCE; calcite; Luxor Museum (Luxor, Egypt)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg/127px-Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg/191px-Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg/255px-Luxor_Museum_Statuen_Sobek_Amenophis_III._02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2994" data-file-height="3994" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of Sobek and <a href="/wiki/Amenhotep_III" title="Amenhotep III">Amenhotep III</a>; 1550-1292 BCE; <a href="/wiki/Calcite" title="Calcite">calcite</a>; <a href="/wiki/Luxor_Museum" title="Luxor Museum">Luxor Museum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Luxor" title="Luxor">Luxor</a>, Egypt)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Plaque_with_head_and_shoulders_of_a_priestly_figure,_opposite_side_head_of_priestly_figure_and_most_of_a_figure_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236169_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plaque with head and shoulders of a priestly figure and Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone; height: 27.5 cm, width: 25.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)"><img alt="Plaque with head and shoulders of a priestly figure and Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone; height: 27.5 cm, width: 25.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Plaque_with_head_and_shoulders_of_a_priestly_figure%2C_opposite_side_head_of_priestly_figure_and_most_of_a_figure_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236169_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Plaque_with_head_and_shoulders_of_a_priestly_figure%2C_opposite_side_head_of_priestly_figure_and_most_of_a_figure_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236169_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Plaque_with_head_and_shoulders_of_a_priestly_figure%2C_opposite_side_head_of_priestly_figure_and_most_of_a_figure_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236169_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2507" data-file-height="2401" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plaque with head and shoulders of a priestly figure and Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone; height: 27.5 cm, width: 25.5 cm; <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> (New York City)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_plaque,_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fragment of a relief of Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone; height: 6 cm, width: 8.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art"><img alt="Fragment of a relief of Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone; height: 6 cm, width: 8.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Relief_plaque%2C_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Relief_plaque%2C_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Relief_plaque%2C_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Relief_plaque%2C_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Relief_plaque%2C_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Relief_plaque%2C_upper_part_of_crocodile-headed_god_MET_DP236820_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="901" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fragment of a relief of Sobek; 400-30 BCE; limestone; height: 6 cm, width: 8.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amulet_of_Soknopaios_LACMA_M.80.202.64.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Amulet of Soknopaios; 305-31 BCE; green faience; 2.7 x 7.9 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, California)"><img alt="Amulet of Soknopaios; 305-31 BCE; green faience; 2.7 x 7.9 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, California)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Amulet_of_Soknopaios_LACMA_M.80.202.64.jpg/120px-Amulet_of_Soknopaios_LACMA_M.80.202.64.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Amulet_of_Soknopaios_LACMA_M.80.202.64.jpg/250px-Amulet_of_Soknopaios_LACMA_M.80.202.64.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Amulet of Soknopaios; 305-31 BCE; green faience; 2.7 x 7.9 cm; <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art">Los Angeles County Museum of Art</a> (Los Angeles, California)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a>, a female crocodile-headed deity in Egyptian mythology</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/sobek/">"Gods of Ancient Egypt: Sobek"</a>. <i>www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk&rft.atitle=Gods+of+Ancient+Egypt%3A+Sobek&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancientegyptonline.co.uk%2Fsobek%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA151_151][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrankfurter1998">Frankfurter 1998</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC&pg=PA151">151</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC&pg=PA145">Mutations of the Egyptian Oracle</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA159_159][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA159_159][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrankfurter1998">Frankfurter 1998</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC&pg=PA159">159</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC&pg=PA145">Mutations of the Egyptian Oracle</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA160_160][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrankfurter1998[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA160_160][httpsbooksgooglecombooksidY6VJgeU28lQCpgPA145_Mutations_of_the_Egyptian_Oracle]_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrankfurter1998">Frankfurter 1998</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC&pg=PA160">160</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC&pg=PA145">Mutations of the Egyptian Oracle</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA203_203]_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBresciani2005">Bresciani 2005</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC&pg=PA203">203</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSippel2020" class="citation book cs1">Sippel, Benjamin (2020). <i>Gottesdiener und Kamelzüchter: Das Alltags- und Sozialleben der Sobek-Priester im kaiserzeitlichen Fayum</i>. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-447-11485-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-447-11485-1"><bdi>978-3-447-11485-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gottesdiener+und+Kamelz%C3%BCchter%3A+Das+Alltags-+und+Sozialleben+der+Sobek-Priester+im+kaiserzeitlichen+Fayum&rft.place=Wiesbaden&rft.pub=Harrassowitz&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-3-447-11485-1&rft.aulast=Sippel&rft.aufirst=Benjamin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discoveringegypt.com/pyramids-temples-of-egypt/kom-ombo-temple/">"Kom Ombo Temple – Discovering Ancient Egypt"</a>. <i>discoveringegypt.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=discoveringegypt.com&rft.atitle=Kom+Ombo+Temple+%E2%80%93+Discovering+Ancient+Egypt&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscoveringegypt.com%2Fpyramids-temples-of-egypt%2Fkom-ombo-temple%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA219_219]_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFIkram2005">Ikram 2005</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC&pg=PA219">219</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA225_225]-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIkram2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA225_225]_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFIkram2005">Ikram 2005</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC&pg=PA225">225</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA202_202]-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBresciani2005[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidzz5oNwmdaTcCpgPA202_202]_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBresciani2005">Bresciani 2005</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC&pg=PA202">202</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">O'Connor</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tait, 183–184.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAllenManuelian2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Peter_Allen" title="James Peter Allen">Allen, James P.</a>; Manuelian, Peter Der (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6VBJeCoDdTUC"><i>The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts</i></a>. Atlanta: <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Biblical_Literature" title="Society of Biblical Literature">Society of Biblical Literature</a>. p. 471. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781589831827" title="Special:BookSources/9781589831827"><bdi>9781589831827</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ancient+Egyptian+Pyramid+Texts&rft.place=Atlanta&rft.pages=471&rft.pub=Society+of+Biblical+Literature&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9781589831827&rft.aulast=Allen&rft.aufirst=James+P.&rft.au=Manuelian%2C+Peter+Der&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6VBJeCoDdTUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBresciani2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Edda_Bresciani" title="Edda Bresciani">Bresciani, Edda</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC&pg=PA199">"Sobek, Lord of the Land of the Lake"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC"><i>Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt</i></a>. Cairo: <a href="/wiki/The_American_University_in_Cairo_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The American University in Cairo Press">The American University in Cairo Press</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">199–</span>206. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789774248580" title="Special:BookSources/9789774248580"><bdi>9789774248580</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Sobek%2C+Lord+of+the+Land+of+the+Lake&rft.btitle=Divine+Creatures%3A+Animal+Mummies+in+Ancient+Egypt&rft.place=Cairo&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E199-%3C%2Fspan%3E206&rft.pub=The+American+University+in+Cairo+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9789774248580&rft.aulast=Bresciani&rft.aufirst=Edda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dzz5oNwmdaTcC%26pg%3DPA199&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFrankfurter1998" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Frankfurter" title="David Frankfurter">Frankfurter, David</a> (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6VJgeU28lQC"><i>Religion in Roman Egypt: Assimilation and Resistance</i></a>. Princeton: <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_Press" title="Princeton University Press">Princeton University Press</a>. p. 314. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-07054-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-07054-4"><bdi>978-0-691-07054-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religion+in+Roman+Egypt%3A+Assimilation+and+Resistance&rft.place=Princeton&rft.pages=314&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-691-07054-4&rft.aulast=Frankfurter&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DY6VJgeU28lQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFIkram2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Salima_Ikram" title="Salima Ikram">Ikram, Salima</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC&pg=PA207">"Protecting Pets and Cleaning Crocodiles: The Animal Mummy Project"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zz5oNwmdaTcC"><i>Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt</i></a>. Cairo: <a href="/wiki/The_American_University_in_Cairo_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The American University in Cairo Press">The American University in Cairo Press</a>. pp. <span class="nowrap">207–</span>227. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789774248580" title="Special:BookSources/9789774248580"><bdi>9789774248580</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Protecting+Pets+and+Cleaning+Crocodiles%3A+The+Animal+Mummy+Project&rft.btitle=Divine+Creatures%3A+Animal+Mummies+in+Ancient+Egypt&rft.place=Cairo&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E207-%3C%2Fspan%3E227&rft.pub=The+American+University+in+Cairo+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=9789774248580&rft.aulast=Ikram&rft.aufirst=Salima&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dzz5oNwmdaTcC%26pg%3DPA207&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMurray2004" class="citation book cs1">Murray, Mary Alice (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WWI7-qA3pQAC"><i>The Splendor that was Egypt</i></a>. London: <a href="/wiki/Courier_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Courier Corporation">Courier Corporation</a>. p. 256. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780486431000" title="Special:BookSources/9780486431000"><bdi>9780486431000</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Splendor+that+was+Egypt&rft.place=London&rft.pages=256&rft.pub=Courier+Corporation&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9780486431000&rft.aulast=Murray&rft.aufirst=Mary+Alice&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWWI7-qA3pQAC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>O'Connor, David. "From Topography to Cosmos: Ancient Egypt's Multiple Maps". In <i>Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome</i>, edited by Richard J.A. Talbert, 47–79. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012.</li> <li>Tait, John. "The 'Book of the Fayum': Mystery in a Known Landscape". In <i>Mysterious Lands</i>, edited by David O'Connor and Stephen Quirke, 183–202. Portland: Cavendish Publishing, 2003.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFZecchi2010" class="citation book cs1">Zecchi, Marco (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tkrQcQAACAAJ"><i>Sobek of Shedet : The Crocodile God in the Fayyum in the Dynastic Period</i></a>. Umbria: Tau Editrice. p. 206. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788862441155" title="Special:BookSources/9788862441155"><bdi>9788862441155</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sobek+of+Shedet+%3A+The+Crocodile+God+in+the+Fayyum+in+the+Dynastic+Period&rft.place=Umbria&rft.pages=206&rft.pub=Tau+Editrice&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9788862441155&rft.aulast=Zecchi&rft.aufirst=Marco&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DtkrQcQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASobek" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Beinlich, Horst. <i>Das Buch vom Fayum: zum religiösen Eigenverständnis einer ägyptischen Landschaft.</i> Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1991.</li> <li>Dolzani, Claudia. <i>Il Dio Sobk</i>. Roma: Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, 1961.</li> <li>Kockelmann, Holger. <i>Der Herr der Seen, Sümpfe und Flussläufe: Untersuchungen zum Gott Sobek und den ägyptischen Krokodilgötter-Kulten von den Anfängen bis zur Römerzeit</i>. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2018.</li> <li>Barney, Quinten. 'Sobek: The Idolatrous God of Pharaoh Amenemhet III.' <i>Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture.</i> Vol. 22, No. 2 (2013), pp. 22–27.</li> <li>Benjamin Sippel: <i>Gottesdiener und Kamelzüchter: Das Alltags- und Sozialleben der Sobek-Priester im kaiserzeitlichen Fayum</i>. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2020, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-447-11485-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-447-11485-1">978-3-447-11485-1</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sobek&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/20px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul">Soul</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Djed.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Djed.svg/175px-Djed.svg.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="390" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Djed.svg/263px-Djed.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Djed.svg/350px-Djed.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="390" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Practices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canopic_jar" title="Canopic jar">Canopic jars</a></li> <li><a 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deities">Deities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Egyptian_deities" title="List of Egyptian deities">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ogdoad_(Egyptian)" title="Ogdoad (Egyptian)">Ogdoad</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amunet" title="Amunet">Amunet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heh_(god)" title="Heh (god)">Heh and Hauhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kek_(mythology)" title="Kek (mythology)">Kek and Kauket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_(mythology)" title="Nu (mythology)">Nu and Naunet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ennead" title="Ennead">Ennead</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atum" title="Atum">Atum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geb" title="Geb">Geb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isis" title="Isis">Isis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephthys" title="Nephthys">Nephthys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nut_(goddess)" title="Nut (goddess)">Nut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osiris" title="Osiris">Osiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_(deity)" title="Set (deity)">Set</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Shu (Egyptian god)">Shu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tefnut" title="Tefnut">Tefnut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Triad_(religion)" title="Triad (religion)">Triads</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elephantine#Elephantine_triad" title="Elephantine">Elephantine Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theban_Triad" title="Theban Triad">Theban Triad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>A</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aani" title="Aani">Aani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aati" title="Aati">Aati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abaset" title="Abaset">Abaset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abtu" title="Abtu">Abtu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmose-Nefertari#Death_and_deification" title="Ahmose-Nefertari">Ahmose-Nefertari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aker_(deity)" title="Aker (deity)">Aker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhty_(deity)" title="Akhty (deity)">Akhty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amenhotep,_son_of_Hapu#Legacy" title="Amenhotep, son of Hapu">Amenhotep, son of Hapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesemi" title="Amesemi">Amesemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Am-heh" title="Am-heh">Am-heh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammit" title="Ammit">Ammit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amu-Aa" title="Amu-Aa">Amu-Aa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anat" title="Anat">Anat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andjety" title="Andjety">Andjety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhur" title="Anhur">Anhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anput" title="Anput">Anput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anubis" title="Anubis">Anubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anuket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apedemak" title="Apedemak">Apedemak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apep" title="Apep">Apep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apesh" title="Apesh">Apesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apis_(deity)" title="Apis (deity)">Apis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqen" title="Aqen">Aqen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arensnuphis" title="Arensnuphis">Arensnuphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash_(deity)" title="Ash (deity)">Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessors_of_Maat" title="Assessors of Maat">Assessors of Maat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astarte" title="Astarte">Astarte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aten" title="Aten">Aten</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baalat_Gebal" title="Baalat Gebal">Baalat Gebal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babi_(mythology)" title="Babi (mythology)">Babi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banebdjedet" title="Banebdjedet">Banebdjedet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba-Pef" title="Ba-Pef">Ba-Pef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(goddess)" title="Bat (goddess)">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bata_(god)" title="Bata (god)">Bata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennu" title="Bennu">Bennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beset" class="mw-redirect" title="Beset">Beset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchis" title="Buchis">Buchis</a></li> <li><b>C</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavern_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Cavern deities of the underworld">Cavern deities of the underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_Ferryman" title="Celestial Ferryman">Celestial Ferryman</a></li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysus-Osiris" title="Dionysus-Osiris">Dionysus-Osiris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedefhor" title="Djedefhor">Djedefhor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duamutef" class="mw-redirect" title="Duamutef">Duamutef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duau_(god)" title="Duau (god)">Duau</a></li> <li><b>G</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gate_deities_of_the_underworld" title="Gate deities of the underworld">Gate deities of the underworld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gengen-Wer" title="Gengen-Wer">Gengen-Wer</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(mythology)" title="Ha (mythology)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hapi_(Nile_god)" title="Hapi (Nile god)">Hapi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_sons_of_Horus" title="Four sons of Horus">Hapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmachis" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmachis">Harmachis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpocrates" title="Harpocrates">Harpocrates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harsomtus" title="Harsomtus">Harsomtus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatmehit" title="Hatmehit">Hatmehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauron" title="Hauron">Hauron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedetet" title="Hedetet">Hedetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjhotep" title="Hedjhotep">Hedjhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemsut" title="Hemsut">Hemsut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henet" title="Henet">Henet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henkhisesui" title="Henkhisesui">Henkhisesui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqaib#Legacy" title="Heqaib">Heqaib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heqet" title="Heqet">Heqet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermanubis" title="Hermanubis">Hermanubis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus" title="Hermes Trismegistus">Hermes Trismegistus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heru-ur" class="mw-redirect" title="Heru-ur">Heru-ur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heryshaf" title="Heryshaf">Heryshaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesat" title="Hesat">Hesat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_(mythology)" title="Hu (mythology)">Hu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchai" title="Hutchai">Hutchai</a></li> <li><b>I</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iabet" title="Iabet">Iabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iah" title="Iah">Iah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iat" title="Iat">Iat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igai_(deity)" title="Igai (deity)">Igai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihy" title="Ihy">Ihy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikhemu-sek" title="Ikhemu-sek">Ikhemu-sek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imentet" title="Imentet">Imentet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imhotep#Deification" title="Imhotep">Imhotep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imsety" class="mw-redirect" title="Imsety">Imsety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipy_(goddess)" title="Ipy (goddess)">Ipy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irer" title="Irer">Irer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishtar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishtar">Ishtar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iunit" title="Iunit">Iunit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iusaaset" title="Iusaaset">Iusaaset</a></li> <li><b>J</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_Ammon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jupiter Ammon">Jupiter Ammon</a></li> <li><b>K</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagemni_I" title="Kagemni I">Kagemni I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebechet" title="Kebechet">Kebechet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khensit" title="Khensit">Khensit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-Amentiu" title="Khenti-Amentiu">Khenti-Amentiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khenti-kheti" title="Khenti-kheti">Khenti-kheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepri" title="Khepri">Khepri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khereduankh" title="Khereduankh">Khereduankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherty" title="Kherty">Kherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khnum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khonsu" title="Khonsu">Khonsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolanthes" title="Kolanthes">Kolanthes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis" title="Kothar-wa-Khasis">Kothar-wa-Khasis</a></li> <li><b>M</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maahes" title="Maahes">Maahes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">Maat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafdet" title="Mafdet">Mafdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed" title="Medjed">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehen" title="Mehen">Mehen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehet-Weret" title="Mehet-Weret">Mehet-Weret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meret" title="Meret">Meret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meretseger" title="Meretseger">Meretseger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meskhenet" title="Meskhenet">Meskhenet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min_(god)" title="Min (god)">Min</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnevis" title="Mnevis">Mnevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montu" title="Montu">Montu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mut" title="Mut">Mut</a></li> <li><b>N</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebethetepet" title="Nebethetepet">Nebethetepet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebtuwi" title="Nebtuwi">Nebtuwi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefertem" title="Nefertem">Nefertem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehebkau" title="Nehebkau">Nehebkau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehmetawy" title="Nehmetawy">Nehmetawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neith" title="Neith">Neith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekhbet" title="Nekhbet">Nekhbet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemty" title="Nemty">Nemty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Neper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neper_(mythology)" title="Neper (mythology)">Nepit</a></li> <li><b>P</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakhet" title="Pakhet">Pakhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perit_(goddess)" title="Perit (goddess)">Perit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petbe" title="Petbe">Petbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptah" title="Ptah">Ptah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptahhotep" title="Ptahhotep">Ptahhotep</a></li> <li><b>Q</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qebehsenuef" class="mw-redirect" title="Qebehsenuef">Qebehsenuef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qebui" title="Qebui">Qebui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qed-her" title="Qed-her">Qed-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qetesh" title="Qetesh">Qetesh</a></li> <li><b>R</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raet-Tawy" title="Raet-Tawy">Raet-Tawy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhyt#Deity" title="Rekhyt">Rekhyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rem_(mythology)" title="Rem (mythology)">Rem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renenutet" title="Renenutet">Renenutet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpet" title="Renpet">Renpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renpetneferet" title="Renpetneferet">Renpetneferet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Repyt" title="Repyt">Repyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resheph" title="Resheph">Resheph</a></li> <li><b>S</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sah_(god)" title="Sah (god)">Sah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" title="Sebiumeker">Sebiumeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedjem" title="Sedjem">Sedjem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seker" title="Seker">Seker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sekhmet" title="Sekhmet">Sekhmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serapis" title="Serapis">Serapis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serket" title="Serket">Serket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seshat" title="Seshat">Seshat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shai" title="Shai">Shai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shed_(deity)" title="Shed (deity)">Shed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shehbui" title="Shehbui">Shehbui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shesmetet" title="Shesmetet">Shesmetet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shezmu" title="Shezmu">Shezmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sia_(god)" title="Sia (god)">Sia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sobek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdet" title="Sopdet">Sopdet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopdu" title="Sopdu">Sopdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souls_of_Pe_and_Nekhen" title="Souls of Pe and Nekhen">Souls of Pe and Nekhen</a></li> <li><b>T</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta-Bitjet" title="Ta-Bitjet">Ta-Bitjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatenen" title="Tatenen">Tatenen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taweret" title="Taweret">Taweret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayt" title="Tayt">Tayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teka-her" title="Teka-her">Teka-her</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoth" title="Thoth">Thoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tjenenyet" title="Tjenenyet">Tjenenyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu_(Egyptian_god)" title="Tutu (Egyptian god)">Tutu</a></li> <li><b>U</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unut" title="Unut">Unut</a></li> <li><b>W</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadj-wer" title="Wadj-wer">Wadj-wer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weneg_(Egyptian_deity)" title="Weneg (Egyptian deity)">Weneg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepset" title="Wepset">Wepset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepwawet" title="Wepwawet">Wepwawet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werethekau" title="Werethekau">Werethekau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wosret" title="Wosret">Wosret</a></li> <li><b>Y</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yam_(god)" title="Yam (god)">Yam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Egyptian_legendary_creatures" title="Category:Egyptian legendary creatures">Creatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhekh" title="Akhekh">Akhekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx#Egypt" title="Sphinx">Criosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hieracosphinx" title="Hieracosphinx">Hieracosphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medjed_(fish)" title="Medjed (fish)">Medjed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpopard" title="Serpopard">Serpopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Set_animal" title="Set animal">Sha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">Sphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uraeus" title="Uraeus">Uraeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Djadjaemankh" title="Djadjaemankh">Djadjaemankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedi" title="Djedi">Djedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rededjet" title="Rededjet">Rededjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubaoner" title="Ubaoner">Ubaoner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaru" title="Aaru">Aaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhet_(hieroglyph)" title="Akhet (hieroglyph)">Akhet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benben" title="Benben">Benben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duat" title="Duat">Duat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_of_Manu" title="Land of Manu">Land of Manu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Indestructibles" title="The Indestructibles">The Indestructibles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ancient_Egyptian_symbols" title="Category:Ancient Egyptian symbols">Symbols<br />and objects</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankh" title="Ankh">Ankh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anra_scarab" title="Anra scarab">Anra scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atef" title="Atef">Atef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cartouche" title="Cartouche">Cartouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corn_mummy" title="Corn mummy">Corn mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowroid" title="Cowroid">Cowroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_and_flail" title="Crook and flail">Crook and flail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_of_justification" title="Crown of justification">Crown of justification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">Deshret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djed" title="Djed">Djed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_obelisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian obelisk">Egyptian obelisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pool" title="Egyptian pool">Egyptian pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Horus" title="Eye of Horus">Eye of Horus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_of_Ra" title="Eye of Ra">Eye of Ra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedjet" title="Hedjet">Hedjet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemhem_crown" title="Hemhem crown">Hemhem crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hennu" title="Hennu">Hennu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus_on_the_Crocodiles" title="Horus on the Crocodiles">Horus on the Crocodiles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocephalus" title="Hypocephalus">Hypocephalus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imiut_fetish" title="Imiut fetish">Imiut fetish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khepresh" title="Khepresh">Khepresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kneph" title="Kneph">Kneph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menat" title="Menat">Menat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modius_(headdress)" title="Modius (headdress)">Modius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nebu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebu">Nebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemes" title="Nemes">Nemes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neshmet" title="Neshmet">Neshmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pschent" title="Pschent">Pschent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" title="Scarab (artifact)">Scarab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serekh" title="Serekh">Serekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shen_ring" title="Shen ring">Shen ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_barque" title="Solar barque">Solar barque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyet" title="Tyet">Tyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ushabti" title="Ushabti">Ushabti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulture_crown" title="Vulture crown">Vulture crown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Was-sceptre" title="Was-sceptre">Was-sceptre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_sun#Ancient_Egypt" title="Winged sun">Winged sun</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Sed_festival" title="Sed festival">Sed festival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#decd87;width:1%">Related religions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atenism" title="Atenism">Atenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Most_High_Goddess" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of the Most High Goddess">Church of the Most High Goddess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnosticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermeticism" title="Hermeticism">Hermeticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemetic_Orthodoxy" title="Kemetic Orthodoxy">Kemetic Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kemetism" title="Kemetism">Kemetism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushite_religion" title="Kushite religion">Kushite religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mysteries_of_Isis" title="Mysteries of Isis">Mysteries of 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anuket" title="Anuket">Anaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khnum" title="Khnum">Khenmu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satis_(goddess)" title="Satis (goddess)">Satis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#f0e4ae;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amesemi#The_Temples_of_Naqa" title="Amesemi">Naqa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amesemi" title="Amesemi">Amesemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apedemak" title="Apedemak">Apedemak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>A</b></li> <li>Amanete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhur" title="Anhur">Anhur</a></li> <li>Aqedise</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arensnuphis" title="Arensnuphis">Arensnuphis</a></li> <li>Ariten</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Atari</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastet" title="Bastet">Bastet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bes" title="Bes">Bes</a></li> <li>Breith</li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dedun" title="Dedun">Dedun</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heka_(god)" title="Heka (god)">Heka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemen" title="Hemen">Hemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horus" title="Horus">Horus</a></li> <li><b>M</b></li> <li>Makedeke</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandulis" title="Mandulis">Mandulis</a></li> <li>Mash</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehit" title="Mehit">Mehit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhit" title="Menhit">Menhit</a></li> <li>Miket</li> <li><b>N</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_(mythology)" title="Nu (mythology)">Nu</a></li> <li><b>R</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra" title="Ra">Ra</a></li> <li><b>S</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebiumeker" 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