Sobek
He who causes to be fertile.
- Cult Center:
Crocodilopolis in the Faiyum, after the Twelfth Dynasty he was
worshipped everywhere with cult centers at Kom Ombo, Thebes and at Lake Moeris.
- Attributes:
Admired and feared for his ferocity. At the command of Ra, He
performed tasks such as catching with a net the four sons of
Horus as they emerged from the waters
in a lotus bloom. Sometimes identified with Seth when
Seth took the form of a crocodile. It is said that in the
Osiris
legends, Horus
takes the form of a crocodile in order to retrieve the parts of
Osiris's body that were cast into the Nile by Seth.
- Representation:
A crocodile, a mummified crocodile or as a man with a
crocodile-head. Sometimes wearing horns like those of Amon-Ra,
and the solar disk.
- Relations: Son
of Neith of
Sais.
- Other Names:
Sebek, Sebek-Ra, Sobk, Suchos, Sobki or Soknopais.
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