Seker
deity underworld Egyptian single tradition · 4
An Egyptian god with the head of a falcon or hawk.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 300
- Historical notes
- Ancient Egypt
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Inmyeonjo, Kuk, Kauket, Meretseger, Sobek, Thoth, Nephthys, Hapi, Mot, Huur, Spandaramet, Andjety, Aqen, Assessors of Maat, Duamutef, Imset, Kherty, Medjed, Nehebkau, Qebehsenuef, Wepwawet, Ptah, Hathor, Sun-God, Ra, Sirin, Gamayun, Karura, Alkonost, Bird goddess, Cuca, Coco, Heqet, Horus, Monthu, Aker, Isis, Serapis, Anubis, Set
- allied with
- Osiris
- syncretized with
- Ptah-Seker
Mentioned by
- Ra
- Sirin
- Gamayun
- Karura
- Alkonost
- Bird goddess
- Cuca
- Coco
- Heqet
- Horus
- Monthu
- Aker
- Isis
- Serapis
- Anubis
- Set
and 1 more
Sources
Source passages
“Horus, Monthu, Ra, and Seker – Each of these Egyptian gods has the head of a falcon or hawk.”
#4738 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Seker, a falcon god of the Memphite necropolis who was known as a patron of the living, as well as a god of the dead. He is known to be closely tied to Osiris”
#12227 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The djed came to be associated with Seker, the falcon god of the Memphite Necropolis, then with Ptah, the Memphite patron god of craftsmen.”
#41850 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“With the “Litanies of Seker,” which follows, consisting of four columns, it occupies twenty-one of the thirty-three columns of the whole papyrus.”
#41985 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001