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Sobek

deity water Egyptian single tradition · 13

A crocodile-headed Egyptian god.

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 300
Historical notes
Ancient Egypt

Relationships

co occurs with
Hathor, Tjenenyet, Iunit, Raet-tawy, Montu-Ra, Montu-Ra-Horakhty, Amunet, Nehebu-Kau, Bast, Mujaji, Kokou, K'Liluna, Magba, Ghekre, Hadari-Yao, Onuris, Shai, Wadjet, Nepri, Re, Serket, Renenutet, Nehmtaway, Thoth, Amun, Montu, Ptah, Khepri, Bes, Geb, Atum, Shu, Apis, Bennu, Min, Nefertem, Heru-ur, Khonshu, Im-ho-tep, Sabbac, Sirin, Gamayun, Karura, Alkonost, Bird goddess, Cuca, Coco, Heqet, Monthu, Seker, Inmyeonjo, Kuk, Kauket, Meretseger, Orishas, Ngi, Cronus, Bastet, Khnum, Aten, Aker, Anubis, Maahes, Set, Sekhmet
sibling of
Apep, Serket, Tutu, Shemanefer
manifests as
Sobek-Heru, Sobek-Geb, Sobek-Ra
allied with
Nehebkau, Isis
consort of
Renenutet
enemy of
Osiris
child of
Neith
syncretized with
Horus, Ra
has aspect
Soknebtunis, Sokonnokonni, Souxei, Pnepheros, Petsuchos, Sobek-Ra

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Mentioned by

and 19 more

Sources

wikipedia (13)
  1. List of hybrid creatures in folklore
  2. Tjenenyet
  3. Serket
  4. Wakanda
  5. List of Egyptian deities
  6. Shemanefer
  7. Renenutet
  8. Geb
  9. Nehebkau
  10. Sebeg
  11. Sobek
  12. Captain Marvel Jr.
  13. Genealogy of Ankhefensekhmet

Source passages

“Sobek – A crocodile-headed Egyptian god.”

#4745 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In addition to the gods of Heliopolis, several other deities from the Theban region were included, such as Montu, Horus, Hathor, Sobek, Tjenenyet, and Iunit.”

#11451 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“daughter of Neith and Khnum, making her a sister to Sobek and Apep.”

#15131 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Other deities are worshiped in Wakanda, such as Sekhmet and Sobek, other Helipolitan deities, and the gorilla gods Ghekre and Ngi, worshiped by the Jabari tribe.”

#18120 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Shemanefer (also represented in Greek as Samanouphis) was a crocodile god worshipped in Esna in the Greco-Roman period of Ancient Egypt. He had an ambiguous identity, being identified with, or sometimes considered the brother of, Sobek or Tutu”

#20884 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001