Sokar
Sokar is an ancient deity of the Memphite region whose appearance was quickly absorbed by Ptah from the Old Kingdom. His form is found contained in a white shroud wearing the Atef crown, an attribute of Osiris. He represents the patron deity of the necropolis of Saqqara and other sites where royal pyramids were built.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Ancient deity of the Memphite region absorbed by Ptah from the Old Kingdom period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tatenen, Tutu, Teka-her, Tenem, Wai, Wenenu, Wenty, Sokar-Osiris, Harsomtus, Menat, Aten, Tefnut, Bes, Shu, Apis, Re, Ptahil, Yam, Sopdu, Wepwawet, Sia, Weneg, Wadj-wer, Ra, Khnum, Isis, Horus, Hathor, Ihy
- syncretized with
- Osiris, Ptah, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Mentioned by
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“From the Old Kingdom, he quickly absorbs the appearance of Sokar and Tatenen, ancient deities of the Memphite region. His form of Sokar is found contained in its white shroud wearing the Atef crown”
#17053 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Sokar – God of the Memphite Necropolis and of the afterlife in general”
#21050 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Sokar (Stargate) Graindorge, Catherine (1994). Le Dieu Sokar a Thebes Au Nouvel Empire (in French). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 3447034769. Mikhail, Louis B. (1984). "The Festival of Sokar: An Episode of the Osirian Khoiak Festival". Göttinger Miszellen 82.”
#37503 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Shrine of Sokar”
#40089 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In this setting, Sokar is described as the Egyptian lesser god of light and, among other details, he casts rays of light from his hands which destroy all undead. His Alignment is given as Neutral Good, and it is noted he protects Egyptian souls of the same Alignment after their death.”
#46131 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free