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Sobek was also offered mummified crocodile eggs, meant to emphasize the cyclical nature of his solar attributes as Sobek-Ra. [21] 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.
Whereas in Upper Egypt, it was the lotus and crocodiles which were more present in the Nile, thus these were the symbols of the region, and those associated with Hapi there. Hapi often was pictured carrying offerings of food or pouring water from an amphora , but also, very rarely, was depicted as a hippopotamus .
Osiris, god of the dead and afterlife; originally a god of water and vegetation. Satet, goddess of the Nile River's floods. Sobek, god of the Nile river, is depicted as a crocodile or a man with the head of a crocodile. Tefnut, goddess of water, moisture, and fertility.
Khenti-kheti – Crocodile or Falcon god worshiped at Athribis [70] Kherty – A Duat god, usually depicted as a Ram [109] Khesfu – A god who carries a spear in the tenth division of Duat [38] Kneph – A Ram creator god [19] Kolanthes – A child god, son of Min, and Repyt [110] Kothar-wa-Khasis – A Ugaritic god rarely mentioned in ...
The principal deity of Gebel el-Silsila is Sobek, [5] [6] the god of crocodiles and controller of the waters. [2] Silsila is located within the Ancient Egyptian nome of Kom Ombo (or Ombos), Kom Ombo being 15 km (9.3 mi) to the south or upriver. The Roman coins of the Ombite nome exhibit the crocodile and the effigy of the crocodile-headed god ...
A large female Nile crocodile that stalks and kills teenagers for raiding her nest. Gustave Primeval: 2005 Michael Katleman: Inspired by a true story, Gustave is an enormous male Nile Crocodile in Africa responsible for the deaths of 300 people. Lizzie Rampage: 2018 Brad Peyton: A giant American crocodile from the Everglades mutated by CRISPR.
In antiquity, the Fajyum was a center of the cult of the crocodile god Sobek. In many settlements, temples were dedicated to local manifestations of the god and associated divinities. [9] The priests of Sobek were key players in social and economic life; for example by organizing religious festivals or by purchasing goods from local producers.
A party god. Qis, a deity of sumerian origin, worshipped since protodynastic times. He is shown holding two giraffes or lions in each hand. Selket, goddess of protection and health. Her heraldic animal is the scorpion. Sobek, crocodile god of the Nile and the swamps. He evoked and controlled the yearly life-spending Nile inundation.