Sobek

Egyptian tradition. See the whole pantheon.

Domains
Nile, fertility, kingship
Symbols and attributes
Crocodile
Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.
Papyrus of Ani, British Museum (New Kingdom), a Book of the Dead.

Key myth

Worshipped in the Faiyum and at Kom Ombo, Sobek is sometimes merged with Ra as Sobek-Ra. The Pyramid Texts place him among the gods who help the king.

Primary sources

  • Pyramid Texts
  • Temple of Kom Ombo

All sources for the Egyptian pantheon

Place in the family graph

Choose a deity to see where it comes from. Dashed lines are links the sources describe that are not parent and child.

NunAtumRaAmunShuTefnutMaatHathorSekhmetPtahGebNutAnubisThothSobekOsirisIsisSethNephthysHorus

More traditions

Elsewhere in the world

Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Sobek: sea and waters, earth, harvest and fertility. This is overlap in one area only.

Norse

Sif

golden hair, grain (by later reading)

Norse

Freyr

peace, fertility, sunshine

Norse

Ægir

the sea, brewer of the gods' ale

Norse

Rán

drowning, the sea's net

Mesopotamian

Nammu

the primeval sea, mother of the gods

Mesopotamian

Apsu

fresh water below the earth

Mesopotamian

Tiamat

salt water, primordial mother

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