Egypt · The Nile, and crocodiles
Sobek sbk
Also written Suchos.
- God of
- The Nile, and crocodiles
- Recognised by
- A crocodile, or a crocodile-headed man with a plumed sun disk
- Chief cult centre
- Kom Ombo
The crocodile that is both the danger of the river and the power that controls it. Live crocodiles were kept, adorned and mummified at his temples.
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